Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 5th August 1998

Dilbert//3399, first published 28 years ago on Wednesday 5th August 1998

Tags

catbert evil hr director grossly underpaid type of work current duities compensation review true story not qualified subordinate is qualified

Official transcript

Caption: Catbert: Evil H.R. Director. Catbert sits behind a desk, a women sits on the other side. The woman says, "I'm grossly underpaid for the type of work I do now."

Catbert says, "Write a description of your current duties. I'll be happy to do a compensation review."

Caption: Based on a true story. Catbert says, "Sadly, it appears you're not qualified for your own job. But one of your subordinates is."

Woman's eyes widen.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CATBERT: EVIL H.R. DIRECTOR I'M GROSSLY UNDERPAID FOR THE TYPE OF WORK I DO NOW.

WRITE A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR CURRENT DUTIES. I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO A COMPENSATION REVIEW.

BASED ON A TRUE STORY SADLY, IT APPEARS YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED FOR YOUR OWN JOB.

BUT ONE OF YOUR SUBORDINATES IS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Underpaid and Overwhelmed"

Summary:

The comic strip, originally published in Dilbert, revolves around a catbert character who is grossly underpaid for his work. He decides to write a description of his current duties to request a compensation review. However, he discovers that one of his subordinates is not qualified for their own job, leaving Catbert questioning the fairness of his own situation. The strip humorously highlights the absurdities of office politics and the challenges of seeking fair compensation in a bureaucratic environment.

generated by llama-3.2-11b-vision-instruct

Accompanying textual content, such as title, tags and transcripts, is shown here if we have it. Not every comic has all of these, and they seem to be a bit hit and miss even on the official website.