Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 15th August 2012

Dilbert//8523, first published fourteen years ago on Wednesday 15th August 2012

Tags

business ethics mergers & acquisitions google 100 million engineers jump ship ceo buy out

Official transcript

CEO: Google offered to buy our company for $100 million just to get our engineers. Dilbert: Huh. I wonder if I can convince the other engineers to jump ship today and share $100 million amongst us. CEO: What did he just say? Dilbert: Nothing. Just thinking out loud.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

GOOGLE OFFERED TO BUY OUR COMPANY FOR #100 MILLION JUST TO GET OUR ENGINEERS!

HUH. I WONDER IF I CAN CONVINCE THE OTHER ENGINEERS TO JUMP SHIP TODAY AND SHARE #100 MILLION AMONGST US.

WHAT DID HE JUST SAY?

NOTHING.

JUST THINKING OUT LOUD.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Google's Big Bet"

Summary:

The comic strip features a conversation between a boss and his engineers. The boss reveals that Google has offered to buy the company for $100 million, but only if the engineers agree to work for Google. The engineers are skeptical, wondering why Google would make such an offer and what they would do with the engineers if they were acquired.

Key Points:

• Google offers to buy the company for $100 million.
• The engineers are skeptical of the offer and question Google's motives.
• The boss is unsure of what to do next, as he is not convinced by Google's proposal.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of a large corporation making a bold offer to acquire a smaller company, highlighting the skepticism and uncertainty that can come with such a deal.

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