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“Birds of the same feather flock together.”
An Old Saying
Capone had a crony lamb,
Who was just like him and so,
Wherever that Capone went,
The crony was sure to go!
Mr.Crony Capone
lives with the kicks of life of a special kind: Don't Corporate
Sidekicks normally remind you of villains in films?
You can usually
judge a man by the type of cronies he keeps. They are almost like
Freudian slips for him.
There are various
shades of Capones.
If you want to
figure out what Mr. Capone is like, then watch what his cronies
are up to. Cronies come in great varieties. The Spying ones are
the eyes and ears of Mr.Crony Capone. They let him know who the
traitors are and who the faithful are. The Palm greasing ones are
busy paying off whenever any favour is required outside the company
by Mr.Capone. The Fixers are preoccupied with chopping the necks
of those who dare oppose Mr.Capone. Then there are the less harmful
partying variety that ensure that Mr.Capone is the cynosure of all
gatherings. These are the cronies of the rather colourful and flamboyant
Capone. The most vicious are the Double-crossers. They first befriend
someone who is innocent and unsuspecting. Then they stab him in
the back. Crony understanding is a huge science by itself. You seldom
understand it unless you practise it yourself. Now, someone as good
as you is very unlikely to do that
The special “perks”
and “privileges” that the cronies enjoy are gradually
offered to the fresh recruit. These could range from working flexible
hours, coming in late often, working from home to special privileges
like taking a quick tour back “home” if he needs to
on official pretexts. Others use company assets to the best advantage
for personal gain like getting “insider information”
about the company's plans, people and strategies. The last part
is usually shared with the more evolved and important cronies. The
cronies too are competing with each other slowly. Each one is trying
to prove to be more sycophantic than the other. Each one is intent
on digging out more interesting information than the other.
One
of the best times to spot the cronies is at the annual appraisals.
They blossom like blooming idiots in spring.
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