1. Email chor
2. Mic chor
Their privilege gave them the vocabulary and confidence to take up space and raise their voice. At the slightest opportunity, they grab the mic and conveniently forget to pass it to the one whose idea they just stole and repackaged as their ‘deep insight.’
3. Footage chor
Somehow, they manage to be in every photo, even the behind-the-scenes ones. If only they were this quick when it came to actually getting the work done. Their post is already live on LinkedIn and Instagram before the event even wraps up. While the team is sweating it out during prep, they’re scrolling through Myntra deciding what to wear on the big day. For them, a ‘successful’ event is one where they got a photo with the chief guest.
4. Agenda chor
Whatever the agenda of the meeting, they don’t care. They somehow manage to push their own, often highly personal agenda. They make everyone listen, gather support (sometimes with power, other times with manipulation), and move forward…already planning for their next personal mission.
5. Last-minute chor
These are the ‘experienced’ ones, who take undue advantage of it. They make a dramatic entry in the last 5% of the project, offer one suggestion that everyone already considered weeks ago, and later boast about how “they had to step in” to get things done.
6. (Re)cycle chor
They dig up their ex-colleagues’ old work from a previous organisation, dust it off, polish it, change the font colour of the slides, and present it at meetings and conferences as if it’s their own current work. The only thing they forget is that the person they are presenting to is seeing it for the 5th time and knows exactly where this has come from.
This article was originally published as an Instagram post.
