The opposite could come into play at some companies where people start questioning the expense of your salary since you&#x27;re never having to deal with successful attacks. It&#x27;s hard to talk up what didn&#x27;t happen. Then you have people always putting out fires who look like they&#x27;re &quot;getting shit done.&quot;<p>It often seems like a myth when you hear about that phenomenon, but then I experienced this myself in a different role myself and became a believer.<p>It could still be the peter principle, and that you need to better communicate your unseen accomplishments. Maybe there should be a modified peter principle, where people rise according to their ability in the job and corporate politics.