BlackAdder7 said:

I actually haven't heard that bullshit before but it makes me want to climb other types of ladders.

Cinnie said:

something like this..try it, it's "empowering"

Cinnie said:

in my experience it really meant "do the work that your lazy fucking co-worker should have done, but didn't" don't you want to be a team player and help out the department? umm, not really, unless you pay me for doing their job, too.



.
[Edited 3/28/10 10:05am]

BlackAdder7 said:

I take that as an incentive to work at a slower pace than you could. Always be working on something, never get ahead or they will think you need more to do.

BlackAdder7 said:

One would generally strive to be at the top rung, but if a superior suggested I climb the accountability ladder on the occassion when I needed help or collaboration, that would really piss me off. This ladder seems to be a managerial delegation tool.

Cinnie said:

1. Seems like a trap. It says take action and then tell the boss "subsequently" or AFTER. So what happens if the worker's action dose't go over well?

will they be able to use the ladder as a defense?

(but that is my over all work philosophy: Do not ask, just do it and apologize if it goes poorly.)

Oh and the next wanker to say "guestimate" or "chillax" had better not be in punching distance. The original words work fine, stop fucking creating bullshit words!

Phew... Feel better now!

OnlyNDaUsa said:

No, I think you are "owning it" once you have subsequently informed your supervisor of your actions... it's not supposed to be a warning of shit about to hit the fan

SUPRMAN said:

..NOT at Lowitt Alarms & Security Systems...it's pronounced "clustAH-fuck" as in "mothAHfucker".

Cinnie said:

I still do not see it as anything but the company covering itself. They say "be proactive!" but that will not save your job if you take the wrong action.

It is like this stupid sexual harassment video I had to watch (everyone has to watch) it is NOTHING more than the companies way to dodge lawsuits. And told my supervisor I felt harassed by it as out of the 9 (or so) scenarios put forth only one was woman on man and the rest ALL had the MEN as the offenders.

I think the term "Lets have an ideas shower" is tacky and rather 1986 Yuppy executive talk, its very common here, along with "Go hard" and "Lets crack into it"

Moving forward
Working proactively
Team scrum
Ring-fencing
Upskilling
Multiskilling
Skill-set
Core values
Downtime
Hot-desking
Team-player
Corporate responsibility
One-to-one

It drives me crazy.

GirlBrother said:

More than half of those i hear week in, week out too.

Expedite.

Cinnie said:

That's not work jargon. Unless it's being used incorrectly...

Genesia said:

It is so formal though and commonly used in preference over "Hurry Up".

Cinnie said:

Okay, ya got a point there.

zaza said:

yours is better than a lot of people who have english as their first language

You should see some of the jargon in the training stuff im meant to have done at work..i think they are avoiding me...coz i'll just go
or

i cant quote the exact thing, but one part uses something completely different for a not so positive outcome

no negativity or failure allowed

like we arent human and dont make mistakes...

im all for training, but not when its designed by a bunch of desk jockeys, who have probably never seen a shop floor let alone worked in one...

and will probably be in a instore memo saying...it is with much regret that after 8 mths in with the company i am moving on...





dont forget ppl in your ivory towers, its us grunts on the front line that bring in the actual money, that utlimately pays your salaries ...

Ahhhhh...that feels better
[Edited 3/29/10 15:06pm]

OnlyNDaUsa said:

Oh, Jesus! Not that shit. I once had a job interview that consisted of playing those preschool games.
[Edited 3/29/10 19:30pm]

meow85 said:

Was it a group interview? That must have been one awkward spin of "Ring Around The Rosey".

There is just so much bullshit and stupidity involved in a lot of lines of work, especially in regards corporate work culture.

That's one thing I am genuinely pleased with about my new job. There's a remarkable and refreshingly minimal lack of dumbass jargon and bullshit to deal with.

Cinnie said:

It was.

The people conducting the group interview had us play Simon Says and this very odd game where we had to navigate a maze made up of tape on the floor without verbal communication. Only after that did we do anything that might have to do with the job.

meow85 said:

That was probably the test. "Successful applicant will tolerate bullshit and stupidity in a corporate work setting."

Cinnie said:

I guess so. Needless to say, after taking the job it wasn't long until I quit.

The new one, though, is not too bad. Not exactly my dream job but it keeps the bullshit to a minimum. Certainly not something I'd mind staying with if I need to.

Down-sizing
Streamlining
Resource-glut

equals...

Redundancies.

thejason said:

you're hired - even worse.

vivid said:

WHAT?! In this economy?

this thread makes me think of Gus out of Drop the Dead Donkey. anybody in the UK remember that programme?

I just thought of another one... "the reality is...", are the rest of us NOT living in reality or aware of it?

Genesia said:

On my internship job--it is acronym-itis!