re: Who comes up with these dumbass corporate buzzwords?

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Be proactive

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I once was told that I was being "counter productive".

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I kissed offices goodbye may years ago

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Lucky you, my dream come true. Still have another 16 years left.

They literally make up new shite every few years to sell training books and conferences on new lingo. It is a huge grift to make money and companies eat it up. Want to roll your eyes non stop? Especially if you work in IT? Attend ITIL seminars.

Every few years they just make up new terminology to say the same thing but with new words/phrases.It's usually hosted or taught by a middle aged woman, who loves to say shite like "Let's take a holistic approach to organization."

They love pushing new buzzwords. For instance, the big thing a few years ago was to do away with a "Help Desk" and replace it with a "Service Request Portal". Users no longer submit a help desk or support ticket; Instead they "Issue a service request."

You can tell that the people who get all excited to come up with that stuff have never done real, actual work in their life. They are more worried about making a simple thing more complicated than getting the actual work done.

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Exactly. I'm in my 50s and recall when it became a frequently used phrase. It's older, but it was a buzzword, and so very stupid.

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A butterfly used to be a caterpillar, but it is no more.

I hate clarity. Just use clarification. Maybe I just have a personal issue with it because of how much I hear it.

I hate when they say something that clearly isn't a unanimous opinion and follow it up with "RIGHT??"

How much better would the corporate world be if instead of all that corporatist Correct Talk we had kegs of beer, rock and roll and wet tshirt competitions instead? I hope DOGE addresses that.

I'm trying to be proactive rather than reactive

Also trying to reduce redundancy and increase relevancy.


I've had these 2 on repeat for about a decade now. Everyone falls to their knees and begs me to save them after.

I’d like to contribute a few that have been bothering me when I hear people say them. Which has been often.

Aligned and processes (pronounced process eee s) makes me want to bang my head against a wall

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I’m gonna have to “Drill down” while taking a “Deeper Dive”. On this..

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yup, i’ll send out a plus one once you’ve had some time for this to digest, that way we can circle back.