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Most occupy a penumbra either side: a warm “safe zone” ''above'' the CVT, where ''somewhat'' over-delivering employees can sit happily until their worth has drifted so far into the ionosphere that they are finally bid away, and a cooler, larger “[[competence phase transition]]” space ''below'' the threshold where marginally net-negative staff can sit, for years, safely plodding along, not really helping, but also without great risk of prejudice, even when a [[reduction in force]] comes along.
Most occupy a penumbra either side: a warm “safe zone” ''above'' the CVT, where ''somewhat'' over-delivering employees can sit happily until their worth has drifted so far into the ionosphere that they are finally bid away, and a cooler, larger “[[competence phase transition]]” space ''below'' the threshold where marginally net-negative staff can sit, for years, safely plodding along, not really helping, but also without great risk of prejudice, even when a [[reduction in force]] comes along.


The different means of exit from this safe zone: voluntary departures from the top, and reductions in force to clear out at the bottom, generates an odd drift towards mediocrity{{sa}}
The different means of exit from this safe zone: voluntary departures from the top, and reductions in force to clear out at the bottom, generates an odd [[Mediocrity drift|drift towards mediocrity]].
 
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*[[Competence phase transition]]
*[[Competence phase transition]]
*[[Lateral quitter]]
*[[Lateral quitter]]