Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 16th August 2012

Dilbert//8524, first published fourteen years ago on Thursday 16th August 2012

Tags

announcement economic value engineers google mergers & acquisitions modern day podium public speaking slave trader

Official transcript

CEO: Google has offered to buy our company for $100 million just to get our engineers. I agreed to the deal because I'm a modern day slave trader who believes engineers are property and the rest of you have no economic value. Who wrote my speech? Employee: Someone with no economic value.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

GOOGLE HAS OFFERED TO BUY OUR COMPANY FOR #100 MILLION JUST TO GET OUR ENGINEERS I AGREED TO THE DEAL BECAUSE I'M A MODERN DAY SLAVE TRADER WHO BELIEVES ENGINEERS ARE PROPERTY AND THE REST OF YOU HAVE NO ECONOMIC VALUE.

WHO WROTE MY SPEECH?

SOMEONE WITH NO ECONOMIC VALUE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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