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Remember When Bosses Were Forcing Their Workers to Use AI? They’re Now Realizing They Made a Huge Mistake: "AI is changing not only how we work, but also how we judge the people we work with." (futurism.com)
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[–] 20 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

Most "bosses" in my previous company were selected by elimination. Competent people were promoted and moved to other parts of the organization and whoever was most senior got to be the next boss. Then when they failed at the job the next most senior person replaced them.

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  • [–] 26 points 11 hours ago* (2 children)

    The Peter Principle: People rise to their level of incompetence.

    Let's say you're a great salesman, the best in the company, so they make you a Sales Manager. Unfortunately, that's not your strength, and you do a mediocre job, so you don't get promoted beyond that position, where you stay for years, being mediocre.

    Eventually, all the middle manager positions, and maybe even the upper management positions get filled with people who were great in past jobs, but only mediocre in this one, and the entire company settles into mediocre business management.

    That's the Peter Principle.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

    Failing upwards. Everyone rises to their optimal point of incompetence.

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