Or, perhaps put another way, you are doing a ‘Peter Principle’ thing and promoting someone beyond their competence. A person might be fine at a position and suck at the next level up in many many fields.
“A person might be fine at a position and suck at the next level up in many many fields.”
True, but a tse-tse fly could be a decent Congressman, considering that they need no intellect and do no work...ever. Thus, a Congressman elevated to any job, including garbage collector, would be incompetent.