Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 7th October 2016

Dilbert//10037, first published ten years ago on Friday 7th October 2016

Fire The Bottom Ten Percent

Tags

rank, hierarchy, value, fired, termination, layoff, logic, executives

Official transcript

CEO: I want you to fire the employees you ranked in the bottom ten percent. Boss: Wouldn't that just put someone else in the bottom ten percent? CEO: Everything made sense until you started talking. Boss: Sorry.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I WANT YOU TO FIRE THE EMPLOYEES YOU RANKED IN THE 10%.

WOULDN'T THAT JUST PUT SOMEONE ELSE IN THE BOTTOM 10%?

EVERYTHING MADE SENSE UNTIL YOU STARTED TALKING.

SORRY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

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