Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 15th January 2012

Dilbert//8310, first published fourteen years ago on Sunday 15th January 2012

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big business budget contract employees training budget training contractor budget

Official transcript

Boss: Out budget for contact employees was eliminated. We'll have to pay you out of the training budget. So instead of doing the job yourself... you'll have to train Dilbert to do the job we're paying you to do. Dilbert: Why don't you just move some of the training budget to the contractor budget? Boss: If we reduce the training budget this year, we'll get less next year. Dilbert: So... you prefer paying two people to do the job of one? Boss: Right. Consultant: How do you stay in business? Boss: Our customers are even dumber than us.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OUR BUDGET FOR CONTRACT EMPLOYEES WAS ELIMINATED.

WELL HAVE TO PAY YOU OUT OF THE TRAINING BUDGET.

SO INSTEAD OF DOING THE JOB YOURSELF.

YOULL HAVE TO TRAIN DILBERT TO DO THE JOB WERE PAYING YOU TO DO.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST MOVE SOME OF THE TRAINING BUDGET TO THE CONTRACTOR BUDGET?

IF WE REDUCE THE TRAINING BUDGET THIS YEAR, WELL GET LESS NEXT YEAR.

SO... YOU PREFER PAYING TWO PEOPLE TO DO THE JOB OF ONE?

RIGHT.

HOW DO YOU STAY IN BUSINESS?

OUR CUSTOMERS ARE EVEN DUMBER THAN US.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Training Budget Cut"

Summary:

The comic strip revolves around a meeting where a manager announces the elimination of the budget for contract employees. The manager then proposes moving some of the training budget to the contractor budget, citing reduced spending as the reason. However, the employees are skeptical and express concerns about the plan, questioning the logic behind it. One employee humorously suggests that the manager prefers paying two people to do the job of one, implying that the manager's approach is inefficient. The manager responds by asking how the customers are even dumber than the employees, further escalating the tension in the meeting. The comic strip pokes fun at the absurdity of corporate decision-making and the often illogical nature of budget cuts.

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