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Pros

In a hierarchy, people tend to rise to their level of incompetence. This book explains how people get promoted and promoted until they reach a level of incompetent.

The author presents his ideas with myriad anecdotes and observations to back up the statement. Even though this is a somewhat glib perspective, it is also accurate and insightful. It's like meditation, relaxing.



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The asterisked subtitle, in a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence, is the only significant concept espoused. It is an endless repetition of obviously fictitious examples of incompetence that serve to illustrate the dub...  Read More

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Quality


I bought gone with the wind and the bobbsey twins at the same garage sale so its been a day or two


People accepted what they were told instead of thinking for themselves creating garbage work product

Competitiveness


A must read for anyone in the working world

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    good, many, true, incompetent and great.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 931 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 8 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Here is a pretty good description of how that incompetent boss came into being


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have had several copies which have disappeared when loaned to others


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    As a child reading this i thought adults werent too bright


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Making them someone elses headache instead of fully developing them did not make sense


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    And many seemingly intelligent adults are not very bright


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I was appalled at how many could not put their thoughts in writing in a field where preparing reports following analyzing and observing data and records was the task


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    People accepted what they were told instead of thinking for themselves creating garbage work product


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The worst among the ranks got promoted while the best got harassed and hounded until they left

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