30 Common And Not-So-Common Corporate Lingo Folks Online Hate With A Passion

To me. Referring to a woman 19 or over as a 'girl' infantilizes the woman in question. No, this really bothers me [many things do but anyway.].

I was a girl boss when I played shopkeeper in preschool.

Not sure if this is better or worse than Boss Babe.

Yeah, b/c young/young-ish male professionals are never referred to as a 'boy' right? Except that this happens to me constantly and I'm almost 40. I have a baby face, it comes w/ the territory.

A.K.A MLM Hun

So...supporting the leadership and taking responsibility. Congratulations, you were hired to be The Official Scapegoat!

In other words, we are looking for someone who will become the company’s b***h.

Unless you work for yourself, every job is being part of a team.

Every. Thing. Al for one salary.

You'll be doing everything.

Most corporate jobs rob you of your happiness. I believe these sayings are used for just that. People in the trenches were not the only miserable ones. Just because you have AC, doesn’t mean you made it.

At work we decided that trench comparisons are insensitive. While shoveling inside a muddy hole in the ground. Don't use it in the office.

I hate it... I mentioned it on another BoredPanda thread, but when I told a colleague that I hated that term because resources are made to be exploited until exhausted and then replaced.

HR seriously needs to go back to being called Personnel

So human person officer?

Worst: use a more "human" term, but keep considering employee like disposable

lI *am* a team player. Problem is, the coaching sucks!

Also, I have a life outside of a job. Hobbies I like to do, classes to attend, family to enjoy my time with etc. I don't want to spend 20 hours a day working.

If I'm not treated like a valuable team member I don't consider myself part of the team. Fix that part first.

Now if only the cranky lady I work with would just stop telling me how much she "isn't gonna stay late again" when she doesn't have a gopher to do dishes while she cleans the kitchen.

In our "family" team player means: Shut up and do what you were asked to do!

I've found in most cases that whatever a corporation claims its "core value" is to be a big, red flag as to what they have severe problems with

When I read 'corporate culture' I immediatelly think 'you will be watched all day, micromanaged and if you do even the tiniest mistakes, there will always be someone to tell on you to the management'. No, thank you.

Ugh... This. Mission Statement, core values, all that corporate bulls***

Corporations have cultures, and there is a big difference from one corporation to the next. The word has a meaning and purpose. It just is annoying when a company abuses the term.

So they should have no deliberate values or culture then? Well then the complaint would be of the lack thereof.

or..."Exhausting environment."

I worked in a "fast paced environment" at a call center for a while. When we were training and in our first three months of "probation" they modified the call flow for us newbies so we would have less calls and have a 90 second break between calls so we wouldn't get overwhelmed. Most people lasted through probation but quit shortly after when they took the training wheels off and we could be subjected to back to back calls. If they could do that for new hires why couldn't they do that for everyone. And as a customer I'd be happy to wait especially knowing what that job is like and if I knew the employees got a breather so they weren't bombarded. Especially when someone cusses the representative out then hangs up. Sometimes (a lot of times) there's absolutely no break between the next call and you just gotta go to the next one trying to pretend someone didn't just threaten to r*pe and/or kill you for shitty company policies you can't control.

When I see this in job ads I want to avoid those places at all costs. But it's nearly all job ads.

The phrase, "poorly managed" comes to mind.

lol this is not my experience A fast paced environment was what cocktail waitresses, bartenders, servers, nurses, real estate, the financial sector etc. and with the technological advances we’ve seen the last few decades, things are faster. There are many fast paced work fields and if you can’t roll, you’ll have to get out of the way. Just sayin

Quit my previous job for that reason. Despite COVID, company made more money than expexted, the CEO gave himself a 200K bonus, the bosses got a 20-25% raise and the employees who does 95% of the job... 2% raise which was under the inflation, so we were losing money.

I would ask "why?"

My last job only gave everyone raises because the competitor was offering a higher pay rate. And it wasn't until after I mentioned it to a visiting manager.

Don't strangle them, the ligature marks will get you arrested. There are plenty of other "accidents" that could just as easily accomplish the same thing.

Luxottica? This post is about Luxottica, right?

And many families are highly dysfunctional, just saying....

Meaning you'll get treated like scum and get gaslit for it.

Dysfunctional family...

"We spend all holidays together and snipe constantly."

I worked at one place where the family was actually rather functional. The person who said it came from an actual nice family, so maybe he interpreted the cliche in a more positive way. It usually means "I'm going to be nice to you for two days, then the mask and gloves come off."

"I am gonna need you to go ahead and unclog my toilet before you go home"