Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompeten… - Laurence J. Peter

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Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompetence (Peter’s Paradox): they merely gossip about incompetence to mask their envy of employees who have Pull.

Laurence J. Peter

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Laurence Johnston Peter (16 September 1919 – 12 January 1990) was a Canadian educator and management theorist, most famous for having formulated the Peter Principle.

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Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status.

Never stand when you can sit; never walk when you can ride; never Push when you can Pull.

In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

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