How some people get away with doing nothing at work

Theres a book called "The Stupidity Paradox: The Power and Pitfalls of Functional Stupidity at Work" by Mats Alvesson. It touches on the subject of how being smart enough to be stupid at work is sometimes beneficial for everyone at a company...and how it also sometimes is not. I recommend.

These are the Losers (aka true winners) in The Gervais Principle: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

If you think about it, these are the semi-smart ones: more juice per squeeze. The fact is there is no meritocracy and no real reward for effort or impact if there is no profit sharing or equity involved.

The really smart ones would have multiple bullshit jobs and do anything to turn a side-hustle into big money. Either that, or find something that isn't difficult for them but difficult for everyone else: this is more defensible and less likely to be subject to layoffs.

Another article telling how bad employees are... Yes billionaires we can "get more scrappier" fire some more people they are not doing much anyway....