Re:Most people don’t finish online job applications
by jstarfish on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @03:37PM
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There's probably a term for it, but I'm noticing being "deliberately unsuccessful" is becoming more of a thing with the sketchier members of my family. Seems to be a tactic in the NEET playbook.
As I see it, "intentional failure" is just a euphemism for sabotage.
Re:Most people don’t finish online job applications
by Tangurena2 on Wednesday October 26, 2022 @07:08PM
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A term you may be interested in is "weaponized incompetence".
https://www.theskimm.com/wellness/weaponized-incompetence
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/weaponized-incompeten...
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/weaponized-incompetence-women...
I no longer subscribe to this line of thought after seeing several borderline sociopaths use this very same mental model in order to try and manipulate people into doing their bidding.