Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 18th January 2020
Dilbert//11235, first published six years ago on Saturday 18th January 2020
Poison Pill
Tags
co-worker, cross-train, business, relationship, training, bad, fire, poison pill, planner
Official transcript
dilbert: i can't shake the feeling that you are intentionally doing a bad job training me how to do your job functions.
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
I CAN'T SHAKE THE FEELING THAT YOU ARE INTENTIONALLY DOING A BAD JOB TRAINING ME HOW TO DO YOUR JOB FUNCTIONS.
I'M OMITTING IMPORTANT STEPS, SO YOULL FAIL HARD SHOULD I GET FIRED AND YOU ARE ASKED TO FILL IN.
IT'S CALLED A "POISON PILL." YOU'RE A GOOD PLANNER
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
Title: "The Poison Pill"
Summary:
- The comic strip features Dilbert, a character known for his sarcastic wit and criticism of corporate culture.
- In this strip, Dilbert's boss is trying to get rid of him by giving him an impossible task.
- The boss tells Dilbert that he needs to fill in an important step in a process, but doesn't provide any details or instructions.
- Dilbert realizes that this is a "poison pill" - a task that is designed to be impossible to complete, and therefore will result in his failure.
- The boss's goal is to use this task as an excuse to fire Dilbert.
- The strip pokes fun at the common practice of using bureaucratic red tape and impossible tasks to get rid of employees who are seen as a threat or a problem.
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