I'm not sure if we've ever been at a point in history before where competence was an active hindrance to your professional success in the way it is now

@pojntfx it's stemming from corporate corruption. That's where idiots band together to internally publish against people through the rumour mill. Every organization has this feature.

Sadly, you eventually end up with one or two people in every office that know what they are doing. Everyone else is a dud, and those dud band together.

When there are workers unions involved, you find that it's a race to the bottom with people burning the books and stuffing their own pockets.