I think if we relax the statement a bit, to something like "95% of all workers perform at the bare minimum required not to get fired or sued." - it becomes qu

I think if we relax the statement a bit, to something like "95% of all workers perform at the bare minimum required not to get fired or sued." - it becomes quite defensible. To someone used to high performance, that does look like incompetence. Also, it is much harder to fake it in typical trades than in "professions".