Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 7th July 2013

Dilbert//8849, first published thirteen years ago on Sunday 7th July 2013

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obliviousness work ethic lawyer 60 page contract amendements 900 contracts tax law 17 managers good leaders standards legal

Official transcript

Boss: Our lawyer sent over a sixty-page contract renewal that I need you to review. Make sure you compare it to the original contract and all six or seven amendments. Dilbert: Are there six or... seven? Boss: No one really knows. Check out our other nine hundred contracts to make sure this one doesn't violate any of those. Keep in mind our five-year strategic plan and all likely changes to tax law. Then get buy-in from the seventeen managers who hate my guts and will take it out on you. By tomorrow. Good leaders set high standards.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OUR LAWYER SENT OVER A SIXTY-PAGE CONTRACT RENEWAL THAT I NEED YOU TO REVIEW.

MAKE SURE YOU COMPARE IT TO THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT AND ALL SIX OR SEVEN AMENDMENTS.

ARE THERE SIX OR SEVEN?

NO ONE REALLY KNOWS CHECK OUT OUR OTHER NINE HUNDRED CONTRACTS TO MAKE SURE THIS ONE DOESN'T VIOLATE ANY OF THOSE.

KEEP IN MIND OUR FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALL LIKELY CHANGES TO TAX LAW.

THEN GET BUY-IN FROM THE SEVENTEEN MANAGERS WHO HATE MY GUTS AND WILL TAKE IT OUT ON YOU.

BY TOMORROW.

GOOD LEAD ERS SET HIGH STANDARDS.

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