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citoyen

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #675 on: 07 September, 2020, 02:15:17 pm »
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Mr Larrington

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #676 on: 07 September, 2020, 03:07:49 pm »
“We asked the lusers what they wanted and started to make it.  Then the lusers decided it needed to open and close Tower Bridge, carry their golf bats and be capable of sending egg and cress sandwiches* electronically.  So it ended up being a bit of a rush job.  Embarrassingly, we documented the whole process instead of The Product, which is why the lusers are now complaining that they can’t make it work.  Our annual bonus is, however, guaranteed.”

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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #677 on: 07 September, 2020, 04:24:42 pm »
“We asked the lusers what they wanted and started to make it.  Then the lusers decided it needed to open and close Tower Bridge, carry their golf bats and be capable of sending egg and cress sandwiches* electronically.  So it ended up being a bit of a rush job.  Embarrassingly, we documented the whole process instead of The Product, which is why the lusers are now complaining that they can’t make it work.  Our annual bonus is, however, guaranteed.”

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ElyDave

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #678 on: 07 September, 2020, 07:41:07 pm »
we have acquired some manglement consultants who seem to be obsessed with this kind of thing.  They keep needing my area of technical (rather than handwavy) expertise and seem miffed when I say "I'll have to go away and think about it"
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #679 on: 18 October, 2020, 06:59:24 pm »
Not sure if this one is insane management speak but it's new to me. That's probably just me not being in touch with the right managers though. Anyway, "take carriage of" as in "Alistair will take carriage of this programme."
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TheLurker

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #680 on: 18 October, 2020, 07:44:04 pm »
I despair.
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #681 on: 18 October, 2020, 08:00:39 pm »
There are several positive scenario realisations resulting from my on-going retirement status.  Not least of which are that I no longer have to ensure that I've achieved some arbitrary target by close of play in order to maximise the progress towards the upcoming gateway review.   And can choose a suitable day to play out on my bike, based on the weather forecast.
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #682 on: 18 October, 2020, 09:37:29 pm »
The person responsible for 'take carriage of' has now also used 'in agreeance' and 'closement'...
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #683 on: 18 October, 2020, 09:40:39 pm »
Hanging's too good for them.
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #684 on: 18 October, 2020, 09:41:11 pm »
There are several positive scenario realisations resulting from my on-going retirement status.  Not least of which are that I no longer have to ensure that I've achieved some arbitrary target by close of play in order to maximise the progress towards the upcoming gateway review.   And can choose a suitable day to play out on my bike, based on the weather forecast.
Don't you mean 'diarise a suitable calendar opportunity to progress the cycle by complete revolutions'?
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Kim

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #685 on: 18 October, 2020, 11:48:12 pm »
*looks into this thread*
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #686 on: 19 October, 2020, 10:09:38 pm »
The person responsible for 'take carriage of' has now also used 'in agreeance' and 'closement'...

Sorry, old man, we don't understand your banter.

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #687 on: 19 October, 2020, 10:47:05 pm »
"Agreeance" is actually a proper word, albeit archaic. "Closement" on the other hand...
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citoyen

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #688 on: 19 October, 2020, 11:10:30 pm »
"Closement" on the other hand...

You know how to achieve closement?

Through a process of closementification, of course.
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Cudzoziemiec

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #689 on: 19 October, 2020, 11:11:21 pm »
 ;D
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #690 on: 19 October, 2020, 11:12:41 pm »
And when that's been done to you, you may wish to rate your closementificationness.
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Jaded

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #691 on: 19 October, 2020, 11:24:08 pm »
Closenation, surely.
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #692 on: 19 October, 2020, 11:28:27 pm »
I'm holding out until I can leverage my augmentationised closementificationness to gain traction in an…
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ElyDave

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #693 on: 20 October, 2020, 06:08:57 am »
Closenation, surely.

Isn't closenation what we have right now?
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Paul

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #694 on: 20 October, 2020, 08:28:51 am »
A manager of mine used to refer to the “White elephant” in the room.

He also told me once that he was going somewhere the following day with poor mobile phone reception and travelling therefore incognito.
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #695 on: 20 October, 2020, 09:36:19 am »
A manager of mine used to refer to the “White elephant” in the room.

He also told me once that he was going somewhere the following day with poor mobile phone reception and travelling therefore incognito.

Ah, obviously got his words jumbled . . .

ian

Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #696 on: 20 October, 2020, 09:49:17 am »
This reminds that we are heading into annual review season, tis the time for pointless corporate bullshit that serves no purpose other than to give a couple of layers of management a break from forwarding spreadsheets and Powerpoint slides between two points.

Imagine how productive the world would be without the corporate bullshit, and then endless emails and pointless meetings.

Mr Larrington

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #697 on: 20 October, 2020, 09:58:56 am »
That would lead to a massive surge in the unemployment figures, at least until the layers of PHBs can be repurposed as sprout pickers, baristas, unicorn wranglers and wipers of OAPs' bottoms in care homes.  Call it a Brexit Bonus.
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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #698 on: 20 October, 2020, 10:02:58 am »
A manager of mine used to refer to the “White elephant” in the room.

He also told me once that he was going somewhere the following day with poor mobile phone reception and travelling therefore incognito.

Ah, obviously got his words jumbled . . .
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Auntie Helen

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Re: more insane management speak phrases
« Reply #699 on: 20 October, 2020, 10:09:09 am »
Or jumboed
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