The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong
work by Peter and Hull
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The Peter Principle, by Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull, is a satirical commentary on bureaucracies. Its central thesis is that in any hierarchy, employees tend to be promoted until they reach their level of incompetence. Once an employee reaches this level, they tend to remain there, leading to inefficiencies and things going wrong within the organization. The book was first published in 1969 and became a bestseller, translated into many languages.12
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