The Peter Principle is a joke taken seriously. Is it true?

Re:The Peter Principle is a joke taken seriously. Is it true? by darkerside on Sunday August 26, 2018 @09:06AM (#17845760)

There's a lot of wisdom in this comment.

> If everyone's fully responsible for what they do, they don't do their work

Just to clarify, I think this means because they're busy rationalizing their decisions to invested stakeholders instead. Is that right?

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Re:The Peter Principle is a joke taken seriously. Is it true? by gbear605 on Sunday August 26, 2018 @09:44AM (#17845891)

Or rationalizing their decisions to their bosses or their bosses’ bosses.

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Re:The Peter Principle is a joke taken seriously. Is it true? by darkerside on Sunday August 26, 2018 @02:58PM (#17847269)

I think the idea is, rationalizing to one person, who can then represent your ideas to the many others with a vested interest, provides leverage to you as an employee (easier to convince one person than to convince every person). Of course, managers can do a good or bad job of this, and done poorly, can create more work for their employees.

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