In the army they call that behaviour &#x27;the grey man&#x27;; trying to stay out of the upper and lower quartiles to avoid (1) being assigned difficult and &#x2F; or risky tasks due to competence and (2) being assigned punishment tasks due to incompetence.<p>Usually grey-manning involves trying to do things just well enough to be signed-off, but not quickly enough to be commended and noted.