# The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”

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## Metadata
- Author: [[wineshtain says]]
- Full Title: The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”
- Category: #articles
- URL: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/

## Highlights
- 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.