Dilbert : Things You Don't Want to Hear During Your Annual Performance Review

"Confined to their cubicles in a company run by idiot bosses, Dilbert and his white-collar colleagues make the dronelike world of Kafka seem congenial." Parasitic consultants, weaselly stockbrokers, masochistic coworkers and the ever-present, evil-plotting pointy-haired boss? Welcome to the seventh circle of hell, er, the 22nd collection of Scott Adams' stupendously popular comic strip, Dilbert! Words You Don't Want to Hear During Your Annual Performance Review updates loyal readers on the mind-numbing careers of Dilbert, Wally, Alice, the PHB himself, and an ever-expanding cast of walk-on "guest stars." In this installment, a cash-sucking "consultick" burrows under the boss's skin, a not-so-grim reaper pops anti-depressants, and a lab accident turns Dilbert into a sheep-a transformation which goes barely noticed by his beleaguered coworkers. All the while, Adams takes his patented over-the-top but right-on-the-money jabs at the inanity of the corporate world.

Scott Adams used to work in a cubicle for telecommunications giant Pacific Bell; he escaped ten years ago and lives in northern California. His books The Dilbert Principle, Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook, The Joy of Work and The Dilbert Future have sold three and a half million copies and have spent almost one hundred weeks on the New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller lists.