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HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.0/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.4.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<div id="svgContainer">
  <svg id="svg1" width="0" height="0">
      <path id="path1" class="path"/>
   </svg>
</div>
<div class="content container">
  <span>
      <div class="page-header">
         <h2 class="text-primary">Position: <small>Position Title </small></h2>
      </div>
      <table class="table table-bordered departments noBorder">
         <tbody>
            <tr>
               <td class="positionBlank"></td>
               <td class="position smallText" style="width:20%"><i class="fa fa-star padRight"></i>Department 1</td>
               <td class="position smallText" style="width:20%"><i class="fa fa-star padRight"></i>Department 2</td>
               <td class="position smallText" style="width:20%"><i class="fa fa-star padRight"></i>Department 3</td>
               <td class="position smallText" style="width:20%"><i class="fa fa-star padRight"></i>Department 4</td>
               <td class="position smallText" style="width:20%"><i class="fa fa-star padRight"></i>Department 5</td>
            </tr>
         </tbody>
      </table>
      <br />    
      <div class="dataContainer" id="dataContainer">
         <div class="row" >
            <div class="col-md-12">
               <div class="panel panel-primary">
                  <div class="panel-leftheading">
                     <h3 class="panel-lefttitle"><i class="fa fa-thumb-tack padRight"></i>Title</h3>
                  </div>
                  <div class="panel-rightbody">
                     <!-- Table -->
                     <table class="table table-bordered positions">
                        <tbody>
                           <tr>
                              <td class="roleBox" style="width:20%" id="box_1">Content</td>
                              <td class="roleBox"...

CSS

.panel {
  position: relative;
  height: 240px;
}

.panel-default>.panel-leftheading {
  color: #333;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  border-color: #ddd;
  border-top: 10px;
}

.panel-primary>.panel-leftheading {
  color: #fff;
  background-color: #428bca;
  border-color: #428bca;
  border-top: 10px;
}

.panel-success>.panel-leftheading {
  color: #3c763d;
  background-color: #dff0d8;
  border-color: #d6e9c6;
  border-top: 10px;
}

.panel-info>.panel-leftheading {
  color: #31708f;
  background-color: #d9edf7;
  border-color: #bce8f1;
  border-top: 10px;
}

.panel-warning>.panel-leftheading {
  color: #8a6d3b;
  background-color: #fcf8e3;
  border-color: #faebcc;
  border-top: 10px;
}

.panel-danger>.panel-leftheading {
  color: #a94442;
  background-color: #f2dede;
  border-color: #ebccd1;
  border-top: 10px;
}

.panel-leftheading {
  width: 42px;
  padding: 10px 15px;
  border-right: 1px solid transparent;
  border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
  border-top-right-radius: 3px;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;
  border-bottom-right-radius: 3px;
  float: left;
  height: 100%;
}

.panel-lefttitle {
  margin-top: 145px;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  font-size: 12px;
  color: inherit;
  -webkit-transform: rotate(-90deg);
  -webkit-transform-origin: left top;
  -moz-transform: rotate(-90deg);
  -moz-transform-origin: left top;
  -ms-transform: rotate(-90deg);
  -ms-transform-origin: left top;
  -o-transform: rotate(-90deg);
  -o-transform-origin: left top;
  transform: rotate(-90deg);
  transform-origin: left top;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.panel-rightbody {
  margin-left: 42px;
  height: 100%;
}

table {
  margin-bottom: 0;
  border-top: none;
  border-bottom: none;
}

.positions {
  height: 100%;
  position: relative;
}

/* Fix Inner Table Styling...

JavaScript

//helper functions, it turned out chrome doesn't support Math.sgn() 
function signum(x) {
  return (x < 0) ? -1 : 1;
}

function absolute(x) {
  return (x < 0) ? -x : x;
}

function drawPath(svg, path, startX, startY, endX, endY) {

  // get the path's stroke width (if one wanted to be  really precize, one could use half the stroke size)
  var style = getComputedStyle(path)
  var stroke = parseFloat(style.strokeWidth);

  // check if the svg is big enough to draw the path, if not, set heigh/width
  if (svg.getAttribute("height") < endY) svg.setAttribute("height", endY);
  if (svg.getAttribute("width") < (startX + stroke)) svg.setAttribute("width", (startX + stroke));
  if (svg.getAttribute("width") < (endX + stroke)) svg.setAttribute("width", (endX + stroke));

  var deltaX = (endX - startX) * 0.15;
  var deltaY = (endY - startY) * 0.15;
  // for further calculations which ever is the shortest distance
  var delta = deltaY < absolute(deltaX) ? deltaY : absolute(deltaX);

  // set sweep-flag (counter/clock-wise)
  // if start element is closer to the left edge,
  // draw the first arc counter-clockwise, and the second one clock-wise
  var arc1 = 0;
  var arc2 = 1;
  if (startX > endX) {
    arc1 = 1;
    arc2 = 0;
  }
  // draw tha pipe-like path
  // 1. move a bit down, 2. arch,  3. move a bit to the right, 4.arch, 5. move down to the end 
  path.setAttribute("d", "M" + startX + " " + startY +
    " V" + (startY + delta) +
    " A" + delta + " " + delta + " 0 0 " + arc1 + " " + (startX + delta * signum(deltaX)) + " " + (startY + 2 * delta) +
    " H" + (endX - delta * signum(deltaX)) +
    " A" + delta + " " + delta + " 0 0 " + arc2 + " " + endX + " " + (startY + 3 * delta) +
    " V" + endY);
}

function connectElements(svg, path, startElem, endElem) {

  var svgContainer = document.getElementById('svgContainer');

  // if first element is lower than the second, swap!
  if (startElem.offsetTop > endElem.offsetTop) {
    var temp = startElem;
    startElem =...