“Hey Bob, just touching base to circle back so we can leverage our core competencies ASAP moving forward because at the end of the day we need to think outside the box so I need a deep dive on your blue sky thinking, OK?”
Meanwhile, at Puppy Corporate Headquarters…
Work jargon was one of the thing that drove me up the wall at the office.
Amen! The one that drives me nuts is “reaching out” as in “I’m reaching out to see if you’d like to (fill in the blank).” No. Don’t touch me. Just be straight forward.
I talk it right back to them, while also inserting weird stuff to see if I can get it into their vocabulary. At one point I managed to get an entire team saying “cool beans.” And a couple people saying “hail Satan” instead of “have a good weekend.” I miss that place.
Academic jargon is at least as bad, if not worse. 🙄
They look quite indignant. How dare you.
Maru would like to schedule a meeting on the value, or lack thereof, of thinking outside the box.
I love the puppy sitting on their butt.
Have they been eavesdropping on some of my meetings?? I think meetings would go much better if these 2 cuties were involved. And to top it off, every year our divsion has a “theme” to supposedly unify everyone. Last year was Culture of Kindness, like what does that even mean? I can’t even remember what this year’s them is, that’s how memorable it was.
The managing director of my building’s management company communicates exactly that way.