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There are 3 kinds of people: Sociopaths, Clueless, and Losers. Sociopaths are the higher level managers, generally, Clueless are the middle managers, and Losers
by throwaway889900 6y ago
There are 3 kinds of people: Sociopaths, Clueless, and Losers.
Sociopaths are the higher level managers, generally, Clueless are the middle managers, and Losers are the low level workers. Clueless want to be higher level managers, but lack the ability to act like a high level manager and only imitate. These people are generally picked out for promotions by Sociopaths because of their willingness to do what they want, but also because they are promoted to their level of incompetence. Losers on the other hand know the gig or don't care, so are passed on by and stay where they are, basically "losing" the corporate game.
That's basically the gist of it.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoNot sure why you are downvoted, that’s a pretty good precis.
- throwaway889900 6y agoProbably people not reading the context of the comment.
- aszen 6y agoThis ELI5 is actually not a good summary, the article is way more nuanced than this simplistic summary would suggest. In an effective organisation middle managers are not incompetent rather they are clueless , they entangle their destiny with the organisation's believing falsely that working towards the betterment of the company would be good for their personal careers. They are actually competent, but very gullible to being tricked into by sociopaths (the upper management) for their own gains. The higher up executives are in fact the least concerned about the organisation, this makes them take bold risks and start new initiatives (which some times succeed, but mostly are a power grab) to further their own goals of power and leadership. They also carefully select the middle management for avoiding blame and responsibility. At the bottom are losers, some of these are wannabe sociopaths , they effectively spend all their time towards finding opportunities that put them ahead and some of them are dedicated losers who work hard and are setting themselves up for being used as pawns by higher ups. The rest are either doing just enough to stay in the loop knowing well how the game works or are failing to do even the basics and end up getting fired.
- soniman 6y agoThanks but I still don't get it. "Bosses are jerks, middle managers are clueless sycophants, and workers are chumps." That does sound like a TV sitcom view of the world.
- the_only_law 6y agoThe point the author tries to makes is that the TV sitcom mirrors real life. Now whenever you agree or not is up to you.