Peter Principle Definition

noun
The facetious proposition that each employee in an organization tends to be promoted until reaching his or her level of incompetence.
Webster's New World

Origin of Peter Principle

  • After Laurence Johnston Peter (1919–1990)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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