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Re:Sorry, NSA, Terrorists Don't Use Verizon. Or Skype. Or Gmail by fixxer on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @11:51AM (#5940324)
It gets really fun when the incompetent ones get promoted and start dictating how the competent ones are supposed to work. (Sigh...)
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Re:Sorry, NSA, Terrorists Don't Use Verizon. Or Skype. Or Gmail by Afforess on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @12:23PM (#5940545)
Peter Principle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Principle

>The Peter Principle is a proposition that states that the members of an organization where promotion is based on achievement, success and merit will eventually be promoted beyond their level of ability.

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Re:Sorry, NSA, Terrorists Don't Use Verizon. Or Skype. Or Gmail by marcosdumay on Tuesday June 25, 2013 @09:54PM (#5943636)
Yeah, and then the organization stays completely competent on all of its action... But those actions are incoherent.

The organization acts like a completely incompetent being, despite all interations with it being competently handled.

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