CRAPPY JOINT: Context Matters

Crappy joint is an organization where you cannot realize your potential.

It can be crappy because of the mismatch between resources and needs in both ways. When there are no resources, one cannot achieve much and has to settle for the bare minimum (the case of post-Soviet research institutes); when resources are abundant, and the performance criteria do not exist, it might lead to the squandering of resources and corruption.

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