Corporate Speak: Musings from the Corner Office

By: Bitchy Betsy (View Profile)

Honestly, despite my transgression, I think it’s time to fight back and reclaim our conference rooms! Are you with me in this? Have you completely lost track of what exactly is the crown jewel in your organization ‘cause the term is thrown around so often? Do you find it offensive when your boss starts sentences with the terribly condescending, help me understand? Isn’t it ridiculous in this day and age for people to actually reference crystal balls?? 

In order to get the biggest bang for the buck, we need to leverage our collective strength and voice! From this day forward, refuse to give anything the sniff test! Don’t allow any wiggle room! Just say no to taking a stab at anything! 

If we can get some traction, we can have a true win-win vis à vis perpetrators of corporate-speak! 

Feel free to pile on with more phrases for the backlist! I welcome your comments. 

Remember, if you don’t have anything nice to say, my door is always open. Point well taken! 

 

*Bitchy Betsy is a vice president at a well-known Fortune 100 company. When pressed, she’ll admit she loves her job. However, that doesn’t keep her from mercilessly ridiculing corporate culture. Are there things in your office that make you want hurl your Blackberry against conference room plexiglass? Post a comment below; Bitchy would love to hear from you! 

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posted: 08.29.2008
Janice Toepfer
acronyms....the government encrypted alphabet used to shorten their departments, programs, titles, and requests only to befuddle the public and mask their true identity. At least yours listed are words.
posted: 11.12.2007
Shyla Batliwalla
The last organization I worked at had an entire language they referred to as (company name)isms. Push back, flesh it out, I'm being transparent, circle back, "let me wrap my head around this ...," highly effective ... the list goes on and on and on. I am having brutal flash-backs to goal-setting meetings and best-practice lectures. Barf. Amen Bitchy Betsy.
posted: 11.06.2007
Melissa Lehman
I could get ONBOARD with this rant! And D@MN I wish MY name was Bitchy Betsy....
posted: 10.31.2007
Constance Marie
I'll give this the once over next time we get the thinktank together at the pre-meeting meeting. I used to abhor and refuse to use the term "empower". Occasionally now I cringe when I hear it come out of my own mouth.
posted: 10.31.2007
Monica Lizar
Hilarious! I will always silently laugh in my meetings now! Thank you!
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