The Gervais Principle
A humorous, and deadly serious, insight into how some organisations operate.
“The Gervais Principle is this:
“Sociopaths, in their own best interests, knowingly promote over-performing losers into middle-management, groom under-performing losers into sociopaths, and leave the average bare-minimum-effort losers to fend for themselves.”
Venkatesh Rao
From: The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”, 2009.
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