Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

buzz words and phrases

New favorite “lean in”
Low hanging fruit
Let’s circle back
New normal
Let’s take it offline
Agile
Tee it up
Deep dive
Synergy
Right size

Couple these and few hundred more buzzy words with with right, ok/k, like, and/ummm and that is the context for most meetings.

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Post ID: @OP+1e8pmaeG

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New one I’ve started heard this week. “Big Rock”. Heard it multiple times in 2022 planning calls.

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Post ID: @3xxz+1e8pmaeG

Dang dog, that's a good one! Grad school paying real dividends.

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Post ID: @2ewj+1e8pmaeG

To be honest with you, the fact of the matter is, at the end of the day, it is what it is.

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Post ID: @2mlw+1e8pmaeG

At the end of the day, we'll circle back on the pain points in the customer journey and move the needle.

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Post ID: @2pmm+1e8pmaeG

How about, "that's the fact, jack"

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Post ID: @2zmb+1e8pmaeG

or how about "the peanut butter won't be spread evenly"....

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Post ID: @2wpf+1e8pmaeG

Anybody remember "peel back the onion", or the "shifting paradigm"? Any time you hear your "leadership" using any of these buzzword terms, it simply means that they heard it in a meeting from one of their superiors and think it really means something. And it makes them sound really smart when they say it! Ask them to explain it, then sit back and watch the hilarity!

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Post ID: @1sjl+1e8pmaeG

To..........@mtm "That's the cr/ap they teach you in grad school."

I have a PhD from UT Austin and believe me when I write that these "coded terms" are not taught in Graduate School.

This might be appropriate to some flunkies (nee so called Exec. types) spouting vitriol during a town hall or equivalent to a supposed clueless audience.

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Post ID: @1pet+1e8pmaeG

What happened to collaborate?

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Post ID: @1vom+1e8pmaeG

As long as they stop referring to inanimate objects as “se-y”, I’ll listen to whatever else they want to say.

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Post ID: @1mev+1e8pmaeG

meaningless dribble

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Post ID: @1zee+1e8pmaeG

That's the cr-p they teach you in grad school.

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Post ID: @mtm+1e8pmaeG

Work Smarter Not Harder

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