Nope, the right sentence would be 'why competent workers do not become "competent" managers right away, all the time, and for forever?' It is easy to reverse t

Nope, the right sentence would be 'why competent workers do not become "competent" managers right away, all the time, and for forever?' It is easy to reverse the question: "Why competent managers were not permanently competent workers?" And I have the answer: because life is complicated and much judgement of values is very relative.