I think Dr. Peter was talking about bureaucracy in general, Alastair. But if a person does, indeed, accept one promotion too many, surely he (she) can do the honorable thing and step down? Or doesn’t the largest employer in Western Europe have procedures allowing such a simple thing?
As an interesting (?) aside, my hero Peter Norton, of PC computing fame, uses “Peter’s Principles” to amplify particular points in some of his excellent books, and for a moment there I thought that was what you were referring to. Then I blinked a couple of times and realised I was still on the ebme site.
Peter Norton – now there’s a competent guy for you!
