My personal experience is that those who are highly skilled and add value become an immediate threat to those who are just "punching a clock". It's important to note that those people may be at any level of an organization.
Damn, thanks for that :/ That's the situation I am currently in, looks like I'm going to have to stop actually working and playing the politics game instead. Or just get another job that's not as soul-crushing.
Your career is not the work you do. It's how you're perceived socially within a company structure.
This essay is actually very good: http://www.ribbonfarm.com/the-gervais-principle/
My personal experience is that those who are highly skilled and add value become an immediate threat to those who are just "punching a clock". It's important to note that those people may be at any level of an organization.