Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 1st April 2002

Dilbert//4734, first published 24 years ago on Monday 1st April 2002

Tags

avoid finsihing surplus employees wrong about knowing

Official transcript

The Boss says to Wally and Dilbert, "Business is way down. You know what you need to do."

Wally responds, "Avoid finishing anything so we never appear to be surplus employees?"

Wally continues, "Maybe this would be a good time to admit that you were wrong about us knowing."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

BUSINESS IS WAY DOWN. YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

AVOID FINISHING ANYTHING 50 WE NEVER APPEAR TO BE SURPLUS EMPLOYEES?

MAYBE THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO ADMIT THAT YOU WERE WRONG ABOUT US KNOWING.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Surplus Employees"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a meeting of business executives, where one executive, Dilbert, is being told that he is no longer needed due to being a surplus employee. The other executives are shown to be more concerned with avoiding blame and covering their own backsides than with addressing the issue of surplus employees.

Key Points:

• The comic strip highlights the lack of accountability and transparency in corporate decision-making.
• It suggests that executives are more focused on protecting themselves than on addressing the root causes of problems.
• The strip uses humor to comment on the absurdity of corporate culture and the ways in which it can lead to inefficient and unfair practices.

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