Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 27th May 2016

Dilbert//9904, first published ten years ago on Friday 27th May 2016

Wally Is Employee Of The Year

Tags

cheating, referral, employment, reward, award, bonus, proof, guest artist, jake tapper

Official transcript

Boss: Our Employee Of The Year is Wally, for referring so many new people to work in engineering. We believe he accomplished this feat by manipulating the referral system, but we can't prove it. So just to hedge our bet, we misspelled his name on the certificate. Wally: I had it coming.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

OUR EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR IS WALLY, FOR REFERRING SO MANY NEW PEOPLE TO WORK IN ENGINEERING.

WE BELIEVE HE ACCOMPLISHED THIS FEAT BY MANIPULATING THE REFERRAL SYSTEM, BUT WE CANT PROVE IT.

SO JUST TO HEDGE OUR BET, WE MISSPELLED HIS NAME ON THE CERTIFICATE.

I HAD IT COMING.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Wally's Employee of the Year Award"

Summary:

The comic strip features Wally, an engineer, being honored as the Employee of the Year. However, he is unable to prove his identity due to the company's reliance on a referral system. The strip highlights the absurdity of the situation and the challenges of verifying employee information in a large organization.

Key Points:

• Wally is awarded Employee of the Year, but cannot prove his identity
• The company uses a referral system to verify employee information
• Wally's certificate is misspelled, leading to confusion
• The strip pokes fun at the inefficiencies of large organizations and the challenges of verifying employee information.

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