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Dilbert cartoon first published on Tuesday 12th January 2016

Dilbert//9768, first published ten years ago on Tuesday 12th January 2016

Charge All Hours To Projects


Tags

logic, billing, honesty, fraud, money, time


Official transcript

Boss: Make sure you charge 100 percent of your time to project codes. Dilbert: Are you asking us to fraudulently apply our miscellaneous hours to specific projects so we can overbill clients? Boss: It's not a crime if you pretend it was an accident. Dilbert: Did you learn that in "flaw"

school?

originally published on dilbert.com


Open source transcript

MAKE SURE YOU CHARGE 100% OF YOUR TIME TO PROJECT CODES.

ARE YOU ASKING US TO FRAUDULENTLY APPLY OUR MISCELLANEOUS HOURS TO SPECIFIC PROJECTS SO WE CAN OVERBILL CLIENTS?

IT'S NOT A CRIME IF YOU PRETEND IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

DID YOU LEARN THAT IN "FLAW" SCHOOL?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive


AI Analysis

Title: "Overbilling Clients"

Summary:

This comic strip, originally published in, features Dilbert and his colleagues discussing overbilling clients. The conversation begins with a coworker asking if they can apply miscellaneous hours to specific projects to charge clients more. Dilbert responds that it's not a crime if they pretend it was an accident, but another colleague points out that they learned that in "Flaw" school. The strip highlights the absurdity of overbilling clients and the lack of ethics in some workplaces.

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