by Scott Adams
Part of Dilbert, book 31
First published 2008
Scott Adams presents another collection of Dilbert strips that capture the soul-crushing reality of corporate America. The engineer Dilbert works alongside familiar faces including his cynical colleague Wally, the aggressive Alice, and the evil HR director Catbert, all under a boss who has completely abandoned any hope of creating a functional workplace. Adams explores workplace sloth and corporate indifference through daily scenarios that mirror real office life. From coworkers who whistle in neighboring cubicles to colleagues who always claim they're too busy to help, the strips tackle corporate laziness, greed, and false productivity. The collection examines unwritten rules of office email, random policy creation, and management's complete surrender to mediocrity. Adams builds his commentary around the principle that ninety percent of ethics involves choosing the right ethicist, revealing how corporate environments operate on arbitrary standards and manufactured value.
Genres: satire, business, contemporary, comedy
Vibes: humorous, satirical, thought-provoking
Tropes: corporate-satire, workplace-comedy
Period: 21st-Century
128 pages · Paperback · Andrews McMeel Publishing