Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 13th September 1996

Dilbert//2708, first published thirty years ago on Friday 13th September 1996

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abandon startegy making good products ours strategy mergers business spin offs random reorgozations accelerate stock price fruitless partnerships

Official transcript

The Boss reads a document and tells Dilbert, Wally and Alice, "The company announced that we will 'abandon our strategy of making good products . . .'"

The Boss continues, "From now on we'll 'pursue a desperate strategy of mergers, business spin-offs, fruitless partnerships and random reorganizations.'"

The Boss reads, "And we'll accelerate our program of paying the good employees to leave."

Dilbert asks Wally, "Stock price?"

Wally looks at his monitor and replies, "Up three points."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE COMPANY ANNOUNCED THAT WE WILL "ABANDON OUR STRATEGY OF MAKING GOOD PRODUCTS...

FROM NOW ON WE'LL "PURSUE A DESPERATE STRATEGY OF MERGERS, BUSINESS SPINOFFS, FRUITLESS PARTNERSHIPS AND RANDOM REORGANIZATIONS. " "AND WE'LL ACCELERATE OUR PROGRAM OF PAYING THE GOOD EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE." STOCK PRICE?

UP THREE POINTS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Desperate Strategy"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a company announcing its intention to abandon its strategy of producing good products. Instead, they plan to pursue a series of desperate measures, including:

• Mergers
• Business spin-offs
• Fruitless partnerships
• Random reorganizations

The employees are skeptical and concerned about the company's direction, with one employee asking if the company will accelerate its program of paying good employees to leave. Another employee jokes that the company's stock price will go up three points.

The comic strip satirizes the common practice of companies implementing drastic changes to their strategies without considering the potential consequences or the well-being of their employees. It pokes fun at the idea that companies will do whatever it takes to stay competitive, even if it means sacrificing their core values and employees.

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