Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 22nd February 2018

Dilbert//10540, first published eight years ago on Thursday 22nd February 2018

Compensation Based On Happiness

Tags

happiness, company culture, raise, wages, job satisfaction, compensation, psychology, money

Official transcript

Boss: From now on, your compensation will be a function of your baseline happiness. We don't want to waste money giving raises to employees who won't get any happier no matter what we do. Dilbert: This plan makes me unhappy. Boss: Nice try, but you were already unhappy.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

FROM NOW ON, YOUR COMPENSATION WILL BE A FUNCTION OF YOUR BASELINE HAPPINESS.

WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE MONEY GIVING RAISES TO EMPLOYEES WHO WON'T GET ANY HAPPIER NO MATTER WHAT WE DO.

THIS PLAN MAKES ME UNHAPPY.

NICE TRY, BUT YOU WERE ALREADY UNHAPPY.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Unhappy with Happiness"

Summary:

The comic strip features a conversation between a boss and his employees, where the boss announces that he will be introducing a new policy to give raises to employees who are unhappy. The employees are confused and skeptical, with one employee asking if the boss is trying to make them unhappy. The boss responds that the plan is to make them unhappy, but they were already unhappy, so it's not working. The employees are left scratching their heads, unsure of what to make of the boss's logic. The comic strip pokes fun at the idea of trying to manufacture happiness through financial incentives, highlighting the absurdity of the situation.

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