Administrative buzz phrases

We have an IT Engineer that signs, Best then his name! Best what? Is it hoping for the best, I don't understand it.
I used to work with a person that put "Flow" above her name. I never understood what that was supposed to mean. Was she wishing everyone good urinary health?
 
I thought of another yesterday and not sure if it's in here.

"Sorry, I was multitasking" if on a conf call.

Like that's a valid excuse for not paying attention.


Eddie
 
I thought of another yesterday and not sure if it's in here.

"Sorry, I was multitasking" if on a conf call.

Like that's a valid excuse for not paying attention.


Eddie
Haha, very common. We had a guy that was never paying attention and would wait a few seconds if his name came up and say, "Sorry, I was on mute. Can you repeat the question?"
 
"Scrub" "scrubbing" "scrub it"

Man I hate that soooooo much. Scrub the list, Scrub the tracker

Tracker. Excel trackers I hate those too ffs
 
That is the true rub with these dumb statements, no one goes home and talks with their spouse and family or neighbors that way. I need to write down the saying one of our IT engineers used on me the other day, it was ridiculous. I've had to email him back and ask him what the heck he's actually saying.....
My Chicago Financial Analayst (he will tell you what he does several times an hour) brother in law sure does. I can’t stand being forced to hang around that dude it makes me feel like i’m at work listening to our CFO talk.

He doesn’t even hunt or fish something’s wrong with him.
 
What's on your radar today?

How many resources do we have today?

The best is when someone screws up. They warn everyone on your team, put new procedures in place and NEVER SAY ANYTHING TO THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY SCREWED UP.
 
"we're a family" after watching a quarter of the staff get pink slipped due to Reduction in Force....
Was going to say something similar. Worked for a company that had "Passion for People" as one of its core pillars. Absolute B*llSh#t. They dumped people all the time for nothing. Anytime I hear a people component in corporate america I know it's a lie. Corporate america doesn't give a Sh*t about people.
 
I prefer to focus for n the internal dialogue I have with myself after a meeting filled with all the above phrases.

"Curated dataset my ass. You had data science clean it up for you. Quit using that word. Now let's see how much fu&#ing off I can do before my next meeting."
 
Military references 🤮

Mission critical, boots on the ground, on your radar are my least favorite. For whatever reason, “mission critical” really grinds my gears, as if anything done in a corporate job has the fate of the universe hanging in the balance.

Or calling a meeting room a “command center” or “war room”, meanwhile it’s just a bunch of doughy dudes sitting around a table with their laptops sipping on diet cokes.
 
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