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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 hours ago

Any mention of "family" and I'm out. You aren't my fucking family. I barely tolerate any of you, and I only go that far because I am forced to participate in this bullshit just so I can feed and shelter myself. Just give me my project, shut your dick sheath, and let me grind my life away in silence.

On a totally unrelated note, "team player".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

“Learnings”

Yes its an old word and was repopularized by Borat of all things.

Ugh. Just say lessons or something. Leanings just sounds … wrong.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 hours ago

I can’t read this shit on the weekend you guys are killing me :p

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago

Any talk of "we" from the boss really means "you". It's exceptionally maddening when the boss is already a POS who has an A+ for delegation but F- for teamwork and care factor.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 hours ago

"going forward."

Yeah, "from now on" worked fine there Phill.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago

Lessons learned

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago

"pAiN pOiNtS"

these are not knots in muscles they are severe institutional shortcomings and failings that are draining us all, making us want to jump ship, hazardous, and in some cases even making the company lose profit but you fuckheads just want to write down pAiN pOiNtS and jerk yourselves and the shareholders off instead of actually doing ANYTHING MEANINGFUL

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

We're going to hyperconverge our core past the edge node and clear out to the cloud!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Place I worked at some time ago made a big speech and unveiled the following company motto to a lot of confused faces: "Engagement makes awareness sustainable."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago

Nice. I'll drive alignment on this value with my directs. I'll status you tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Wow, lots of “double clicks”, which is fairly new to the usual list.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

Because it's new and awful. Also implies that these massive new work is just a simple tasks. 0/10

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

Collaborator instead of employee. That's a usage that has spread through every company in French. It's infuriating how it.she just plain lying.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

quiet quitting

How dare you not overachieve for your corporate overlords!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago

Dance, monkey, dance!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I still hate "leverage" used as a synonym for "use." "We leverage technologies" yeah sure, when was the last time you had your asshole leveraged?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago

Next biz bro bestseller: "Leverage the power of your bowels to produce fertiliser that promotes growth"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 18 hours ago

Yesterday I aligned with Harold from the CD team on how to pull the data off their SI table, and so today I'm going to work on validating that data. I'll probably be done by tomorrow

[–] [email protected] 20 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Here at Lemmy, we are steadfastly committed to leveraging our core competencies in order to drive strategic alignment across all functional units. Our focus remains unwavering on fostering a culture of continuous innovation and optimizing synergies that propel us towards achieving scalable growth and value creation for our stakeholders. By embracing agile methodologies and harnessing cutting-edge technologies, we endeavor to stay ahead of the curve, ensuring robust ROI while maintaining unparalleled customer-centricity in every facet of our operations.

Should you have any further inquiries or require additional insights into our visionary pursuits, please do not hesitate to connect with us. Together, let’s pioneer new paradigms and redefine excellence!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Congratulations, you win both this thread and my disgust. This is literally every company in software development these days.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 22 hours ago (4 children)

"double click" to mean "focus on" or "explore in more depth"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Typical double click request is as follows:

Manager: Leadership wants a "double click" on the numbers on slide 8.
Doer: What do they want to see.
M: Well they wanted to see more about the numbers on slide 8 they thought it was interesting.
D: What number? Interesting how?
M: They want a double click? Does that work? How long will that take?
D: ummm a week?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Sorry, I run KDE.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

War room

You're a Karen and you're going to talk to Pete from accounting about what gift to buy for Sally's birthday

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

You can’t fight here, this is the war room

[–] [email protected] 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

Used by spineless weasels when it something that they could have avoided, or can still be solved but they are too scared or stupid to say anything.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Effectuate

I'm going to effectuate this pole right up the ass of the next person to use that word.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

I fell for this once. Thought it sounded great. Everyone at that place hated each other, constantly spread rumors and sabotaged each other's work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

#1 toxic workplace red flag

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Unrelated but I only recently realised that when someone says they believe in family values it means they want to impose their definition of "family" on everyone else.

From an employer I guess when they refer to family they're really referring to a bond beyond work, which basically means they're expecting more from you than you're paid for?

[–] Semjaza 4 points 20 hours ago

I've found from employers it tends to mean "we should be valued and given time at least on par, but we'll push for more, than your actual family. Work will call you at any time of day or night and you should be ready to drop everything and get in on no notice."

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

“Learnings” - you’re not fucking Borat!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

I haaaaate this one! It's lessons ffs lessons.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That they treat you like "family"

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago

“Cross-pollinate”

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"It doesn't scale", meaning the company might have to (shudder) hire people if our business doubles.

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