• Bassman1805@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The number of people in government who get promoted because they’re awful and that’s the easiest way for their boss to be rid of them…

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      9 months ago

      In my experience this is essentially never the case. I struggle to think of a circumstance where it would be

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        9 months ago

        In some cases I’ve witnessed they were swapped in a position where they “couldn’t make things worse”. Maybe there were some benefits attached toake the new position a little more attractive, but definitely not a promotion.