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Re:On the Law of Diminishing Specialization by gowld on Monday October 08, 2018 @12:43PM (#18168979)
It's not offensive to put people to work in a way that generates the best results for the team.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_advantage

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Re:On the Law of Diminishing Specialization by rocqua on Monday October 08, 2018 @01:35PM (#18169461)
True, but it is bad to say "I have a degree, therefore I feel that doing X is beneath me". Note that I distinguish that from "I cost the company a lot of money, so it would be more efficient to have someone else do X".
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Re:On the Law of Diminishing Specialization by analog31 on Monday October 08, 2018 @10:29PM (#18172913)
Indeed, it has to be said much more diplomatically, and/or carried out more strategically. The CEO doesn't say "I am a CEO, so doing X is beneath me." He simply gets X done for him, and that's that.
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