Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 15th November 2015

Dilbert//9710, first published 11 years ago on Sunday 15th November 2015

Tags

management, strategy, productivity, humane, inhumane, treatment, surveillance, watching, privacy, work, office workers

Official transcript

Boss: We are going to start monitoring employee productivity in real time. Any questions? Dilbert: I need one clarification. Are you saying you removed the last shred of human dignity from our jobs and reduced us to nothing but a meat machine that suffers in a state of perpetual inadequacy as each person is compared to an arbitrary and ever-growing goal until there is no realistic way for the employee to find happiness through natural means? Boss: That's one way to look at it.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WE ARE GOING TO START MONITORING EMPLOYEE PRODUC TIVITY IN REAL TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS?

I NEED ONE CLARIFICATION.

ARE YOU SAYING YOU REMOVED THE LAST SHRED OF HUMAN DIGNITY FROM OUR JOBS AND...

... REDUCED US TO NOTHING BUT A MEAT MACHINE THAT .. SUFFERS IN A STATE OF PERPETUAL INADEQUACY AS EACH PERSON IS COMPARED TO AN ARBITRARY AND EVER-GROWING GOAL UNTIL .. THERE IS NO REALISTIC WAY FOR THE EMPLOYEE TO FIND HAPPINESS THROUGH NATURAL MEANS?

THAT'S ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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