Five cannibals 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."