Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 3rd November 2015

Dilbert//9698, first published 11 years ago on Tuesday 3rd November 2015

How It Feels To Be Useless

Tags

work, work ethic, engineers, stress, reward, laziness, dedication

Official transcript

Wally: How's it feel to be the hardest-working employee in engineering? Alice: I feel tired, sore, exhausted, sick, angry, stressed out, and lonely. Wally: You probably don't want to know how good it feels to be useless.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

HOW'S IT FEEL TO BE THE HARDEST - WORKING EMPLOYEE IN ENGINEERING?

I FEEL TIRED, SORE, EXHAUSTED, SICK, ANGRY, STRESSED OUT, AND LONELY.

YOU PROBABLY DONT WANT TO KNOW HOW GOOD IT FEELS TO BE USELESS.

(CHD)

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Hardest-Working Employee in Engineering"

Summary:

The comic strip features a conversation between an engineer and his boss, who is inquiring about the engineer's well-being. The engineer responds by listing various physical and emotional symptoms, including:

• Tiredness
• Soreness
• Exhaustion
• Sickness
• Anger
• Stress
• Loneliness

Despite these symptoms, the engineer is asked to rate their level of uselessness on a scale of 1 to 10. The engineer responds with a rating of 11, indicating that they feel useless.

The comic strip humorously highlights the challenges faced by engineers in the workplace, including long hours, high stress levels, and feelings of burnout. It also pokes fun at the idea that engineers are often seen as being overly critical or negative, but in reality, they are simply trying to do their job to the best of their ability.

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