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Re:Companies consider abandoning open office layouts to prev... by epicureanideal on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:53PM (#23071838)
Does anyone have any theories about why this is the case about middle management? How does this happen? I've seen this almost everywhere I've worked. I have my own theories, but I'd really like to hear what others think about this.
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Re:Companies consider abandoning open office layouts to prev... by DanBC on Monday May 04, 2020 @02:57PM (#23071884)
Maybe it's that if people can do the job you want to keep them doing it. If they can't you move them, and often moving people up is the easiest thing to do.

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

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Re:Companies consider abandoning open office layouts to prev... by lowdose on Monday May 04, 2020 @07:00PM (#23074385)
Gervais principle

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

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