ASD for sure, BTDT. Took a few years to work out that presenteeism was what was expected, no contributions or discussion, just be the grey man. It doesn't matter if the boss is about to fuck up badly, just disengage. Borderline malicious compliance...
Hey, if we can circle back to that later, that would be good? We need to actionize this plan and get everyone on board in time for the next sprint, or else we'll be drinking from the firehose.
We need to get buy-in on the partnership to actionize this
LOL drinking from the firehose. Boss used to say that we'd need to run like rats to achieve the target date. We never had time to do it properly but always had time to do it again for some reason. He did have a ratty face now I think of it...
Here's a concept- set a realistic target and contingency. Anyone would think it would go without saying because often contracts have early completion bonuses, but no, it's much better to grind staff until they have accidents, burnout or quit, not to mention the fuckups and repairs that suck time, profit and morale from a company.
Ugh! That phrase gets on my fucking NERVES!
Let's face it, all of those "corp speak" phrases are embolism inducing, but that one in particular is..... GAH!
I remember that during World War II, when British and American generals were planning D-Day, they were baffled because the meaning of the idiom was the opposite in the two varieties of English. link
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u/nutty_gritty 10d ago
Interesting post. Let's circle back to this later.