Petered (what happens after the Peter Principle)

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18 points | by adrianhoward 51 minutes ago

3 comments

  • JSR_FDED 21 minutes ago
    After they’ve been promoted to their level of incompetence, they lean in very hard on relationships to survive.

    Organizations where they get away with this are miserable to work for, and their influence ensures nothing merit-related ever happens again. Literally the source of the famous expression “A-people hire A-people, B-people hire C-people”.

  • aetherspawn 24 minutes ago
    The word illegal used a lot, but really, how pervasive is people doing illegal stuff at work? Surely not very.
    • ba1afd89f34cb23 16 minutes ago
      The word “illegal” appears exactly once, paired with “unethical”. That doesn’t seem to be a major takeaway from the article to me.
    • Joel_Mckay 1 minute ago
      Usually, all sins are forgiven if a project launches on time.

      Often it is board-level folks that have a naive understanding of the problem scope, and ruminate on their bruised ego from the harsh words burned-out staff spew.

      There is also silly folks that honestly believe they will figure anything out faster, or can get away with a quick MVP bodge before jumping firms. I would argue they form an ecosystem, that keeps people that clean up messes fully employed. =3

  • gherkinnn 15 minutes ago
    Smells awfully like the Gervais Principle to me, where the petering manager is part of the clueless class.