The IT way

Divide and Rule!

With my limited exposure

To the Indian IT enclosure

Well, here is my disclosure

With restraint and composure

Divide and rule is the golden rule.

Across all teams, this is a common tool!

Making Profit is the primary vision

So, cutting costs is forever a mission

Hierarchy strongly governs each division

Of customers and vendors, it’s a complex relation

Divide and rule is the golden rule.

Do whatever to let profits rule!

Promotion for some, and increment for some

Even the employee salary structure is random

People are hesitant to interact with freedom

Mostly, it’s routine work and some boredom

Divide and rule is the golden rule.

Individual benefits drive the employee work schedule!

Having HR, Finance and other support functions is great

But they need to work according to a preset template

Diversity, inclusiveness, and employee safety can wait

Priority is to ensure that the company reputation is adequate

Divide and rule is the golden rule.

Display of support is the greater rule!

Employees having the ability to dodge work, abound

Though rare, those who work hard can also be found

It is never enough to just be around

Showcase more and create some sound

Divide and rule is the golden rule.

Yeah, working with passion is not so cool!

Responding to emails and calls is not always necessary

Feeling important is the object primary

Being too brief or curt are options further dreary

Non-responses after many reminders makes you wary and weary

Divide and rule is the golden rule.

Lack of communication makes you a subject of ridicule!

The values of liberty, honesty, integrity

That ought to be preserved for posterity

Exist only in the governance scheme

Less in practice, more as a dream

Divide and rule is the golden rule.

If you still care about values, you might be a fool!

With hope and optimism, as we endure

There is just no need to feel insecure                                               

We need to be open, we need to share

Let’s work together, let’s work with care

Divide and rule is an olden rule.

Let more ideas, thoughts, debates rule!