You would generally find a pack of Jokers in the game of cards.
Sometimes, however, in many organizations you would find that the so called "top management" is nothing but a pack of Jokers.
They act and speak in childish ways.
There are six of them.
Out of the the six, two are the first among equals.
They are the Main Jokers.
They like to be addressed as "boss" or "sir" and bloat like a balloon in false pride when addressed so.
The funny part is they ask so very funnily how come the company has this culture of using the terms "boss" and "sir".
The two Main Jokers maintain their control and micro-management over the affairs of the company.
One Main Joker is deputed locally while the other Main Joker maintains a close vigil from faraway in a different continent altogether.
The Local Main Joker manages the Mini Jokers whereas the Remote Main Joker watches the circus from a distance but sweeps in when asked by the Local Main Joker.
They are like two body and one act as far as lack of ethics is concerned.
The other four are the Mini Jokers who are there only due to their loyalty to the Main Jokers.
These Mini Jokers are given the command of different departments with no consideration for the fact that they lack the necessary competency.
The Mini Joker handling money and facilities for the company thinks of himself as superior to the other three Mini Jokers.
This man knows nothing about facilities but is a trusted man of the Main Jokers and hence does things he should not have been doing in the first place.
The man under this particular Mini Joker is another kind of Joker who is a class apart in the sense that he is very shrewd, extremely rigid and a highly arrogant person.
This Mini Joker does not come to the management review meetings and no one dares to ask him.
The Main Jokers are also scared of him as he knows all their dirty secrets and unethical acts.
Also, this Mini Joker has direct linkage to the fathers of the Main Jokers.
Yes, there are Supreme Jokers also in such companies.
You rarely see and hear from the Supreme Jokers.
They are the ones who are the Masters.
And operate the Main Jokers like puppets.
The second Mini Joker handles the people affairs.
This man is a complete stooge and a domain expert in how to wag the tail like a dog when needed as also when asked to.
He is an expert in getting hare-brained ideas not only in his area but also everywhere else where he has the least knowledge.
This Mini Joker is like the Pied Piper who leads the Main Jokers and also the Supreme Jokers down the garden path of comical company policies.
The company culture in such a pusillanimous and conceited set-up is based on loyalty and longevity and deliberate creation of artificial reporting lines.
However, this Mini Joker is totally incapable of identifying and addressing the core issues and creates a lot of hullabaloo around stuff or things that are totally superficial.
Then you have another Mini Joker who handles the information systems.
And by the way the Local Main Joker lets this Mini Joker do top-guidance on processes also, whatever nonsense that may actually mean.
The Local Main Joker is comfortable with people who when woken up in the night would say "yes sir" or "okay boss" as the first thing.
This Mini Joker snugly fits the bill on the above criteria.
And then last but not the least you have the Mini Joker who handles delivery operations.
He is a silent assassin.
He speaks in a manner that sounds to be highly professional but scratch the surface and you see only dirt underneath:
Sometimes, however, in many organizations you would find that the so called "top management" is nothing but a pack of Jokers.
They act and speak in childish ways.
There are six of them.
Out of the the six, two are the first among equals.
They are the Main Jokers.
They like to be addressed as "boss" or "sir" and bloat like a balloon in false pride when addressed so.
The funny part is they ask so very funnily how come the company has this culture of using the terms "boss" and "sir".
The two Main Jokers maintain their control and micro-management over the affairs of the company.
One Main Joker is deputed locally while the other Main Joker maintains a close vigil from faraway in a different continent altogether.
The Local Main Joker manages the Mini Jokers whereas the Remote Main Joker watches the circus from a distance but sweeps in when asked by the Local Main Joker.
They are like two body and one act as far as lack of ethics is concerned.
The other four are the Mini Jokers who are there only due to their loyalty to the Main Jokers.
These Mini Jokers are given the command of different departments with no consideration for the fact that they lack the necessary competency.
The Mini Joker handling money and facilities for the company thinks of himself as superior to the other three Mini Jokers.
This man knows nothing about facilities but is a trusted man of the Main Jokers and hence does things he should not have been doing in the first place.
The man under this particular Mini Joker is another kind of Joker who is a class apart in the sense that he is very shrewd, extremely rigid and a highly arrogant person.
This Mini Joker does not come to the management review meetings and no one dares to ask him.
The Main Jokers are also scared of him as he knows all their dirty secrets and unethical acts.
Also, this Mini Joker has direct linkage to the fathers of the Main Jokers.
Yes, there are Supreme Jokers also in such companies.
You rarely see and hear from the Supreme Jokers.
They are the ones who are the Masters.
And operate the Main Jokers like puppets.
The second Mini Joker handles the people affairs.
This man is a complete stooge and a domain expert in how to wag the tail like a dog when needed as also when asked to.
He is an expert in getting hare-brained ideas not only in his area but also everywhere else where he has the least knowledge.
This Mini Joker is like the Pied Piper who leads the Main Jokers and also the Supreme Jokers down the garden path of comical company policies.
The company culture in such a pusillanimous and conceited set-up is based on loyalty and longevity and deliberate creation of artificial reporting lines.
However, this Mini Joker is totally incapable of identifying and addressing the core issues and creates a lot of hullabaloo around stuff or things that are totally superficial.
Then you have another Mini Joker who handles the information systems.
And by the way the Local Main Joker lets this Mini Joker do top-guidance on processes also, whatever nonsense that may actually mean.
The Local Main Joker is comfortable with people who when woken up in the night would say "yes sir" or "okay boss" as the first thing.
This Mini Joker snugly fits the bill on the above criteria.
And then last but not the least you have the Mini Joker who handles delivery operations.
He is a silent assassin.
He speaks in a manner that sounds to be highly professional but scratch the surface and you see only dirt underneath:
- He is not able to take decisions
- He is not capable of understanding core issue at work when something comes up
- He keeps silent when he needs to act
- He doesn't do the communications he is supposed to be doing and the Local Main Joker does that for some funny reason
- He acts as if he is superior to those heads of departments who are the real functional heads but for some silly reason not part of inter-department meetings
- He doesn't take ownership of things he should be doing
- He has a coterie of pet stooges and he believe and trusts them completely
In such companies the Main Jokers and the Mini Jokers do many funny things such as:
- The Local Main Joker does inter-department meetings with only the Mini Jokers and without involving the heads of departments who are the actual heads handling that departmental affairs.
- The Local Main Joker brings up an issue with a Mini Joker in anther meeting but it is hard to understand that when they have agreed upon something in an earlier so called inter-department meeting what is the point to bring it up again.
- The Local Main Joker is highly unprofessional and likes the Mini Jokers who have been specially hand-picked and then trained to utter like caged parrot just two things - "yes sir" and "okay boss".
- The Remote Main Joker is a man who likes to have complete control over things to the extent that he even wants to decide where the comma needs to be in a sentence.
A company managed or rather mismanaged by a pack of Jokers.is a strange and suffocating place to work.
Do you know you are not in such a company?
In case you are, you are simply unfortunate and got to stay alert.
And should move out fast!
