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In reply to the discussion: Business buzzwords I'm sick of. [View all]bluesbassman
(19,372 posts)4. "Circle Back"
I hate that one. This ain't 1850, and we ain't driving cattle.
BTW, the media has been using "walked back" a lot these days to describe somebody backpedaling. What's up with that? I always have to figure out if they really mean backpedaling or if something else is in play. 99 times out of 100 though the truth is that the subject was indeed backpedaling! JUST SAY SO!!!!
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I prefer, "Stepped on his dick, and hopes we haven't noticed," but I doubt they'll use that.
mikeytherat
May 2012
#5
Or, as I hear every single night on "On Point" with Tom Ashbrook on NPR... an ad for Loomis that has
kayakjohnny
May 2012
#6
Sounds like you need a new paradigm for your TQA product interaction associates.
HopeHoops
May 2012
#8
Look at the marketecture to prioritize the pre-implemented strategizing of the main objective.
HopeHoops
May 2012
#11
The same time "consumers" replaced "citizens" as the term for the populace at large
Populist_Prole
Jun 2012
#41
Where I work we're called Human Capital and when we no longer work there we're Terminated.
lunatica
Jun 2012
#43
I think we could maximize the productivity of this thread by pro-actively leveraging our
KurtNYC
Jun 2012
#29
That poor and middle class people "don't have any skin in the game." Truly nauseating coming from
argyl
Jun 2012
#44
Cadence, on-boarding, roadmap, vision, 'frictionless', right-sizing, blah, blah, blah. n/t
Inspired
Jun 2012
#46
The complaint department is now know as Risk Management.. meaning, what's the chance
crunch60
Jun 2012
#48