Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 2nd February 2020

Dilbert//11250, first published six years ago on Sunday 2nd February 2020

Knowing What Wally Does

Tags

business, managers & supervisors, performance, review, job, projects, expectations, heuristics

Official transcript

boss: i can't give you a good performance review because you haven't performed up to expectations.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I CAN'T GIVE YOU A GOOD PERFORMANCE REVIEW BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T PERFORMED UP TO EXPECTATIONS.

DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT MY JOB IS?

OF COURSE I DO.

YOU'RE AN ENGINEER.

YES, BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT PROJECTS I'M WORKING ON?

WELL, VARIOUS THINGS. AND SOME MISCELLANEOUS THINGS, TOO.

HOW CAN YOU DETERMINE MY JOB PERFORMANCE WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT MY JOB IS?

HAVE YOU HEARD OF HEURISTICS? YOU'RE BAD AT EVERYTHING I'VE OBSERVED, SO I ASSUME YOU ARE BAD AT EVERYTHING ELSE AS WELL.

YOU SHOULD HAVE STARTED WITH THAT.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

The comic strip is titled "Heuristics" and features Dilbert, an engineer, being questioned by his boss about his job performance. The boss asks Dilbert to explain his job, but Dilbert responds that he doesn't know what his job is, as he has been performing it based on heuristics.

Key Points:

• Dilbert's boss asks him to explain his job, but Dilbert responds that he doesn't know what his job is.
• Dilbert claims that he has been performing his job based on heuristics, which are rules of thumb or educated guesses.
• The boss is skeptical of Dilbert's approach and asks him to start over from scratch.

Themes:

• The comic strip highlights the challenges of defining and measuring job performance in complex or ambiguous work environments.
• It also touches on the tension between creativity and accountability in the workplace.
• The strip pokes fun at the idea that managers often expect employees to perform well without fully understanding their roles or responsibilities.

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