Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 4th February 1998

Dilbert//3217, first published 28 years ago on Wednesday 4th February 1998

Tags

career talk boss office work you health deteriorates obsolete downsize plan work fast ill

Official transcript

Dilbert stadns in front of the Boss who is sitting at his desk. Dilbert says, "I'd like to talk about my career path."

The Boss says, "Okay."

The Boss says, "My plan is to work you until your health deteriorates and your skills are obsolete. Then we'll downsize you."

Dilbert holds his stomach and says, "I'm ill."

The Boss says, "Really? I've never had a plan work this fast before."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MY CAREER PATH.

OKAY.

MY PLAN IS TO WORK YOU UNTIL YOUR HEALTH DETERIORATES AND YOUR SKILLS ARE OBSOLETE. THEN I'LL DOWNSIZE YOU.

I'M ILL.

REALLY? I'VE NEVER HAD A PLAN WORK THIS FAST BEFORE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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