Parkinson’s Law by C. Nothcote Parkinson
Contributed by Chris Purcell
on May 9th, 2014. Artwork published in
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“Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion” was Parkinson’s observation about the way that people in government or business, especially in committees, do their jobs. First published in 1955, it was meant to be funny, but of course it’s all too true.
