http://dilbert.com/strip/2017-05-04

May 4th means something to me. Used to be all about Kent State, now it's mostly about Star Wars, but I mostly recall fondly a night I kept a bar open past closing only to see my Pens lose in 5OT.
Anyways, I find it odd that anyone of any background would take a job offered by PHB. So new hire Erik, former CIA programmer, is a very unexpected hire. He's creepy, just as one would suspect.

http://dilbert.com/strip/2017-01-15

It's budget cut time, PHB asks Dilbert to renegotiate all of the contracts with vendors. PHB gives him instructions to threaten vendors they'll go with someone cheaper unless they cut their price. Dilbert says they did that ploy last go around. He further states his poor negotiating skills, which was established when he whined about the new hire making more on Friday. Regardless of the obvious pending failure, PHB gives him until Tuesday to get it done.