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Re:Every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence by hcks on Thursday March 28, 2024 @05:10AM (#39849062)
1/ it’s not rational to promote someone competent at their tasks

2/ there are either ways to reward than promote to a higher level in the management pyramid

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Re:Every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence by pi-e-sigma on Thursday March 28, 2024 @05:44AM (#39849210)
Hence it's not rational for an employee who wants to get a promotion to be competent at their work.
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Re:Every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence by peteradio on Thursday March 28, 2024 @07:26AM (#39849807)
I've seen this happen. Start pushing off the work of the old job and doing the new job before the promotion.
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Re:Every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence by marcosdumay on Thursday March 28, 2024 @09:27AM (#39851115)
And that's why the GP's #2 is so important.

Organizations where it exists tend to work much better than the ones where it doesn't.

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