Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 6th June 2003

Dilbert//5165, first published 23 years ago on Friday 6th June 2003

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senior management knows key employees hard imes bonuses black mailing themselves sound bad huge retention

Official transcript

The Boss addresses a meeting, "Senior management knows they need to retain key employees during hard times."

The Boss continues, "That's why they're giving themselves huge retention bonuses."

Alice responds, "So, they're blackmailing themselves?"

The Boss says, "You can make anything sound bad."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

SENIOR MANAGEMENT KNOWS THEY NEED TO RETAIN KEY EMPLOYEES DURING HARD TIMES.

THAT'S WHY THEYRE GIVING THEMSELVES HUGE RETENTION BONUSES.

SO, THEY'RE BLACKMAILING THEMSELVES?

YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING SOUND BAD.

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