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Interesting read. I've had my share of office politics in my career so far and it still baffles me how often it happens that people who add little or no value t
by jan_g 12y ago
Interesting read. I've had my share of office politics in my career so far and it still baffles me how often it happens that people who add little or no value to the company become so entrenched and powerful. It's like the upper management and/or owners are blind to what happens within the company, despite the clues and complaints from the staff.
Meanwhile, best people leave the company.
- mercer 12y agoFrom what I've seen, these people who adding little value and yet climbing the ladder are often people who could add value, but instead use all their energy to play the advancement game. Which makes it all the worse, in my opinion.
- hga 12y agoPournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle#Iron_Law_of_Bureaucracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Pournelle#Iron_Law_of_Bu... Those who focus on their position in the bureaucracy will almost always beat those who focus on the ostensible goals of it. Although in this case there were conflicting goals....
- TeMPOraL 12y agoReplace "bureaucracy" with "democracy" and you'll see the number one reason why politics in US and Europe sucks so much.
- hga 12y agoBy "democracy" you mean "republic", and it's long been known, and was remarked upon by our Founders, that they only work with a moral people. Which we are clearly no longer. We're steadily transitioning into other forms like empire and oligarchy because of that.