Buzz words
Nigerian In Law
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Haven't been there, never done that.
Age: 62
Posts: 1,017
Many times in the latter part of my career I was encouraged to "drill down into it" or if it was something my bosses in Houston thought was really s*%t, I'd be asked/told to "have a deep dive". If a particularly rich contract was in the offing I'd have to "be client-centric" or "breath efficiency". EBITDA was the Holy Grail and I'd always mention it in conference calls so the Ivory Tower crew (who had no idea what our challenges are and thought we operated the same as everywhere else) would believe I always had the "bottom line" in mind.
And so it went on. There were many more buzzwords which I've thankfully forgotten. Bean counters are obsessed with them !
And so it went on. There were many more buzzwords which I've thankfully forgotten. Bean counters are obsessed with them !
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: West Wiltshire, UK
Age: 68
Posts: 412
That one really boils my piss. I came close to cancelling the order for my Tesla because the email confirmation from them told me that they would "reach out to me when your car is ready for collection".
Almost as bad as the hippy electricity company that signed off every communication with "Love and Power". I did ditch them, for a few reasons, not least being that all correspondence was addressed to me as if I was some laid back millennial, as well as them getting the bill wrong for months on end.
Why organisations feel the need to re-invent language I don't know. I used to think it was just the useless twats in HR, but it seems to have spread everywhere now.
Almost as bad as the hippy electricity company that signed off every communication with "Love and Power". I did ditch them, for a few reasons, not least being that all correspondence was addressed to me as if I was some laid back millennial, as well as them getting the bill wrong for months on end.
Why organisations feel the need to re-invent language I don't know. I used to think it was just the useless twats in HR, but it seems to have spread everywhere now.
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Richard Burtonville, South Wales.
Posts: 1,985
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: London
Posts: 407
You can't beat a good game of bullsh*t bingo:


Thought police antagonist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Where I always have been...firmly in the real world
Posts: 85
It appears some contributors centre of gravity is out of trim, and below the radar whilst not being totally aligned to peripheral influences.
"Uncle Roger " would be in his element.
"Uncle Roger " would be in his element.
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Lestah
Posts: 170
Shotclock
Behaviour Index
Keep me honest
Long grass
Current flavours also include adoption, outcome and capture.
Hey, I am looking at the Shotclock. Keep me honest as I am struggling with adoption here. Without a favourable outcome, that will affect my Behaviour Index. We need to capture some outcomes otherwise the Shotclock could end up in the Long Grass.
Behaviour Index
Keep me honest
Long grass
Current flavours also include adoption, outcome and capture.
Hey, I am looking at the Shotclock. Keep me honest as I am struggling with adoption here. Without a favourable outcome, that will affect my Behaviour Index. We need to capture some outcomes otherwise the Shotclock could end up in the Long Grass.