Re:The Real Class War
by pyuser583 on Friday November 29, 2019 @01:10AM
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My own experience is that the Peter principle is outdated. People don’t rise vertically anymore: they rise horizontally.
Instead of working their way up within a single institution, they make lots of “lateral” transfers.
The government/lobbyist revolving doors are a good example, but not the only one. How many tech workers go back and forth between big tech companies and startups, each time rising more than if they stayed put?
It creates an administrative class that has little commitment to the institutions they “serve”, and an overly valued senior class that is able to run out the door, taking the company with it.
Meanwhile people who stick with the same company - often for reasons beyond their control - end up in “lower management” positions at best.
BTW, my own experience with executives is that most have a sales or engineering background. Very few, of any, have a background in true middle management background (HR, accounting, governmental compliance, etc.)
Instead of working their way up within a single institution, they make lots of “lateral” transfers.
The government/lobbyist revolving doors are a good example, but not the only one. How many tech workers go back and forth between big tech companies and startups, each time rising more than if they stayed put?
It creates an administrative class that has little commitment to the institutions they “serve”, and an overly valued senior class that is able to run out the door, taking the company with it.
Meanwhile people who stick with the same company - often for reasons beyond their control - end up in “lower management” positions at best.
BTW, my own experience with executives is that most have a sales or engineering background. Very few, of any, have a background in true middle management background (HR, accounting, governmental compliance, etc.)