Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 16th November 2019
Dilbert//11172, first published seven years ago on Saturday 16th November 2019
Help Me With Something
Tags
office workers, compensation, system, incentive, budget, limit, smart, business
Official transcript
male office worker: can you help me with something?
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
CAN YOU HELP ME WITH SOMETHING?
NO, OUR EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION SYSTEM INCENTIVIZES ME TO LET YOU FAIL SO I CAN LAY CLAIM TO A LARGER SHARE OF OUR LIMITED BUDGET FOR RAISES.
MAYBE YOU COULD ASK SOMEONE WHO IS LESS AWARE.
NONE OF THEM ARE SMART ENOUGH TO HELP.
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
Title: "Employee Compensation System"
Summary:
- The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a balding head and red shirt, sitting at his desk.
- He is shown asking for help from a coworker, who is holding a clipboard and wearing a blue shirt.
- The coworker responds by explaining the company's employee compensation system, which incentivizes employees to fail in order to claim a larger share of the limited budget for raises.
- The coworker suggests that Dilbert may be asking someone who is less aware, implying that he is not smart enough to understand the system.
- The comic strip pokes fun at the absurdity of the company's compensation system and the coworker's condescending attitude towards Dilbert.
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