Words You Don't Want to Hear During Your Annual Performance Review—A Dilbert Book

"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.

Dilbert's fans are legion and loyal. They have purchased seven million cartoon collection books and counting. The Dilbert comic strip appears in 2,000 newspapers and in 65 countries in 19 languages.

Since being voluntarily downsized from a corporate job in 1995, Dilbert creator Scott Adams stays attuned to the business world with the help of hundreds of daily e-mails he receives from fans and the more than 1.5 million unique visitors a month to his Web site, www.dilbert.com. Dilbert started as a doodle during Adamsi?? tenure at Pacific Bell, and has been syndicated since 1989. Adams is a past winner of the Reuben Award, cartooningi??s highest honor. He lives in California with Pam and two cats.