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Peter principle people ascend and keep in place for two reasons: 1) they are loyal and take orders from above 2) they are not a threat to those that are above
by AtlasBarfed 4y ago
Peter principle people ascend and keep in place for two reasons:
1) they are loyal and take orders from above
2) they are not a threat to those that are above, or those that are going up the ladder (assuming they can be promoted somewhere else)
Also, people tend to go into management when they have kids/get married. These people are conservative/seek stability. They are liked by management because their family ensures compliance and loyalty.
But kids and life situations and advancing age can sap people of the energy to be good at the job they once did. Plus, people do hard work to get where they want to be, and then lay off when they get there, another way that people may appear incompetent: they stopped trying hard when they reached a level of satisfaction.
- carapace 4y agoPoint of fact, the Peter Principle affects any organization that promotes based on merit, it's orthogonal to the considerations you mention. * People aren't good at everything. * Jobs at different levels in the org hierarchy require different skills. * If people are promoted based on skill/merit they eventually arrive at a role for which they are unsuited. > The Peter principle is a concept in management developed by Laurence J. Peter, which observes that people in a hierarchy tend to rise to "a level of respective incompetence": employees are promoted based on their success in previous jobs until they reach a level at which they are no longer competent, as skills in one job do not necessarily translate to another. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_principle
- AtlasBarfed 4y agoYep, which is why I mentioned aging/kids/family. Your merit can take you up the ladder and fatigue/complacency/situations undermine productivity.
- carapace 4y agoAh, I get it. Sorry.