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by cduzz 879 days ago
We put peter there.

He's doing the job we put him there to do.

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The Peter Principle says people get promoted until they can’t do the job. If you aren’t being promoted to a higher position people wonder about you…

I see your point, did you know it’s a book?

Dang

Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2014/12/overcoming-the-peter-principle

I'm off-handedly referring to "the gervais principle[1]"

[1] https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...