The workplace is a circus from "summary" of The Dilbert Principle by Scott Adams
In the workplace, you can witness a performance that rivals any circus act you've ever seen. The clowns are the management, juggling responsibilities with incompetence while riding unicycles of poor decision-making. The acrobats are the employees, bending over backward to meet unrealistic expectations and jumping through hoops of corporate bureaucracy. The ringmaster is the HR department, cracking the whip to keep everyone in line while taming the wild beasts of office politics. Just like in the circus, there are tightrope walkers in the workplace who balance on the edge of disaster every day. One wrong move, and they could come crashing down. The sword swallowers are the employees who take on risky projects with no guarantee of success, hoping to impress the audience and avoid getting stabbed in the back. The lion tamers are the middle...
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