The English language has a bunch of words that when they were first born had great intentions, but through the course of time (and the almighty dollar) they have become bad!!! Almost scary!! They are words that you do not want to hear when in the conference room or end of year meeting. Words that can strike fear in your khaki pant, blue shirt and power tie wearing ass!
Efficiency– you hear this and you know people are gonna lose their jobs… if you are one of the “lucky” ones who still has a job, you get to do additional work for no extra pay!!!
Right size– another layoff term. See ya guy who struggles at talking infront of people. Even though you are the only one on your team that knows how to actually do the job, your fired because you suck at giving presentations!
Re-organize– basically your getting another boss… so now all the equity you put into making your boss believe you know your shit is gone and you have to break a new one in..
Safety– yes, safety is super important. We all want to work safe and come home in the same condition we left to go to work. So why is it evil? It’s brutal…it’s a fucking circle jerk of job security and mitigating risk (from being sued). It’s no secret that in America the countries favorite past time is NOT baseball, but it’s SUING!! So what does corporate America do to prevent lawsuits? Corporations create safety departments that implement processes and procedures that sound great, but god forbid you forget to look both ways 4 times before crossing that street and get crushed by a car who blew 4 red lights. It’s still your fault because you only looked three times, standard procedure is 4.
Those are only a few words that I have encountered during my time in corporate America. That’s part of the reason I left….it’s all bullshit.