For seventeen years, Adams worked in an office cubicle similar to the one Dilbert occupies and deeply resents. The confining cubicle is one major symbol of the dehumanization in the corporate world. Adams makes a strong case that the corporate way of life is destructive for the employee and counterproductive for the corporation. Gallows humor Most of Adams's humor is directed at upper-level managers who establish policy without thinking about what it does to the employee. The future is bright.
Money is our most valuable asset.
Employees are ninth. One of the more provocative chapters, and the source of some good cartoons, is the subject of change. Change makes us stupider, relatively speaking. Change is portrayed as an attempt by those in authority to manipulate and deceive. Recently I asked three friends, who serve in middle management of downsizing corporations, if the cynical attitude of Dilbert reflects their workplace.