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Sarah Gonzalez

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
841 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

I feel like that's what we're going for.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

Like how much money do we have in our pockets?

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

Empty your pockets.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

Turn them out.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

I don't even have my wallet with me.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

Alexi, you did it.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

You finished the task at hand in one day instead of a week.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

Better.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

Hooray!

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

Okay, the next law is called the Peter Principle.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

This one says that in a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to their level of incompetence.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

If you're good at your job, your boss notices, promotes you, and then if you're good at that job, it happens again, and you keep getting promoted until you get promoted to a job that you are not good at.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

To find out what that feels like, we asked our boss, Alex Goldmark.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

Just kidding.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

We all think Alex is really good at his job.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

But Alex, we asked you to find someone who had the self-awareness to realize that they were falling victim to the Peter Principle.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

Right.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

Promotion.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

Totally normal.

Planet Money
The laws of the office revisited

This is how jobs work.