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All business newspeak. Rightsizing (it's canning people, stupid), ramping up (it's get to fricking work, stupid), best of breed (as opposed to deliberately seeking out the worst of breed, stupid), best practices (as opposed to the worst practices we were planning on using, stupid), and every other idiotic buzzword I had to listen to back when I wore a suit. Dilbert liberated me and my mind. I don't think of myself as any of the media-assigned generations (Boomer, X, Y, Me, whatever). I think of myself as part of the Dilbert generation: the group for whom Scott Adams spoke.
All business newspeak. Rightsizing (it's canning people, stupid), ramping up (it's get to fricking work, stupid), best of breed (as opposed to deliberately seeking out the worst of breed, stupid), best practices (as opposed to the worst practices we were planning on using, stupid), and every other idiotic buzzword I had to listen to back when I wore a suit. Dilbert liberated me and my mind. I don't think of myself as any of the media-assigned generations (Boomer, X, Y, Me, whatever). I think of myself as part of the Dilbert generation: the group for whom Scott Adams spoke.
So true. They think that giving something a benign or confusing name prevents people from figuring out what it really means. Dilbert is king!
All business newspeak. Rightsizing (it's canning people, stupid), ramping up (it's get to fricking work, stupid), best of breed (as opposed to deliberately seeking out the worst of breed, stupid), best practices (as opposed to the worst practices we were planning on using, stupid), and every other idiotic buzzword I had to listen to back when I wore a suit. Dilbert liberated me and my mind ...
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Originally Posted by sayulita
So true. They think that giving something a benign or confusing name prevents people from figuring out what it really means. Dilbert is king!
TQM (Total quality management), Quality Circles, Lean Six Sigma, et al which had management attending meetings where they would sit around and get so pumped saying buzzwords at one another. Meanwhile nothing changes on the floor where the work gets done. My most hated phrase of this ilk was "Implementing new methodologies to create a whole new paradigm." I asked a question from the floor at one of the grand meetings presenting the latest exciting management "system" re the "implementing new methodologies..." phrase. I asked "What does this mean in plain English?" And all the management boobs on the stage mumbled and rumbled among themselves and couldn't come up with an answer, but made it plain that I was not appreciated.
TQM (Total quality management), Quality Circles, Lean Six Sigma, et al which had management attending meetings where they would sit around and get so pumped saying buzzwords at one another. Meanwhile nothing changes on the floor where the work gets done. My most hated phrase of this ilk was "Implementing new methodologies to create a whole new paradigm." I asked a question from the floor at one of the grand meetings presenting the latest exciting management "system" re the "implementing new methodologies..." phrase. I asked "What does this mean in plain English?" And all the management boobs on the stage mumbled and rumbled among themselves and couldn't come up with an answer, but made it plain that I was not appreciated.
Yup, heard those phrases too. Oh my god, what is the Koolaid that everyone across the nation drinks when the get into management? Do they get a manager's bible after they learn the secret handshake? "Synergy" is another one that is still popular. "Vertical" is apparently the new word for category. I am so glad to be retired and not have to put up with that meaningless crap anymore.
TQM (Total quality management), Quality Circles, Lean Six Sigma, et al which had management attending meetings where they would sit around and get so pumped saying buzzwords at one another. Meanwhile nothing changes on the floor where the work gets done. My most hated phrase of this ilk was "Implementing new methodologies to create a whole new paradigm." I asked a question from the floor at one of the grand meetings presenting the latest exciting management "system" re the "implementing new methodologies..." phrase. I asked "What does this mean in plain English?" And all the management boobs on the stage mumbled and rumbled among themselves and couldn't come up with an answer, but made it plain that I was not appreciated.
Total Quality Management is a pretty common type of management that is taught in most college courses. Pretty much every business course I have taken has covered TQM in some manner.
I'm not saying it is a good or bad phrase but that it is more than a buzzword, it is actually a recognized type of business management.
Yup, heard those phrases too. Oh my god, what is the Koolaid that everyone across the nation drinks when the get into management? Do they get a manager's bible after they learn the secret handshake? "Synergy" is another one that is still popular. "Vertical" is apparently the new word for category. I am so glad to be retired and not have to put up with that meaningless crap anymore.
That's why I can't stand to watch the TV show, The Office ─ too real ─ and I was management.
I hate it when they announce in a store that my "party" is at the front desk--and when I get there, there's no "party", just whomever I came with.
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