Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 1st August 2013
Dilbert//8874, first published thirteen years ago on Thursday 1st August 2013
Tags
apathy managers & supervisors no confidence management low score cancel surveys business
Official transcript
Boss: According to the employee survey, 98% of you have no confidence in management. Rest assured, management will make sure we never again get such a low score. CEO: Cancel all future employee surveys.
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
ACCORDING TO THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY, 98% OF YOU HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN MANAGEMENT.
EVIL IDIOT REST ASSURED, MANAGEMENT WILL MAKE SURE WE NEVER AGAIN GET SUCH A LOW SCORE.
CANCEL ALL FUTURE EMPLOYEE SURVEYS.
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
The comic strip is titled "Dilbert" and was originally published in Universal Press Syndicate.
Panel 1: The first panel shows the boss presenting a slide with a cartoon of himself, labeled "EVIL IDIOT." The caption reads, "According to the employee survey, 98% of you have no confidence in management."
Panel 2: In the second panel, the boss reassures his employees that management will make sure they never get such a low score again. He implies that they will be forced to take future employee surveys.
Panel 3: The third panel depicts the boss standing alone, looking at a red cat sitting on a desk. The caption reads, "Cancel all future employee surveys."
Summary: The comic strip satirizes the common practice of companies conducting employee surveys to gauge employee satisfaction and confidence in management. The boss's response to the negative survey results is to cancel all future surveys, rather than addressing the underlying issues that led to the low scores. This absurd solution highlights the disconnect between management and employees, as well as the tendency for companies to avoid confronting uncomfortable truths.
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