There is a company in India (say XYZ Ltd.) which is famous for its ability to “manage the environment”.
An old riddle used to go like this:
Q:How many types of people are there in government ?
Ans: Two types.One is Friends of XYZ and the other is Servants of XYZ !
An acquaintance who used to work in the HR department of this company explained their secret sauce.Apparently, on the employee rolls of the company, there is a special list .
On this list are the family members/friends/wives etc of politicians, bureaucrats and other important people.These people are obviously not expected to do any work of any sort and get the salaries just to “maintain relationship”
Some famous examples are the brother of an influential politician who got a salary as a “Marketing Consultant”, a former Police Commissioner of Mumbai who got his fees as a “Security Consultant” and funniest of all, an underworld element who got his fees as a “HR Consultant” !
This is India !!