Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 12th November 2001

Dilbert//4594, first published 25 years ago on Monday 12th November 2001

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ceos goal improve revenue fired contratcor cancelled my contract

Official transcript

The Boss says to an employee, "Our CEO's goal is to improve our revenue per employee. So I'm going to fire you and bring you back as a contractor."

The employee responds, "Last week his goal was to reduce the number of contractors. So you cancelled my contract and hired me as an employee."

The Boss replies, "Well, it looks like someone doesn't like having his cheese moved."

The employee looks at The Boss skeptically.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OUR CEO'S GOAL IS TO IMPROVE OUR REVENUE PER EMPLOYEE.

SO I'M GOING TO FIRE YOU AND BRING YOU BACK AS A CONTRACTOR.

LAST WEEK HIS GOAL WAS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CONTRACTORS. SO YOU CANCELLED MY CONTRACT AND HIRED ME AS AN EMPLOYEE.

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE HAVING HIS CHEESE MOVED.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Cheese Move"

Summary:

• The CEO of a company announces that he will fire employees to reduce the number of contractors.
• However, he is unable to find anyone to replace the departing employees, as they have all been hired by the CEO as contractors.
• The CEO is left with no one to fire, and the situation is described as a "cheese move," implying that it is a clever but ultimately futile attempt to achieve his goal.

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