Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 28th August 2001

Dilbert//4518, first published 25 years ago on Tuesday 28th August 2001

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lower costs retirement package smart employees rewrite mission statement fit better retired by now

Official transcript

Catbert is sitting on The Boss' desk. The Boss says, "First, we'll lower costs by offering a retirement package that induces all the smart employees to leave."

The Boss continues, "Then we'll rewrite our mission statement to make it fit better."

Dilbert says to Dogbert, "Our new mission statement is, 'If you can read this you should have retired by now."

Dogbert replies, "Ouch."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

FIRST, WE'LL LOWER COSTS BY OFFERING A RETIREMENT PACKAGE THAT INDUCES ALL THE SMART EMPLOYEES TO LEAVE.

THEN WE'LL REWRITE OUR MISSION STATEMENT TO MAKE IT FIT BETTER.

OUR NEW MISSION STATEMENT IS, "IF YOU CAN READ THIS YOU SHOULD HAVE RETIRED BY NOW." OUCH

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Retirement Plan"

Summary:

The comic strip, originally published in a newspaper, features Dilbert and his cat Dogbert. The storyline revolves around a company's attempt to reduce costs by offering a retirement package that induces all smart employees to leave.

Key Points:

• The company introduces a new mission statement: "If you can read this, you should have retired by now."
• The mission statement is intended to make the company fit better.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of a company trying to reduce costs by getting rid of its smart employees.
• The use of a cat as the main character adds a humorous touch to the strip.

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