| Author | Message | ||
     Michael K. Mc Kell Citizen Username: Greenerose Post Number: 583 Registered: 9-2003 |
All of the above is why I left the corporate world to bang nails. God's speed to you all. | ||
| speedie99 Citizen Username: Speedie99 Post Number: 23 Registered: 6-2003 |
If I heard 'world class' one more time... | ||
| Cynicalgirl Citizen Username: Cynicalgirl Post Number: 1174 Registered: 9-2003  |
Oh, and "ping," as in "I need to ping Tom on Monday to see if the project will be done." Anyone remember interface as a verb meaning "to meet" or "to communicate?" | ||
| sportsnut Citizen Username: Sportsnut Post Number: 1761 Registered: 10-2001 |
Parkbench you're right, the divestiture was the first nail in the coffin. The second nail was the FCCs unwillingness to enforce the '96 Telecom Act. The final nail was the cable debacle. The idea was great the execution sucked. I could start a whole 'nother thread on the incompetence (at least in my opinion) that has passed for leadership at our company. | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 585 Registered: 3-2004 |
Yup, cynicalgirl: remembering Interface well. I can also add "Achieving Breakthrough Performance," holistic solution sets, downsizing, rightsizing, "low-hanging fruit," "the north-bound train," "chunked-up deliverables," etc. I could go on, but then I would have to barf again. | ||
| Meandtheboys Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 268 Registered: 12-2004  |
Reading all this nauseating bulldinky makes me really glad I'm a stay-at-home mom! Thanks.  | ||
| D. Moderator Username: Dave Post Number: 5498 Registered: 4-1998  |
"get back to work" hate that one | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 586 Registered: 3-2004 |
Meandtheboys: Now you know why some of us have most willingly left the corporate world behind us, to do something on our own. | ||
| steel Citizen Username: Steel Post Number: 640 Registered: 2-2002 |
Raise the bar, (what if we're doing the limbo?), set the standard, (how 'about Mondays and Fridays be limbo days?), be more proactive and touchbase, (does that mean call to see where lunch is?). PS: It was my experience that everyone who truly started thinking "out-of-box" either left the company or was fired, -apparently "the box" means "the company". | ||
| Meandtheboys Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 270 Registered: 12-2004 |
Innis: Oh yes, I completely understand that. Used to work for a living myself and never could stomach the political bull****, or the fact that so many complete idiots were in a position to tell me what to do! Just haven't really thought about it in a while. Good luck and Godspeed to you all!  | ||
| Cynicalgirl Citizen Username: Cynicalgirl Post Number: 1177 Registered: 9-2003 |
My way of handling is to view a lot of it as an acting job. Sometimes, I deliberately use all of the jargon in meetings, to see how well I have mastered. This gets my boss all excited, and we all start chattering away...Like using pig latin when you're a kid! Same with the politics; viewed superficially, it's no dumber than the average ESPN sport. It's only soul destroying if you take it seriously. | ||
| Meandtheboys Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 274 Registered: 12-2004 |
Cynicalgirl: I applaud you for having found a way to get through the day. I'll try to remember your strategy if I ever go back to work in corporate America. Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of personality. I've never suffered fools gladly and have a very hard time biting my tongue. Best I can do is smile, walk away and internalize it all. Better I'm home with the kids, and grateful for having the opportunity to do so. Gotta remember to thank the hubby! | ||
| Cynicalgirl Citizen Username: Cynicalgirl Post Number: 1178 Registered: 9-2003 |
Haven't had the choice of walking away from it, especially since living here. So, given lemons, make lemonade... I, too, am not good with suffering fools and no doubt I take some of that out on MOL. I do swear a lot, though, which helps! | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 589 Registered: 3-2004 |
My tactic was to regard any job as an assignment, and when I felt I had had enough of the assignment, I went elsewhere. But the bulls--t meets you wherever you go, so you have to have your own method of dealing with it and putting it into perspective. | ||
| Carrie Avery Citizen Username: Carrie33 Post Number: 168 Registered: 1-2005  |
I am one of the stay at home moms, and through my husband I have heard some interesting jargon,as well. I am thankful to be with someone who values my "job" as much as his, and though I respect what he does, the language barrier, at times, is challenging. I do,however, have to ask him questions as to what all that 'nonsense' means, and when he isn't stressed out I don't get that "look" like 'I should know' I accept the look -knowing it isn't directed at me, it is more that he might be as surprised in all the changes in our language that seems to mean the same thing. It does appear that people are trying to be impressive to higher ups to cover their lack of intelligence or ability to perform. It does also make them sound like infantile adults who don't know their own language. I don't mean to sound harsh, but it is basically silly. The one word that really bothers me is "Bling" meaning "jewelry" I think. How silly is that! | ||
| Meandtheboys Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 276 Registered: 12-2004 |
cynical: Used to curse like a truck driver. That's changed quite a bit since kids!  | ||
| Cynicalgirl Citizen Username: Cynicalgirl Post Number: 1179 Registered: 9-2003 |
Alas! I still swear and have a kid. Question of location. I think parents and childrearing have a certain degree of jargon, too! Have been watching old movies (Topper, etc.) and one is reminded that every era and venue has it's slang, or jargon or what have you. Must be our speedy media culture. Plus, few writers around in the popular press to make fun of it -- instead, they spread it. | ||
| Montagnard Citizen Username: Montagnard Post Number: 1456 Registered: 6-2003  |
Headcount. USP's (spoken as the letters). The view from 60,000 feet. Exit criteria. and... Communications skills, i.e. if you disagree with your egomaniacal @#$%!* of a boss, you must be lacking in communications skills. | ||
| Michael K. Mc Kell Citizen Username: Greenerose Post Number: 584 Registered: 9-2003 |
Please stop.... I'm having flash backs! | ||
| Innisowen Citizen Username: Innisowen Post Number: 594 Registered: 3-2004 |
McKell, Those flashbacks indicate that you haven't fully "on-boarded" with the new mission statement, vision statement, and long term goals of the firm. Get in line, will you? I have the same flashbacks, and they make me cringe. |
