A Corporate Story:
Every day, a small π Ant arrives at work very early and starts work immediately.
π She produces a lot and she was happy.
The Chief, π― a Tiger, was surprised to see that π the Ant was working without supervision.
π― He thought if the π Ant can produce so much without supervision, wouldnβt she produce even more if she had a supervisor!
So π― he recruited a π Bee who had extensive experience as π· supervisor and who was famous for π writing excellent reports.
The π Beeβs first decision was to set up a π clocking in attendance system.
π He also needed a secretary to help him write and type his reports and he recruited a πRabbit , who managed the archives and monitored β all phone calls.
π― The Tiger was delighted with the π Bee's reports and asked him to produce π graphs to describe production rates and to analyse π trends, so that he could use them for π presentations at Boardβs meetings.
So the π Bee had to buy a π» new computer and a Laser printer and recruited a π Cat to manage the π IT department.
Theπ Ant, who had once been so productive and relaxed, hated this new plethora of paperwork and meetings which used up most of her timeβ¦!
π― The Tiger came to the conclusion that it was high time to nominate a person in charge of the department where the π Ant worked.
The position was given to the π Monkey, whose first decision was to buy an Air Conditioner and an ergonomic πΊ chair for his office.
The new person in charge, π the Monkey, also needed a π» computer and a personal assistant , who he brought from his previous department, to help him prepare a π Work and π 'Budget Control Strategic Optimisation Plan' β¦
The Department where the π Ant works is now a sad place, where nobody laughs anymore and everybody has become upset...
It was at that time that the π Bee convinced the boss, π― the Tiger; of the absolute necessity to start a climatic study of the environment .
Having reviewed the charges for running the π Antβs department , the π― Tiger found out that the Production was much less than before.
So he recruited the π€ Owl, a prestigious and renowned consultant to carry out an audit and suggest solutions.
π€ The Owl spent three months in the department and came up with an enormous report, in several volumes, that concluded...
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β The Department is overstaffed ...β
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Guess who the π― Tiger fires first?
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Of course, π the Ant.........,
"....because she showed lack of motivation and had a negative attitude. "
Does this ring a bell or sound familiar?ππ
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"The Characters in this fable are fictitious; any resemblance to real people or facts within your Corporate Institution is pure coincidence onlyβ¦"
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