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What exactly is the Peter Principle?

Stuff You Should Know

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The Problem With the Peter Principle

The Peter principle is that unless you're what he called super incompetent quote unquote then you won't get fired. In a worst case Peter principle scenario. Right. But if this is what I found most interesting is that Unless you're what we call 'super incompetent' in the corporate structure at least you can't be demoted without it looking like. You failed. That's one solution to the Peter principle, installing a mechanism where if you're not working out you get to go back to what you're doing. The other is offering increased compensation without promotion. It's actually very socialistic in nature. Yeah.

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