Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 10th September 2014

Dilbert//9279, first published twelve years ago on Wednesday 10th September 2014

Tags

deception, executives, beat earnings, analysts expected, make mistakes, bad estinates, mislead

Official transcript

CEO: You should be proud that we beat the earnings that analysts expected. Dilbert: Why should we be proud that analysts are bad at making estimates? CEO: Those bad estimated don't happen on their own. I had to mislead them. Asok: I'm proud of you.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

YOU SHOULD BE PROUD THAT WE BEAT THE EARNINGS THAT ANALYSTS EXPECTED.

WHY SHOULD WE BE PROUD THAT ANALYSTS ARE BAD AT MAKING ESTIMATES?

THOSE BAD ESTIMATES DON'T HAPPEN ON THEIR OWN. I HAD TO MISLEAD THEM.

I'M PROUD OF YOU.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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