Companies should promote the capable and demote the mediocre.
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usage
By far the most common appearance is the proverb 能者多劳 (the capable get more work) — said half-sympathetically when piling tasks on a productive colleague. The fixed pair 能者上, 庸者下 is a stock phrase from corporate and political reform talk.
history
能者多劳 traces to 《庄子·列御寇》: 巧者劳而知者忧 — Zhuangzi's observation that skill and knowledge come with toil. The modern proverb compressed the same sentiment.
