Can This Be True?

[cabinetman]

The Less You Know, The More You Make


"Salary Theorem" states that "Engineers and Scientists can never earn as much as Business Executives and Sales People."

This theorem can now be supported by a mathematical equation based on the following two postulates:

1. Knowledge is Power.
2. Time is Money.

As every engineer knows:
Power = Work / Time

Since:
Knowledge = Power
Time = Money

It follows that:
Knowledge = Work/Money.

Solving for Money, we get:
Money = Work / Knowledge.

Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of work done.

Conclusion:
The less you know,the more you make.
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[David D]

Goes hand in hand with the Peter Principle: In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence. The company I USED to work for (up until about a month ago) is a good example of this in application

[Uncle Cracker]

Goes hand in hand with the Peter Principle: In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence. The company I USED to work for (up until about a month ago) is a good example of this in application

Expanding on this, it can also be postulated that no matter what the job, there is somebody, somewhere, who can't do it, and that given enough time, that very person will end up with that very job.

[pierhogunn2]

I was taught very early on while working for a bank, that Large corporations somehow continue to operate, despite their own best efforts...

[crokett]

That formula looks about right to me. I fix problems for people every day who I know get paid more than me to know a lot less. Some of them I can't believe they have the jobs they do.

[natausch]

Something needs to be put in there about personnal relationships. The last company I worked for (Fortune 500) was set-up like this.

President (Mentor) -> VP of my division (Protegee)
VP of my division (Mentor) -> Senior Director of my division (Protegee)
Senior Director (Mentor) -> Director over me (Protegee)

One comfort was that my termination was discussed with the President of the company after I "mistakingly" told my director that she should act more professional after getting trashed at a golf outing and acting the part of a fool in front of clients.

[cabinetman]

One comfort was that my termination was discussed with the President of the company after I "mistakingly" told my director that she should act more professional after getting trashed at a golf outing and acting the part of a fool in front of clients.

Should have left her an anonymous note typed by an untraceable typewriter.
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