Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 9th April 1995
Dilbert//2185, first published 31 years ago on Sunday 9th April 1995
Tags
ranked engineers best to wworst bottom 10% includes you logically flawed fire fire body parts wally freaked outm torsos glands blood and bile fired hair
Official transcript
Wally sits across from the Boss's desk. The Boss says, "We ranked all the engineers from best to worst."
The Boss continues, "We plan to get rid of the bottom ten percent. That includes you, Wally."
Wally replies, "Your plan is logically flawed."
Wally continues, "If you fire the bottom ten percent, you'll STILL have a bottom 10%."
Wally continues, "You'll fire and fire, but there will always be a bottom 10%, until finally . . ."
Wally stands up and shouts, "When less than ten people are left you'll have to fire body parts instead of whole people!!!"
Wally screams, "We'll have torsos and glands wandering around unable to use keyboards . . . Blood and bile everywhere!!!"
Dilbert asks, "How'd it go?"
Wally replies, "He fired my hair."
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
WE RANKED ALL THE ENGINEERS FROM BEST TO WORST.
WE PLAN TO GET RID OF THE 10%.
THAT INCLUDES YOU WALLY.
YOUR PLAN IS LOGICALLY FLAWED.
IF YOU FIRE THE 10%, YOULL STILL HAVE A BOTTOM 10 %.
YOU'LL FIRE AND FIRE BUT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A BOTTOM 10%, UNTIL FINALLY WHEN LESS THAN TEN PEOPLE ARE LEFT YOU'LL HAVE TO FIRE BODY PARTS INSTEAD OF WHOLE PEOPLE!!!
WE'LL HAVE TORSOS AND GLANDS WANDERING AROUND UNABLE TO USE KEYBOARDS...
BLOOD AND BILE EVERYWHERE !!!
HOW'D IT GO?
HE FIRED MY HAIR.
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
The title of this comic strip is "The Bottom 10%".
This comic strip is a humorous take on the common corporate practice of firing employees who are underperforming. The boss of the company, who is depicted as a balding man with a green tie, is shown to be extremely harsh and unreasonable in his treatment of his employees. He fires anyone who is not in the top 10% of performers, regardless of whether they are good at their job or not.
The employees are shown to be terrified of being fired, and they will do anything to avoid it. One employee is even willing to have his hair fired, which is a ridiculous and absurd request.
Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at the harsh and unfair treatment of employees in some companies. It highlights the absurdity of the situation and the fear that employees live with when they are constantly worried about being fired.
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