The Peter Principle

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

COROLLARY 1- The cream rises until it sours.
COROLLARY 2- For every work in this world there is someone, somewhere that is unable to perform it. If there are sufficient promotions, that person will eventually be named.
COROLLARY 3- A thousand Kilometers trip ends with a simple step.
COROLLARY 4- Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
COROLLARY 5- Competence always contains the seed of incompetence.
COROLLARY 6- Incompetence times incompetence equals incompetence.
COROLLARY 7- When there is something worth doing, it’s worth finding someone capable to do it.
COROLLARY 8- In a Hierarchy achievements are inversely proportional to the number of steps of the stairs.
COROLLARY 9- The Peter Principle, just like evolution, is ruthless.
COROLLARY 10- When an employee reaches his level of incompetence, inertia settles and the employer gets accommodated to it instead of replacing the employee.
COROLLARY 11- Luxury brings more problems than indolence.
COROLLARY 12- There’s a tendency for the top hierarchy position to perform common and easy tasks.

...And you?!
Have you reached The Peter Principle in your enterprise??

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