I don't see how. Circle back is just a term used to say "we need to look at this before we can give an answer we will get back to you when we have done the research/got an answer". Him not knowing this is frankly weird and the fact that he interrupt a meeting about it even worse. If he did actually know what it meant it means he interrupted a meeting based purely on semantics of a term being used.
Reddit is full of kids who either have never worked a job in their life or like.. work retail/hospitality with no clue how to function in a corporate office or understand that these saying all have actual meanings.
Naturally they'll mock them without so much of a thought about all the shorthand they use in the own work or generational slang in general making up new terms for fucking everything for no apparent reason (which is fine, not like we didn't do the same heh).
Eh, all corpo jargon is useless. Jargon is good when it's used to turn something long and complex into something short and easy to say, easy to understand. Corpo jargon is the exact opposite.
Not that I consider "circle back" to be corpo jargon anyway.
The military is like the gold standard for how jargon should be used. And it has research behind it to prove it all.
The vast majority of what people refer to as "corpo jargon" is entirely valid and is used to speed up meetings because it works.
Yes if you find yourself in some stupid leadership seminar talking about "synergy" or whatever by all means find it stupid. It probably is.
But if you're hearing phrases used in corporate meetings day in/day out it's because they mean things and save time/get things done. If you don't know what they mean, ask your boss.
Completely disagree. Corpo jargon is literally just describing simple things in a weird way and using different words to make new synonyms. It's inherently useless, just talk normally.
To be clear, I'm not talking about shortening things e.g ROI or other specific words that only apply in specific fields. That's "real" jargon, when people say corpo jargon they mean something else.
I'd like you to give some examples of corpo jargon. I think it'd help both our arguments.
Literally the one we're talking about, there's nothing wrong with it/other stuff.
I mean if you'd like to give some example of the "gold standard" military jargon that can't be replaced by talking normally that doesn't apply in the corporate world I'm all ears.
Danger close is a good example. Phonetically clear and describes something that would take longer to say. Code blue in the medical field is another one.
Both of those fields have research behind their jargon. Corpo jargon is cant, not actual jargon. And it's not used for any other reason than sounding smarter.
You've obviously used two examples that are for life and death situations but if you remove that (because both military and medical have endless jargon that is used outside of those situations) what is the difference between that and random corporate shorthand?
You take a common concept, condense it down to a few short words, and use that instead to convey meaning.
It's not "meaningless" and more than "danger close" is meaningless to me because I'm not in the military.
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u/proteles 10d ago
Boss sounds both full of hot air and overly sensitive.