How's Dilbert Doing?

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  1. barfolomew

    barfolomew Well-Known Member

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    You couldn't resist making it ;)
     
  2. bicketybam

    bicketybam Well-Known Member

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    He reported PM's of mine where I just quoted his PM and replied with LOL. So yeah, he shouldn't last long
     
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  3. Acad23

    Acad23 Well-Known Member

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    I started listening to his daily musings on YouTube..
    ..and while he's not playing the victim card..I get the impression he loves the attention.

    He may not be as smart as he thinks he is...
     
  4. bicketybam

    bicketybam Well-Known Member

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    I wouldn't know him if I tripped over him. And I really couldn't care less about any of this, lol.
     
  5. JackBower

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    The last time I read a Dilbert comic I put it in a slack channel because I thought it was funny joke about essential workers and layoffs.

    Then the following week my company laid off like 40 percent of its office staff.

    So Dilbert is why I don't try to be funny anymore
     
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  6. BrowningNagle

    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    I guess Musk tweeted out in support of Dilbert guy’s comments

    as comics go, it’s hard to be funny everyday, I understand that but they could up their game a little
     
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  7. Acad23

    Acad23 Well-Known Member

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    Musk is a horrible comic... when he hosted SNL it was pure cringe.
     
  8. Br4d

    Br4d 2018 Weeb Ewbank Award

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    If we really want to make America great again we'll start cleaning out the management suite when the company declines on their watch.

    Freaking entitled executives sitting on each other's boards are why capitalism is dying.
     
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  9. JackBower

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    A few years ago my company also turned over it's leadership, mostly for the better.... Middle management can still be people who were good at their craft and got promoted to get to a salary tier and they possess zero management skill, but that seems to be a problem most places.
     
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  10. Br4d

    Br4d 2018 Weeb Ewbank Award

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    The problem is that Oligarchs make terrible corporate leaders because for them there's lots of 'I' in 'TEAM'.
     
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  11. BrowningNagle

    BrowningNagle Well-Known Member

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    Read about this guy once, he was named "America's Worst CEO" by Forbes or something, got fired by like 3 different major corporations as CEO but kept getting hired by other ones.

    once you get to that level you are there for good
     
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  12. Br4d

    Br4d 2018 Weeb Ewbank Award

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    You could probably do a very good RICO prosecution of the Fortune 500 at this point.
     
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  13. JackBower

    JackBower Well-Known Member

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    So in a real weird twist, Dilbert was brought up here and 24 hours later my company another round of layoffs. About 10-15 percent.

    Dilbert is fucking cursed bro.
     
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  14. abyzmul

    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 2018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    It's just the corporate America copycat syndrome. My firm doesn't make any personnel decisions like that until 2-3 of their competitors already have. But they just did, lol.
     
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  15. barfolomew

    barfolomew Well-Known Member

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    Yup my company did layoffs two weeks ago after a first round several months previous. I sidestepped both with great alacrity
     
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  16. Acad23

    Acad23 Well-Known Member

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    Glad you guys escaped the hammer.

    I've had jobs where I wished I was laid off... :rolleyes:
     
  17. Br4d

    Br4d 2018 Weeb Ewbank Award

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    If you want a recession-proof job work in health care. We haven't been able to find enough workers for *two* years now.

    Last week we hired somebody who didn't speak English or Spanish. We're communicating with her using basic sign language. But no way we're letting her go when CNA's are like gold right now.
     
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  18. JackBower

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    No doubt. This was an easy layoff to predict and more specifically the departments effected. I give my company credit at least for it not leaking this time.

    You're right about imposture syndrome. Tons of companies are following big techs lead in Q1 and performing layoffs by the looks of LinkedIn.
     

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