[emceestork]

The Peter Principle is an idea manufactured to suppress wages. The idea the you have to work at a level above your current level for a while until you are promoted only benefits employers.

I have only spent approximately 30 seconds thinking about this idea.

[jbgt]

Please spend another 30s. It can an interesting bit of philosophy about competence and ambition - and humility.

[radley]

> The Peter Principle is an idea manufactured to suppress wages.

It's a satirical theory, not an applied practice.

[dallasg3]

It also presupposes the necessity of hierarchy.

[moron4hire]

It's descriptive, not prescriptive