Dilbert cartoon first published on Monday 1st December 2003

Dilbert//5343, first published 23 years ago on Monday 1st December 2003

Tags

evil director merger extra work must be reason tax thing

Official transcript

"Catbert, evil director human resources."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

CATBERT, EVIL DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES WE NEED TO TELL OUR EMPLOYEES ABOUT THE MERGER.

THEY'LL READ IT IN THE NEWS. WHY SHOULD WE DO EXTRA WORK?

OTHER COMPANIES DO IT. THERE MUST BE A REASON.

MAYBE IT'S A TAX THING.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Merger"

Summary:

The comic strip, originally published in 2003, revolves around a conversation between Catbert, the evil director of human resources, and a red creature representing a company's employees.

• Catbert informs the employees that they need to tell their colleagues about the merger.
• The red creature asks why they should do extra work, to which Catbert responds that other companies must be doing it, and it's a tax thing.
• The red creature is skeptical, but Catbert assures them that it's a tax thing.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea that companies often use vague or unclear reasons for requiring employees to do extra work, and that employees may not always understand the true purpose behind these requests.

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