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Ever wanted to make others cry? Ever harbored a secret desire to see your colleagues, team and organization fail? Do you purposely use buzzwords like "synergy", "pain point", and "dumpster fire" to synergize the endless pain points in your dumpster fire of a job? Or perhaps you're just looking for a funnier but less abrasive version of 'Dilbert'? Well, then this book might just be for you!
The 'Peter Principle' is a concept we all know too well: A person is promoted until they are no longer competent at their job, or even able to understand the level of their own incompetence. This principle is likely the reason 83% of us believe we are smarter than our bosses.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. This is Peter's story. Not really a hero or anti-hero, Peter's just a newbie manager trying to make sense of a workplace that values money over people (while completely mismanaging both of these resources). Of course, it doesn't help that Peter's own boss describes him as "The goofiest looking, the worst dressed, fake-watch wearing, used Toyota Corolla driving, share-house living, Frontier Air economy-class flying and the newest most nooby manager son-of-a-gun, who has a hard time holding his Steve Madden shoes down and is really looking for two claps and a big Ric Flair WOOOO!" Whatever that means.
In short, these comics are meant to be a fun poke at the corporate system that both drives us crazy and provides us with the disposable income to buy these weirdly ironic books. And yes, for those of us living inside this godforsaken world, 'The Peter Principle' is also a practical way for us and our teams to contemplate and address a range of common workplace issues around culture, communication and performance. Read it at your own risk.
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