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12 Results for Unemployment
View 1 - 10 results for unemployment comic strips. Discover the best "Unemployment" comics from Dilbert.com.
Friday February 04,
2011
Tags #bad time, #governments unemployment stats, #look for job, #managers & supervisors, #new job, #employment, #business
Transcript
The Boss says, "The government's new unemployment statistics are out." The Boss says, "It's still a bad time to look for a job." Dilbert says, "Yeah. I got that."
Saturday June 25,
2011
Tags #despair, #recessions, #unemployment, #fix your lips, #job satisfaction, #all time low
Transcript
Catbert: Oh no! Employee job satisfaction is at an all-time low at the same time unemployment is high! Boss: Ha ha! Good one. Now it's my turn to try saying it as if I care! Oh no! Catbert: Ha ha! Fix your lips!
Thursday March 01,
2012
Tags #television news, #rogue nations, #nuclear weapons, #polar ice caps, #melting, #unemployment, #brink of default, #retirement, #news
Transcript
Wally: Rogue nations are building nuclear weapons. The polar ice caps are melting. Unemployment is high. Entire nations are on the brink of default. You aren't saving enough for retirement. Dilbert: What do you have going here? Wally: He said he doesn't pay attention to news. I wondered why.
Monday February 21,
1994
Tags #back of neck, #humane, #layoffs, #tranquilizer, #unemployment offcie, #wake up, #shooter, #gun, #knocked out
Transcript
The Boss: The layoffs will be handled in the most human way possible. POW! Dilbert: How long does the tranquilizer last? The Boss: he'll wake up at the unemployment office,
Monday June 08,
1998
Tags #Catbert, #evil hr director, #bad news, #reading papaers, #low unemployment rate, #cubicle roof
Transcript
Caption: Catbert: Evil H.R. Director Catbert on The Boss' desk. The Boss sitting behind the desk. Catbert says, "Bad news: The employees are reading a newspaper." Catbert continues, "If they see the low unemployment rate, they'll know the balance of power has swung their way." Wally, Dilbert, and Alice sitting at table with newspapers on it. Alice holding a newspaper. Wally says, I plan to use the cat as a gargoyle on my cubicle roof." Dilbert responds, "If you run a current through him you can zap bugs."
Saturday August 10,
2002
Tags #telecommuted for 4 years, #fired, #unemployment, #empowerment, #sixth sense
Transcript
Dilbert, Allen, and Wally are eating lunch. Allen says, "I telecommuted for four years without knowing until today that I'd been fired." Allen continues, "Apparently unemployment feels exactly like empowerment." Allen continues, "This is just like that movie, 'The Sixth Sense.' Did you like that movie, Wally?... Wally?"
Thursday February 21,
2008
Tags #explanation for working, #malicious, #prove stupid, #unemployment benefits, #working
Transcript
Catbert: Wally, I have to fire you for posting a comic comparing managers to drunken lemurs. You won't be eligible for unemployment benefits unless you can prove you were stupid as opposed to malicious. Can you prove you're stupid? Wally: Is thereanother explanation for working here?"
Saturday November 12,
2011
Tags #boredom, #business ethics, #boost morale, #pretending to be intereted, #overkill, #unemployement, #brain, #fallout, #yawn hole
Transcript
Boss: I'm here to boost your morale by pretending to be interested in you as a human being. But it's probably overkill since unemployment is around 9% and you're not likely to quit. Dilbert: Still, it's nice to... Boss: That's enough! I don't want my brain to fall out of my yawn hole.
Wednesday June 10,
1998
Tags #cubicle roof, #skilled worker, #low unemployement, #roofer, #pinged nail, #Wally, #poindexter
Transcript
Dilbert speaking with Wally while construction worker hammers away at roof for Wally's cubicle. Dilbert says to Wally, "Your cubicle roof is looking good." Wally responds, "Yep." Wally says to Dilbert, "I love being a skilled worker in a period of low unemployment. I can get anything I demand." Construction worker throws a something at while thay hits him in the head and then says, "Hey, Poindexter, fetch me a lemonade." Dilbert exclaims, "Ouch."
Wednesday January 28,
2009
Tags #unemployment, #depressed, #rudeness, #conversation
Transcript
Dogbert says, "What's the worst part about you being unemployed?" Dogbert says, "Is it the risk of starvation, the inability to date, or the feeling of being utterly worthless?" Dilbert says, "So far the worst part is this conversation." Dogbert says, "Wait 'til you hear my tough love speech."