Scams, Shams and Failed Plans

The management and HR department of Path-E-Tech are constantly making illogical, sadistic or simply evil polices, often with funny results. Most have flimsy reasoning, but are loosely connected

The Comic Strip concepts should be listed with date of strip and TV shows with the TV episode code form List of TV Episodes

Management

 * Announcement of abandoning a strategy of making good products to "pursue a desperate strategy of mergers, business spinoffs, fruitless partnerships and random reorganizations" (upon which announcement, the stock price rose by 3pts) 13-Sep-96 to 14-Sep-96

PHB

 * 5 minute huddle at 10am each morning to discuss progress. 15-Apr-08 to 16-Apr-08
 * Becoming a "hands-on manager" (left a bit, right, right, click! no!!!!)

HR
Catbert, as the evil director of HR, comes up with many evil policies to enforce on employees. His policies have included:
 * All employees must wear shoes that are one size smaller than their feet.
 * Changing job titles to reduce turnover.
 * Wally > Convicted Felon 23-Jul-97
 * PHB > Director of Learned Helplessness 24-Jul-97
 * All engineers must strap a broom to their buttocks.
 * Eating is not allowed in cubicles.
 * Mandatory lunchtime meetings on the subject of work-life balance.
 * Calling rubbing his belly a "health benefit" and cutting everyone's salary.
 * Making everyone wear a "patented head cubicle" 15-Sep-96

People not mentioned

 * Having a Corporate merger with human-eating aliens 25-Apr-08

Dogbert's Jobs
Dogbert has had many jobs, including:
 * Task Force Manager1
 * Venture Capitalist1
 * Financial Advisor1
 * Talk Show Host1
 * Headhunter1
 * Advert Agency1
 * Tech Support Officer1
 * School for Technology Imbeciles1
 * Seminar on Management Zombies1
 * Network Administrator 2-Sep-96 to 7-Sep-96
 * Teambuilder 9-Sep-96 to 12-Sep-96

All those marked with a 1 are in You Don't Need Experience if You've Got Attitude.