Dilbert fired, as recession spreads through world of make belief.

Dilbert fired, as recession spreads through world of make belief.: "

Dilbert & his potential replacement - the 3 in one printer.

San Fransico : Dilbert, known to many as the one who gave a voice to the community of software engineers, lost his job yesterday as part of an organisation wide readaptisation-to-changing-consumer-needs drive. The news spread shock and terror in the world of animation, as Dilbert was widely seen as a survivor, having successfully tackled numerous trips to Elbonia & a number of run-ins with Ratbert & Dogbert, the human resources evangelists of the company.But speaking to Utopia on the sidelines, Wally (name changed), one of the star performers of the company said that he had seen this coming. “Wasnt Dilbert fired long ago ?”, he added. A member of the senior management, with peculiarly pointed hair said that Dilbert had become redundant in the Web 2.0 era. When asked about the implications of Web 2.0 on the company, the official said that they were still in the process of buying the right LCD monitor to see Web 2.0 and that the larger screen would help the senior management appreciate ‘the bigger picture’.

Industry analysts said that the incident had shown how insensitive the senior management was to career management, especially as Dilbert recently had a performance appraisal where he was given an AXE-D-2M rating which described him as a ’significant force in the lower percentiles’ of the company.

Confidential reports from management consultants said that the All In One, one touch scanner-copier-printer will handle delegation well, would not require motivational speeches, will look good on a bench & be more efficient & productive than the regular software engineer

However, Alice, one of the equal opportunity employees in the company, said that there were indications of this measure as recently the boss ordered for an all in one scanner-copier-printer with a gleam in his eye. She also claims to have seen confidential reports from management consultants which said that the all in one, one touch scanner-copier-printer will handle delegation well, would not require motivational speeches, will look good on a bench & be more efficient & productive than the regular software engineer or two.Ex clients from Elbonia who have interacted with Dilbert in the past described him as one who was multi-culture-tolerant & extremely adaptive to hostile local situations. Some unconfirmed reports also talk about dissident liberals in the Elbonian blogospheres moving to elect Dilbert as their next dictator.African Tribals Inc, a large headhunting firm which specialises in ‘Resource Relocation’, said that though the current economic scenario will make it difficult for Dilbert to find alternate employment. “It does not help that he has been engaged in badmouthing the strategic directions of his company. It sounds fun when you have a job, its not that fun when you dont”, added Dr Mambosa, the current Chief, sternly.

The all-in-one scanner-copier-printer told Utopia that irrespective of the levels of cooperation it would get inside the organisation, it will carry out all the responsibilities assigned to the best of its abilities.