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Re:What it feels like to be bullied out of a job you love by carapace on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @02:39PM (#33181178)
Point of fact, the Peter Principle affects any organization that promotes based on merit, it's orthogonal to the considerations you mention.

* People aren't good at everything.

* Jobs at different levels in the org hierarchy require different skills.

* If people are promoted based on skill/merit they eventually arrive at a role for which they are unsuited.

> The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another.

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

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Re:What it feels like to be bullied out of a job you love by AtlasBarfed on Thursday October 13, 2022 @02:05PM (#33194411)
Yep, which is why I mentioned aging/kids/family. Your merit can take you up the ladder and fatigue/complacency/situations undermine productivity.
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Re:What it feels like to be bullied out of a job you love by carapace on Thursday October 13, 2022 @05:35PM (#33196784)
Ah, I get it. Sorry.
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