Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 28th March 2003

Dilbert//5095, first published 23 years ago on Friday 28th March 2003

Tags

downsize department phone list efficient list

Official transcript

Wally hands The Boss a sheet of paper and says, "I took the initiative and made a list of people you could downsize."

The Boss looks at the list and responds, "This is just the department phone list with your name covered up."

Wally says, "That's the sort of efficiency that kept me off the list."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I TOOK THE INITIATIVE AND MADE A LIST OF PEOPLE YOU COULD DOWNSIZE.

THIS IS JUST THE DEPARTMENT PHONE LIST WITH YOUR NAME COVERED UP.

THAT'S THE SORT OF EFFICIENCY THAT KEPT ME OFF THE LIST.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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