Steve Jones - SSC Editor (7/30/2012)
SQLPhil (7/30/2012)
Those that survive, or perhaps thrive, get promoted.
An interesting observation there Steve. Unfortunately I've seen too many examples where bad managers are promoted to get them out of the position they're in. Those that are good at their jobs are held there and not given the opportunity to move on to bigger and better things. Of course, this is usually because of the bad boss at the helm, a culture that has developed over time, or the fact that it is too much hassle to sack someone.
Why is that? I've been trying to tackle this issue, but haven't come up with a good way. Why can't we let people go for being bad managers? Or bad workers? It's odd, to me.
In the US? (removing comments that probably do not further the discussion) We have moved towards a society where nobody is responsible for their own actions. We reward everyone the same no matter how hard they work. Everyone gets a trophy. We blame the rich, our managers, our workers - we don't accept blame for our own failures.
Dave