Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 1st October 2004

Dilbert//5648, first published 22 years ago on Friday 1st October 2004

Tags

earned 100 million senior management unexpended stock options incentivized

Official transcript

"Tomorrow I'll tell the stockholders that we earned $100 million!"

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

TOMORROW I'LL TELL THE STOCKHOLDERS THAT WE EARNED $100 MILLION!

WILL YOU TELL THEM THAT YOU GAVE ALL OF THEIR PROFITS TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT IN THE FORM OF UN- EXPENSED STOCK OPTIONS?

WE HAD TO BE INCEN - TIVIZED.

SO YOU WOULDN'T TAKE THEIR FURNITURE, ?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Un-Expensed Stock Options"

Summary:

The comic strip features a conversation between a group of executives and a stockholder. The stockholder asks if the executives will tell them that they gave all of their profits to senior management in the form of un-expensed stock options. The executives respond that they had to be "incen-tivized" and that the stockholder wouldn't take their furniture, too. The stockholder is shocked and asks why they wouldn't take their furniture, too.

Key Points:

• The comic strip highlights the issue of un-expensed stock options and how it can be used to justify high executive compensation.
• The executives are trying to justify their actions by saying that they had to be "incen-tivized" to perform well.
• The stockholder is shocked and questions the logic behind taking un-expensed stock options but not taking the executives' furniture.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the corporate culture and the ways in which executives can justify their high compensation packages.

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