Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 23rd August 2020

Dilbert//11453, first published six years ago on Sunday 23rd August 2020

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Ratio Is Too High

Tags

managers & supervisors, expense, budget, capital, ratio, too high, afford, standards, historical, irrelevant, manage, department

Official transcript

boss: we need to reduce our expense budget to 40% of our capital budget.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WE NEED TO REDUCE OUR EXPENSE BUDGET TO 40% OF OUR CAPITAL BUDGET.

WHY DO WE NEED TO DO THAT?

BECAUSE THE RATIO IS TOO HIGH.

ARE YOU SAYING WE CAN'T AFFORD IT?

NO. I'M SAYING THE RATIO IS TOO HIGH.

OKAY, BUT BY WHAT STANDARD IS IT "TOO HIGH"?

BY HISTORICAL STANDARDS. IT HAS NEVER BEEN THIS HIGH.

I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO START USING AN IRRELEVANT RATIO TO MANAGE THE DEPARTMENT.

TO BE FAIR, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST TIME YOU NOTICED.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "The High Ratio Conundrum"

Summary:

This Dilbert comic strip revolves around a team's discussion about reducing their expense budget to 40% of the capital budget. The team is concerned about the high ratio, but their attempts to address it are met with resistance.

Key Points:

The team wants to reduce their expense budget to 40% of the capital budget.
They are concerned about the high ratio, but their efforts to address it are rejected.
The team tries to justify the high ratio by citing historical standards, but this is also rejected.
The team is frustrated and feels that they are being unfairly targeted.
The comic strip highlights the challenges of managing budgets and the importance of effective communication.

Overall:

The comic strip pokes fun at the bureaucratic red tape and the challenges of managing budgets. It highlights the importance of effective communication and the need to challenge assumptions and conventions.

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