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Workers with no Boss are like a Horse with no Rider
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this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2026
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Workers without a boss are more like a beehive with no queen.
Functional, but we're going to have to turn one of these unhatched eggs into a new set of genitals eventually.
And it's always Bob from Accounting who ends up swinging their sack around in the end.
I guess that depends on who you assume the worker is in this premise
If the "worker with no boss" is someone that is self employed, or they are the "boss", then they are closer to OPs example
If they are a lower level worker in a company that has no leadership at all, then it's closer to the bee example. However, just like with bees, the workers will raise a new bee to be the queen in order to keep the system functional
I think the difference between the hive and a workplace is that when a human boss mismanages a company and overworks the workers, the workers eventually burn out and get replaced, or the boss leaves to do the same thing at a new company. Bee hives can't do that, and if they mismanage the hive (by sending the wrong pheromones), then the colony dies