Peter Principle

The timeless law that every employee rises to their level of incompetence, then gets promoted again because firing them would admit the company made a mistake.

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patchwork
02/11/2026

The management theorem that proves the higher you climb in any organization, the more likely you are to be the exact person who should never have been given that much power.

No Convert
02/11/2026

The reason your boss is an idiot who got there by being just competent enough to avoid getting fired but never smart enough to do the job well.

sqft
02/11/2026

The corporate promotion pyramid where talent gets you to middle management and mediocrity gets you to the C-suite where you can finally ruin everything at scale.

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