You Don't Have To Be Stupid To Work Here...But It Helps

[philmophlegm]

This article struck something of a chord. Actually that's an understatement.

If the article is TL:DR, here's the executive summary: Organisations recruit clever people, but then discourage them from using their intelligence. It could easily have been written about my former employer (one of the Big 4 global professional services firms). And it's one of the things that consistently bugged me the most.

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[webgirluk.livejournal.com]

Interesting article. I think my boyfriend will relate a lot to this as well so I'll show him later.