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{{a|hr|{{image|Competence phase transition|png|The competence phase transition, yesterday}}}}{{d|{{PAGENAME}}|/ˈkɒmpɪtəns feɪz trænˈzɪʃ(ə)n/|n}} | {{a|hr|{{image|Competence phase transition|png|The competence phase transition, yesterday}}}}{{d|{{PAGENAME}}|/ˈkɒmpɪtəns feɪz trænˈzɪʃ(ə)n/|n}} | ||
(''Human resources''): Grazing grounds for [[weak gazelle]]s. A sort of purgatorial state occupied by earnest plodders who don’t really earn their keep but do the organisation no real harm, that sits below the [[cost-value threshold]] but close enough to it | (''Human resources''): Grazing grounds for [[weak gazelle]]s. A sort of purgatorial state occupied by earnest plodders who don’t really earn their keep but do the organisation no real harm, that sits below the [[cost-value threshold]] but close enough to it that no-one can summon the bureaucratic energy to proactively whack them, nor any crocodile tears should they decide to push off by themselves. | ||
Counter-intuitively, the more senior the employee, the ''greater'' is the phase transition between | Counter-intuitively, the more senior the employee, the ''greater'' is the phase transition between the categorically valuable and the definitive fish-food. Partly, this is because the cost of getting rid of [[fat bird on a thin branch|fat birds on thin branches]] is greater, but also the more one is paid, the more senior one is likely to be, and therefore the one making the decisions who to get rid of. | ||
And turkeys don’t vote for Christmas. | And turkeys don’t vote for Christmas. |