A parable about the ant

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Every day, from dusk till dawn, the hard working Ant spent his time doing his work cheerfully. He was happy and prosperous, and the firm was very successful. But...



The Drone, who was the firm's CEO, decided that the Ant would do an even better job if he was being supervised. So he appointed the Beetle as his chief supervisor.



The Beetle's main task was to organise the Ant's job. He told the Ant to start writing daily reports about the job done.



Soon, there was need for a secretary who would help the Beetle with reading and registering the Ant's reports. So they hired the Spider, who classified all documentation and who was responsible for the phone calls.



Meanwhile, the Ant kept working, still happily...



The Drone was very happy with the Beetle's reports, so he asked for more reports, assessments, forecasts, and processing the available data.



In such case, it was evident that the Roach's services were needed, as assistant to the Beetle... he bought her a new PC and a colour printer.



Soon, the productive and happy Ant started complaining of all the reports and analyses, which he was forced to compile, and he grew ever unhappier.



The Drone, the firm's CEO, understood that urgent measures were needed.



So, he attached a new department to the Ant's production department, appointing the Cricket as chief.



He built a modern office for himself, and furnished it accordingly.

But the Ant had stopped singing like before, and he grew ever more irritable...



Once, as the CEO was looking at the data, he realised that the production department was no longer as efficient as it used to be.



So he thought... Maybe I should hire a consultant. So he hired the Owl to prepare a diagnostic analysis.



The Owl spent 3 months around the firm's offices, and his conclusion was: There is too much staff here!

So after some further consultations, the firm decided to make staff cuts.

Can you guess who was first on the cut list? It was the Ant of course, because he was always unhappy and complaining.




The moral of the story I am leaving to you...