Why does nearly every company promote people who are grossly incompetent?
Fixed it for you. :)
It seems to be a combination of the team got the work done in spite of the manager's incompetence, or the feeling that they might be somehow more suited for a higher level job.
Scott Adams has a theory about this. Basically it goes that incompetent people get promoted to get them away from any position where they could actually hurt the company. Basically management in buisnesses way of culling the herd.
Scott Adams has a theory about this. Basically it goes that incompetent people get the promoted to get them away from any position where they could actually hurt the company. Basically management in buisnesses way of culling the herd.
One of my friends has a slightly different theory on this, which is that people get promoted to their level of incompetence. There's this common misconception that someone who is good at a lower level job will be good at a higher one. So they keep promoting them until they end up in a job they can't do. And then they get stuck there. :/
Scott Adams has a theory about this. Basically it goes that incompetent people get the promoted to get them away from any position where they could actually hurt the company. Basically management in buisnesses way of culling the herd.
One of my friends has a slightly different theory on this, which is that people get promoted to their level of incompetence. There's this common misconception that someone who is good at a lower level job will be good at a higher one. So they keep promoting them until they end up in a job they can't do. And then they get stuck there. :/
Either that or the upper management hates you and wants to punish you by giving you an idiot boss.
Scott Adams has a theory about this. Basically it goes that incompetent people get the promoted to get them away from any position where they could actually hurt the company. Basically management in buisnesses way of culling the herd.
One of my friends has a slightly different theory on this, which is that people get promoted to their level of incompetence. There's this common misconception that someone who is good at a lower level job will be good at a higher one. So they keep promoting them until they end up in a job they can't do. And then they get stuck there. :/
I've heard that before. I have also worked for a boss that I think fits that steriotype.
So tired. And the kid is taking so much attention today. Not to mention the laundry and dishes that still need to get done. And I have to take out the trash. Oh yeah, and finish that character. Want nap. :/
I just signed up for a single-session cooking class. How fun.
Actually, that does sound like it could be fun. All the men in my family can cook, to one degree or another. And, while I certainly I'm certainly not the greatest cook in the world, a chance to improve might be interesting.
I just signed up for a single-session cooking class. How fun.
Actually, that does sound like it could be fun. All the men in my family can cook, to one degree or another. And, while I certainly I'm certainly not the greatest cook in the world, a chance to improve might be interesting.
Yeah, I just signed up for one session with a friend, so it shouldn't be too awkward. We're going to be making some French dishes, which should be fun and different.
Yeah, I just signed up for one session with a friend, so it shouldn't be too awkward. We're going to be making some French dishes, which should be fun and different.
French dishes sound cool. That type of cuisine is one of the foundations of so-called cajun cooking in Louisiana. Good stuff.
You now what I really love? When people lecture everyone around them about how they should do this or that because it is good for the planet, or some other nonsense and end their lecture with the phrase, "not that I would ever do that, but you should."
My theory on why people who are incompetent are often promoted is a bit cynical, I'm afraid. My idea is that they may be incompetent at the actual work, but they're quite competent at other things, such as --
1. Flattery -- people with the power to promote other people usually eat up toadying like candy. Flattery will get you a lot of places -- it's as effective as bribes in some situations, according to some political biographies I've read.
2. Claiming the work of others -- sure, Fred the Industrious may have done 95% of the project, but he's a typical honest guy who figures he'll get promoted on the basis of what he does, and never toots his own horn. At the same time, Sam the Sly, who did the other 5%, presents the work to the boss, with a modest hint that he really did most of the work. See the "Flashman" series for a fictionalized version of how this works. ;)
Basically, I figure they're very good at playing the political game, even if they're lousy at actually working. And the higher they get in the organization, the more important the people they are who they can flatter directly, and the easier it is to make it look like the work of their now-underlings is mostly due to them.
This dose of cynicism brought to you free of charge by C. Bean, esq. ;)
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