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* Scott Adams, the author of the comic strip ''[[Dilbert]]'', wrote an entire book dedicated to how promotion has changed from the Peter Principle to his [[Trope Namer|coinage]] The Dilbert Principle, in other words, instead of people getting promoted to their lowest level of competence, any and all incompetent employees are placed in the one place where they can do the least damage: Management.
** Thus the [[Pointy-Haired Boss]] and the Marketing Department as shown in the strip.
* George Costanza in ''[[Seinfeld]]'' seems to employ this trope. During his tenure at the Yankees he manages to do almost no work at all, even stating to Jerry about the work that he does do,
* Happens in ''[[Office Space]]'', where the two consultants make plans to fire the protagonist's two highly skilled friends, but considering the protagonist management material based on his hypnosis-induced attitude of not giving a shit and just flat out telling them his bosses suck and he barely does any work.
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