The Overqualified Employee: When Upskilling Becomes an issue.

In today’s workplace, “upskilling” is often sold as the golden ticket to growth.But what happens when your newly acquired skills outgrow your company’s comfort zone?

In this Kaapi with Ravi cartoon, we meet an employee who followed all the HR posters and corporate pep talks — only to be told he’s now “overqualified.”

A sharp satire on how corporate culture can sometimes reward conformity over competence, and slogans over sincerity.

It’s a reminder that learning is powerful — but the workplace must evolve to value growth, not fear it. Do you think organizations genuinely support employee growth — or only when it’s convenient?

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