…so instead you will spray me energy into the vortex of failure." Dilbert says, "Go." The Boss says, "I need you to finish it six weeks sooner for a trade show."
Catbert: Evil Director of Human Resources Catbert says, "Leadership is the art of trading imaginary things in the future..." Catbert says, "For real things today." Catbert says, "If you work all weekend, you might be promoted someday, if there's ever an opening... and no one else is more qualified."
the Boss says, "I need you to write a white paper for an industry trade association." Dilbert says, "Fine, but that will leave me with less time to work on my project." The Boss says, "Do the trade association stuff during your unproductive time." Dilbert says, "What exactly is my 'Unproductive time'?…
Wally says, "This week I sold company secrets, did some insider trading, and took kickbacks from vendors." Wally says, "I'll give you a taste if you look the other way." Zip! Dilbert says, "That's unsettling."
"Our servers are using too much electricity. We need to virtualize." "I did my part by reading about virtualization in a trade journal. Now you do the software part." "Why is your part taking so long?"
"We have too much goodwill on the balance sheet. I decided to sell some of it." "A mysterious buyer offered a million dollars for the right to decrease our goodwill." "You might have a bit less job satisfaction next week."
