Given enough time — and assuming the existence of enough ranks in the hierarchy — each employee rises to, and remains at, his level of incompetence. - Laurence J. Peter

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

In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence

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

A political party now exists primarily as an apparatus for selecting candidates and getting them elected to office.

Some Blockett-type employees actually believe that they have received a genuine promotion; others recognize the truth. But the main function of a pseudo-promotion is to deceive people outside the hierarchy. When this is achieved, the maneuver is counted a success.

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