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-Known fondly by [[management consultant]]s as an “[[SME]]”, as [[subject matter expert]] is one of those benighted people without whom the organisation would not function, who are nonetheless poorly paid, in the sedimentary layers of [[middle management]] widely resented and, if said [[management consultants]] (or for that matter, [[middle management]] have anything to do with it, will shortly be made redundant.
+[[File:Morlock.jpg|thumb|A [[subject matter expert]], yesterday.]]
+Known fondly by [[management consultant]]s as an “[[SME]]” — or ''less'' fondly as a [[Morlock]]—a [[subject matter expert]] is one of those benighted people without whom the organisation would not function, who are nonetheless poorly paid, forced to live in a dungeon below ground, being routinely beaten by the inhabitants of the sedimentary layers of [[middle management]] and, if said [[management consultants]] (or for that matter, [[middle management]] have anything to do with it, will shortly be made redundant.
 There is an argument that [[middle management]] is little more than a game of chicken to see how many subject matter experts you can fire without the organisation actually imploding on itself.