Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 8th February 2020

Dilbert//11256, first published six years ago on Saturday 8th February 2020

Vendor Not Performing

Tags

business, vendor, performance, replace, parent, company, subsidiaries, sub-contract

Official transcript

dilbert: we will no longer be using you as a vendor because you have not performed.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WE WILL NO LONGER BE USING YOU AS A VENDOR BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT PERFORMED.

I ALREADY KNEW THAT BECAUSE YOU REPLACED US WITH ONE OF THE SUBSIDIARIES OF MY PARENT COMPANY.

WELL, AT LEAST IT ISN'T YOU.

WHO DO YOU THINK THEY SUBCONTRACT THAT WORK TO?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Subsidiary of My Parent Company"

Summary:

This comic strip follows Dilbert's conversation with a representative of his former vendor, who has been replaced by one of his parent company's subsidiaries.

• Dilbert is informed that the vendor will no longer be working with him.
• He questions the decision, asking who made it and why.
• The representative reveals that the decision was made by one of his parent company's subsidiaries.
• Dilbert is confused and asks who they are.
• The representative responds that they are the ones who sub-contracted the work to the original vendor.
• Dilbert is left puzzled, wondering why he was not informed of this arrangement.

The comic strip highlights the complexity and lack of transparency in corporate structures, where decisions are made by subsidiaries without clear communication to the main company or its employees.

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