Five cannibals (Man eaters) get appointed as programmers in an IT
company.
During the welcoming ceremony the boss says: "You're all part of our
team now. You can earn good money here, and you can go to the company
canteen for something to eat. So don't trouble the other employees".
The cannibals promise not to trouble the other employees.
Four weeks later the boss returns and says: "You're all working very
hard, and I'm very satisfied with all of you. One of our developers
has
disappeared however. Do any of you know what happened to her?" The
cannibals disown all knowledge of the missing developer. After the
boss
has left, the leader of the cannibals says to the others: "Which of
you
idiots ate the developer?"
One of the cannibals raises his hand hesitantly, to which the leader
Of the cannibals says: "You FOOL! For four weeks we've been eating team
leaders, managers, and project managers and no-one has noticed
anything,
and now YOU ate one developer and it got noticed. So hereafter please
don't eat a person who is working."