Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 10th December 1994

Dilbert//2065, first published 32 years ago on Saturday 10th December 1994

Tags

effects pay employee survey grumpiest employee morale touchy feely stuff

Official transcript

The Boss says to an employee, "The employee surveys indicate some dissatisfaction in my group. That affects my pay."

The Boss continues as the man frowns, "You're my grumpiest employee, so I'm going to fire you to bring up my average score for morale."

The Boss walks away thinking, "I think I'm getting better at all the touchy-feely stuff."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE EMPLOYEE SURVEYS INDICATE SOME DISSATISFACTION IN MY GROUP. THAT AFFECTS MY PAY.

YOU'RE MY GRUMPIEST EMPLOYEE, SO I'M GOING TO FIRE YOU TO BRING UP MY AVERAGE SCORE FOR MORALE I THINK I'M GETTING BETTER AT ALL THE TOUCHY-FEELY STUFF.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Employee Satisfaction Surveys"

Summary:

• The comic strip revolves around an employee satisfaction survey that reveals some dissatisfaction in the group.
• The employee who conducted the survey is fired for bringing up his average score for morale.
• The fired employee thinks he is getting better at all the touchy-feely stuff, implying that he is not satisfied with the company's approach to employee satisfaction.
• The comic strip pokes fun at the idea that companies often use surveys to gauge employee satisfaction, but may not always take the results seriously or make meaningful changes based on them.

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