Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 25th January 2004

Dilbert//5398, first published 22 years ago on Sunday 25th January 2004

Tags

ceo worer 40 million a year 400 x worker pay salary disparity golden egg every ten minutes money

Official transcript

"Our CEO will be happy to answer any questions."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OUR CEO WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

WHY DOES THE COMPANY PAY YOU 40 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR?

I ASK BECAUSE IT'S 400 TIMES MORE THAN I MAKE. AND I WORK 70 HOURS A WEEK.

DO YOU WORK 28,000 HOURS PER WEEK?

OR DO YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF SPECIAL ABILITY THAT ISN'T OBVIOUS?

GRRRR RRRRR AAAH-OOGAH!!!

GOLDEN EGG.

ONE EVERY TEN MINUTES.

GOOD ANSWER

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "The Golden Egg"

Summary:

The comic strip revolves around a conversation between Dilbert and his boss, who is attempting to justify his excessive work hours. The boss claims to work 70 hours a week, which is 400 times more than Dilbert's workload. When Dilbert questions the company's payment of $40 million per year, the boss responds that he has a special ability that is not obvious. Dilbert, however, remains skeptical and asks if the boss has a "golden egg" that he can produce every ten minutes. The boss proudly presents a golden egg, but Dilbert is unimpressed, suggesting that it is just a normal egg with a golden coating. The boss becomes defensive, stating that it is indeed a golden egg, and Dilbert retorts that it is still just an egg. The conversation ends with the boss becoming angry and storming out of the room.

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