Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 13th April 2001

Dilbert//4381, first published 25 years ago on Friday 13th April 2001

Tags

tight labor market complicated tasks harder jobs dumb employees

Official transcript

Dilbert is pointing to a graphic of a person being squeezed in a vise. Dilbert says, "Due to a tight labor market and increasingly complicated tasks.."

Dilbert continues, "Harder and harder jobs will be staffed with dumber and dumber employees until the logical limit:"

As a table to zombie like employees stare, Dilbert says, "This meeting."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

DUE TO A TIGHT LABOR MARKET AND INCREASINGLY COMPLICATED TASKS.

AATEE!

HARDER AND HARDER JOBS WILL BE STAFFED WITH DUMBER AND DUMBER EMPLOYEES UNTIL THE LOGICAL LIMIT: THIS MEETING.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Harder and Harder Jobs"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a receding hairline, standing in front of a whiteboard. He is addressing a group of employees, stating that due to the tight labor market and increasingly complicated tasks, harder and harder jobs will be staffed with dumber and dumber employees until the logical limit is reached. The employees appear unimpressed, with one responding, "This meeting." The comic strip humorously highlights the challenges of finding suitable employees in a competitive job market.

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