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Sociopaths, in their own best interests, knowingly promote over-performing losers into middle-management, groom under-performing losers into sociopaths, and leave the average bare-minimum-effort losers to fend for themselves.
The Gervais principle differs from the Peter Principle, which it superficially resembles. The P... See more
ribbonfarm.com • The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to “The Office”
Chapter 14 DWIGHT K. SCHRUTE, ASSISTANT (TO THE) REGIONAL MANAGER
Rainn Wilson • The Bassoon King: Art, Idiocy, and Other Sordid Tales from the Band Room
A viable theory is the Peter Principle: “In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence (the cream rises until it sours).” Peter’s corollary: “In time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties.” From The Peter Principle by Peter and Hull. New York: Morrow; 1969.
Robert C. Townsend • Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
‘You’re our longest-serving contributor,’ said Carleton, flinching at the bang. ‘Our most admired. Indeed I should say our most popular.’ I’m beginning to speak like him, he thought: Thomas Hart is catching, that’s the trouble. ‘I’ve often heard it said that it’s a consolation – that’s the general feeling, as I said to the board – to wake on Thursd
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