Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 05, 2021

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    BE THIS GUY  over 3 years ago

    It must make Mike feel good to know that his boss has so much confidence in him.

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    STEPUP  over 3 years ago

    There shouldn’t be any favoritism!!

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    Orcatime  over 3 years ago

    Coded business-speak for passing the buck.

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    RonaldByrd  over 3 years ago

    Mike could ask KIM which coder to fire in her place. She probably knows more than Bernie about which coders the company can do just as well without in the first place.

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member over 3 years ago

    He should hire the Dogbert firing service to do the job then give himself a bonus as they usually do after downsizing!

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    dwdl21  over 3 years ago

    “Could” handle it? LOL

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    Kip Williams  over 3 years ago

    Mikey’s Choice. [Looks wise in direction of cartoonist.]

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    vaughnrl2003 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Yeah, you would. On the plus side, a good coder can get a gig pretty easily. They take all the good stuff they learn with them and spread it around.

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    Wizard of Ahz-no relation  over 3 years ago

    just change the list and fire another coder.

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    comixbomix  over 3 years ago

    Simple: Fire Bernie instead! (He did give you carte blanche, after all…)

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    Brent Rosenthal Premium Member over 3 years ago

    The Bible says God doesn’t allow any trouble in our lives that we can’t handle. Sometimes I wish He didn’t have such confidence in me.

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    prrdh  over 3 years ago

    Actually, he wouldn’t have given it to Mike if he didn’t know that he (Bernie) couldn’t handle it.

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    Teto85 Premium Member over 3 years ago

    “Meanwhile the cuts to personnel will reduce our costs and increase profitability and increase my bonus”

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    ChrisHunnewell  over 3 years ago

    Bernie’s clique’ answer is almost as good as “Well, you should have known!”

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    summerdog  over 3 years ago

    There’s your out, Mike. Take it and run with it. Just don’t blab about how it all came about.

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    ferddo  over 3 years ago

    Reminds me of story I read about a tree trimming service company crew leader. He had recruited and trained a good crew that was the most productive in the whole company. But the owner told him he had to fire some of his crew because profits weren’t high enough (and to be fair, the owner was cutting members of all crews). The crew leader needed all of his guys to remain highly productive, and felt this was an indication of more trouble to come… so he found new jobs for all of this crew and himself with a competitor… gave the owner the collected resignations of the whole crew and told him that he had exceeded his expectations…

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    gantech  over 3 years ago

    One more argument against office romances.

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    Troglodyte  over 3 years ago

    Mike’s screwed, one way or the other… :D

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    NWdryad  over 3 years ago

    Just make sure everyone knows it was Bernie’s idea.

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    Bucinka  over 3 years ago

    Sophie’s choice.

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    Ka`ōnōhi`ula`okahōkūmiomio`ehiku Premium Member over 3 years ago

    Fire the boss.

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    MartinPerry1  over 3 years ago

    I don’t know what all the fuss is about. All I know is that Kim now needs a place to stay, Mike.

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    bakana  over 3 years ago

    Ask Kim for help. She may already have 4 other job offers waiting in the parking lot.

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