Good post! Unfortunately, it also works the other way: somebody works in a company until they recognize how useless that person is, and before he or she gets f

Good post! Unfortunately, it also works the other way: somebody works in a company until they recognize how useless that person is, and before he or she gets fired they jump ship to a new company where they are greeted with open arms as the new guy/gal that will fix everything. Lather, rinse, repeat. If they are smart they use the same argument you made to actually rise in the corporate hierarchy with each step. This allows them to beat the Peter principle and rise above their level of incompetence, leading us to totally incompetent people at the top of the hierarchy. So if you see somebody who changed jobs every couple years, be careful.