Sycophancy

Sycophancy is also called bootlicking in colloquial English. The exercisers of this tradition are called sycophants or toadies. Perhaps, the word is not in the repertoire of your active vocabulary, you might have been suffering, if not have suffered, to some extent by its application. Have you ever felt that somebody who is less capable than you is getting better position than yours? Have you ever felt that your employer is misjudging your performance and devotion because you disliked being attached informally than your colleagues? Have you ever felt that somebody backbiting you with the employer and you are pushed back? If yes, then you have already been victimized by the application of sycophancy.
Sycophancy may have a national and global influence. If you are a government employee you might have experienced it. Unlike this, if you are employed in private sectors the experience might be more disgusting because businessman, as an employer, has the right to hire and fire his/her employees. His/her individual perception, along with his bootlickers, decides whether you are to be demoted or terminated.

The toadyism, perhaps, developed and extended with the human civilization itself. The sycophants and its agents are everywhere. Nobody can prove that he/she is not a sycophant at all. Neither have they accepted that they are sycophant. Then, why this tradition has been adopted and practiced globally with the extension of privatization?
Mostly, sycophants are weaker in their professionalism as they have less caliber and talents. They do have narrow professional horizon. They think that their present achievement is ultimate one. Therefore they remain worried whether they could satisfy employers’ whims. On the other hand, this tendency has been able to engulf the majority of the national, private as well as international organizations/institutions since some employees bear a rotten principle that they can’t get promotion without the demotion of their colleagues. They are proud of their unnecessary attachment with the employers. They never realize how they are being exploited but they act as though they know everything. Most of the sycophants cannot figure out their real position. Neither can they recognize their hidden caliber.
Though the sycophants are jealous towards others progress they never try to construct the road of their future. Their tragedy with their nearest and dearest godfather is very tragic. However, this is a divine chance that makes them realize their wrongdoings. Unfortunately, they are totally ruined by the time they come to know their ethics.