Jacksgranda Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Just finished a trainng seminar - not one word of corporate speak throughout. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gullane No 4 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I always thought stakeholders were either holding a piece of meat or a fence post. My pet hate was 'blue sky thinking'. Not a fan of 'Human resources'. In the 1990's one local charity did quite well when, at team meetings, I fined my managers £1 each for to stop them saying 'at the end of the day'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) I've heard "lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater" at a few meetings. Not a clue what it means and could never be bothered interrupting the speaker to ask them (suspect they didn't know either), so I remain in the dark. Edited February 25, 2015 by AyrshireTon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 I've heard "lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater" at a few meetings. Not a clue what it means and could never be bothered interrupting the speaker to ask them (suspect they didn't know either), so I remain in the dark. It's not a corporate expression, more an old fashioned way of saying keep the good bits and get rid of the bad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 It's not a corporate expression, more an old fashioned way of saying keep the good bits and get rid of the bad.Makes far more sense to be straightforward about it, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 No, we should send quality experts over to Japan then decades later let Japan tell us how to improve quality by using Japanese terms. Toyota did it so it must be good and also it must be applicable to every workplace, that's wha the nice man who we paid lots of money told us anyway. We still get lots of quality problems but now we just call it muda or shitzuki or something so that means it's ok. Dafuq 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Always loved this sketch: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Going to assume that we have a high number of minimum wage call centre workers on this thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Going to assume that we have a high number of minimum wage call centre workers on this thread. what makes you say that? Edited February 26, 2015 by sjc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 "We'll have to socialise that idea with the team" I think it means we should discuss it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Yesterday I got asked if I was "OK to run point" on a conference call. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjc Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Yesterday I got asked if I was "OK to run point" on a conference call. That's just silly.... (Attempt at a cricket pun) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I'm really hating the term 'deep dive' just now. Which is unfortunate, because I'm hearing it every day. Being asked to 'Reach out' to people is getting equally on my tits. Why can't I just ask them? Why do arms have to be involved? And as I mostly deal with people in England, Ireland or (grits teeth) India, how fucking long do they think my arms are? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTG Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 For those whose heart sinks when some arsehole comes out with "its not a problem, it's an opportunity" be aware that "propportunity" is creeping into the English language. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Going to assume that we have a high number of minimum wage call centre workers on this thread. I may be wrong, but are you not a bouncer/were a bouncer? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 For those whose heart sinks when some arsehole comes out with "its not a problem, it's an opportunity" be aware that "propportunity" is creeping into the English language. Good lord, please no. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Are you bound by law to be unable to send coherent emails if you're a manager? Every single one of them type in broken English and don't seem to know where the question mark/full stop/comma is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Easy Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Are you bound by law to be unable to send coherent emails if you're a manager? Every single one of them type in broken English and don't seem to know where the question mark/full stop/comma is. One of the managers at my work signs off all his emails just with his first initial, which is R. I instantly imagine him dressed as the Riddler from Batman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 One of the managers at my work signs off all his emails just with his first initial, which is R. I instantly imagine him dressed as the Riddler from Batman. Aye, they all do that in here too. The general manager that used to be here (Peter) used to sign off his emails with: Thx P 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banana Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 N victim checking in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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