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32 Results for Negotiating
View 1 - 10 results for negotiating comic strips. Discover the best "Negotiating" comics from Dilbert.com.
Sunday October 27,
2019
Boss Negotiates With Elbonia
Tags big business, business ethics, government, money, partisan politics, stealing, negotiate
Transcript
Boss: I'm negotiating a deal with the government of Elbonia. They agreed to buy a thousand dollars of our products. All I had to do was agree to let them steal all of our intellectual property. Dilbert: Wouldn't it be better for us if they didn't steal our I.P.? Boss: You have to look at the big picture. They also agreed to stop killing tens of thousands of our citizens with their illegal drug shipments. Dilbert: Did they stop? Boss: No, but they said they would. Dilbert: Maybe you should negotiate harder. Boss: And risk losing a thousand dollars of revenue?
Tuesday June 19,
2018
Negotiating Expert
Tags consultant, negotiation, training, irony, obliviousness, business
Transcript
Boss: I hired a consultant to teach us how to negotiate. Normally, he charges triple the market rate, but I talked him down to double. Wally: Where is he? Boss: He said he's teaching us what happens when there's no performance clause in a contract.
Saturday October 14,
2017
Dogbert's Negotiating Class
Tags negotiating, deception, sales, manipulation, deal, business
Transcript
Boss: I approved your request to take a negotiating class. Dilbert: Why did you change your mind? Boss: The instructor offered a great deal. Narrator: Earlier that day. Dogbert: Would you like to spend other people's money to get rid of Dilbert for a few days? Boss: Sold!
Friday October 13,
2017
Being Ineffective
Tags negotiating, haggle, training, conference, skills
Transcript
Boss: Why are we paying so much for this software? Dilbert: Because you didn't let me take a class on negotiating like I asked. Boss: Are you using this as leverage to get approval for the class? Dilbert: No, I'm just being ineffective. Does it look the same?
Thursday October 12,
2017
Dilbert Is Bad At Negotiating
Tags negotiating, haggle, trick, deception
Transcript
Dilbert: I want you to lower your price, but I don't know how to negotiate. Man: It's easy. All you need to do is offer to pay more than the list price and wait for me to counteroffer. Dilbert: Okay... I'll pay twenty percent over the list price. Man: You win! Sign here.
Wednesday October 11,
2017
Dogbert Won't Teach Persuasion To Dilbert
Tags negotiating, persuasion, help, altruism, selfishness
Transcript
Dilbert: Can you teach me to be more persuasive? Dogbert: What's in it for me? Dilbert: It will make you feel good to help a friend. Dogbert: Does it feel as good as denying you? Dilbert: I have no way to know. Dogbert: Bah!
Tuesday October 10,
2017
Logical Reasons For Learning To Negotiate
Tags negotiating, persuasion, catch-22, argument
Transcript
Dilbert: I can't persuade my boss to let me take a class on how to negotiate. Asok: Try giving him logical reasons. He'll respond to that. Dilbert: And then I would be able to negotiate for a higher salary. Boss: Pass.
Monday October 09,
2017
Dilbert Wants To Take A Class In Negotiating
Tags negotiating, catch-22, conference, training
Transcript
Dilbert: I need your approval to take a class on negotiating. Boss: See if you can persuade me to approve it. Dilbert: I... don't know how to negotiate yet. Boss: That's the flaw in your plan.
Sunday January 15,
2017
Tags job, scope, negotiating, engineer, demands, failure, stress, business, engineering
Transcript
Boss: We need to cut our budget. Go to all of our vendors and tell them to reduce their prices. Dilbert: Why would they do that for us? Boss: Tell them we'll buy from someone else unless they do. Dilbert: That's what we told them to get the prices we have now. I'm an engineer, not a professional negotiator. Your plan has failure designed into it. Your poor leadership already has me on the edge of madness. This could push me over the edge. Boss: And I need it done by Tuesday.
Friday March 18,
2016
Dogbert Talks Past The Sale
Tags manipulation, negotiating, negotiation, psychology, guest artist, josh shipley
Transcript
Dogbert: Do you want to prepare and serve my favorite food to me now or in one minute? Dilbert: Why do you always that manipulative trick of making me think past the sale? Dogbert: Because it works? Dilbert: One minute! Not a second sooner!


