Phrases that annoy you the most

[LunarOne]

Castrol for a knave said:

Anyone in my team who uses the following, has to buy coffee and cake

Slide deck
reach out
escalate
circle back
glamping

You can't work in IT support because the word escalate is used on a daily hourly minutely basis!

[donkmeister]

snuffy said:

borcy said:

What does a pens down pink review mean?

I had to ask, and I was told it's where we have an initial proposal/answer to a question, and we are reviewing that. I assume "pink" means an "early stage" and "pens down" comes from what's said at the end of an exam.

Why its not just not an early stage review, I have no idea.

I hate it that I understood what this meant, but from my experiences in industry any "pink" review is when the people who generated the artefact (feck off, it's a proper word ) review it for compliance against the initial aims to make sure you've not gone off on a tangent or ignored some important requirement.

A "red" review is a type of peer review, where people who understand the subject matter but weren't involved in generating the artefact review it from the perspective of its intended recipients.

I've also been in:

Black reviews (which are apparently different to red reviews but IBF if I know how),
Green reviews (where pricing in the market or Vs the customer expectations, and value for money is assessed) and
Gold reviews (where the aim is for senior bods to review the lot, but the real value is actually in getting the team to prepare for that review by clearing off all the tasks they should have done already. Nothing gets the job done like having to sit with the people who decide your pay rise and either show them your good work).

[Tom8]

said:

It isn't just Rachel from Accounts that stops grorth in this country, it is bullst management that contributes too. No wonder so little is achieved by so many.

[borcy]

donkmeister said:

I hate it that I understood what this meant, but from my experiences in industry any "pink" review is when the people who generated the artefact (feck off, it's a proper word ) review it for compliance against the initial aims to make sure you've not gone off on a tangent or ignored some important requirement.

A "red" review is a type of peer review, where people who understand the subject matter but weren't involved in generating the artefact review it from the perspective of its intended recipients.

I've also been in:

Black reviews (which are apparently different to red reviews but IBF if I know how),
Green reviews (where pricing in the market or Vs the customer expectations, and value for money is assessed) and
Gold reviews (where the aim is for senior bods to review the lot, but the real value is actually in getting the team to prepare for that review by clearing off all the tasks they should have done already. Nothing gets the job done like having to sit with the people who decide your pay rise and either show them your good work).

Is this a specific industry thing?

[dukeboy749r]

borcy said:

donkmeister said:

I hate it that I understood what this meant, but from my experiences in industry any "pink" review is when the people who generated the artefact (feck off, it's a proper word ) review it for compliance against the initial aims to make sure you've not gone off on a tangent or ignored some important requirement.

A "red" review is a type of peer review, where people who understand the subject matter but weren't involved in generating the artefact review it from the perspective of its intended recipients.

I've also been in:

Black reviews (which are apparently different to red reviews but IBF if I know how),
Green reviews (where pricing in the market or Vs the customer expectations, and value for money is assessed) and
Gold reviews (where the aim is for senior bods to review the lot, but the real value is actually in getting the team to prepare for that review by clearing off all the tasks they should have done already. Nothing gets the job done like having to sit with the people who decide your pay rise and either show them your good work).

Is this a specific industry thing?

If not, it bloody well should be.

Never heard of it and (fingers crossed) never will.

[snuffy]

donkmeister said:

snuffy said:

borcy said:

What does a pens down pink review mean?

I had to ask, and I was told it's where we have an initial proposal/answer to a question, and we are reviewing that. I assume "pink" means an "early stage" and "pens down" comes from what's said at the end of an exam.

Why its not just not an early stage review, I have no idea.

I hate it that I understood what this meant, but from my experiences in industry any "pink" review is when the people who generated the artefact (feck off, it's a proper word ) review it for compliance against the initial aims to make sure you've not gone off on a tangent or ignored some important requirement.

A "red" review is a type of peer review, where people who understand the subject matter but weren't involved in generating the artefact review it from the perspective of its intended recipients.

I've also been in:

Black reviews (which are apparently different to red reviews but IBF if I know how),
Green reviews (where pricing in the market or Vs the customer expectations, and value for money is assessed) and
Gold reviews (where the aim is for senior bods to review the lot, but the real value is actually in getting the team to prepare for that review by clearing off all the tasks they should have done already. Nothing gets the job done like having to sit with the people who decide your pay rise and either show them your good work).

As it happens, Pink, Red and Gold were mentioned in my meeting yesterday. Until that meeting, I'd never heard of them.

I'm trying now to see if I can say "playing the pink oboe review" and see if anyone notices!

[Castrol for a knave]

Tom8 said:

said:

It isn't just Rachel from Accounts that stops grorth in this country, it is bullst management that contributes too. No wonder so little is achieved by so many.

Much of this corporate bolleux comes from the US. They love it out there. I need a translator when speaking to US private equity firms.

[loskie]

@snuffy

"I'm trying now to see if I can say "playing the pink oboe review" and see if anyone notices!"

I reckon if I said that where I worked I'd be forced to do "diversity training".

Yet again!!!

These phrases as someone said, is stupid people trying to make themselves sound intelligent and failing miserably.

[Super Sonic]

Cotty said:

"it's ok it's friendly" I don't give a st keep your dog away from me. A dog tried to bite me today, missed but now got dog saliva on my trousers. I'm sure it's owner thought it was friendly as well.

"Does your dog bite"
"Non"...

[snuffy]

loskie said:

@snuffy

"I'm trying now to see if I can say "playing the pink oboe review" and see if anyone notices!"

I reckon if I said that where I worked I'd be forced to do "diversity training".

Yet again!!!

These phrases as someone said, is stupid people trying to make themselves sound intelligent and failing miserably.

My company sent out a communication a while ago, and it said "We will not tolerate sexual harassment, especially whilst on the job".

I was rolling around as clearly whoever wrote "on the job" had no idea what it means !

[mac96]

snuffy said:

"

My company sent out a communication a while ago, and it said "We will not tolerate sexual harassment, especially whilst on the job".

I was rolling around as clearly whoever wrote "on the job" had no idea what it means !

That's almost too good to be true!

[Blown2CV]

donkmeister said:

snuffy said:

borcy said:

What does a pens down pink review mean?

I had to ask, and I was told it's where we have an initial proposal/answer to a question, and we are reviewing that. I assume "pink" means an "early stage" and "pens down" comes from what's said at the end of an exam.

Why its not just not an early stage review, I have no idea.

I hate it that I understood what this meant, but from my experiences in industry any "pink" review is when the people who generated the artefact (feck off, it's a proper word ) review it for compliance against the initial aims to make sure you've not gone off on a tangent or ignored some important requirement.

A "red" review is a type of peer review, where people who understand the subject matter but weren't involved in generating the artefact review it from the perspective of its intended recipients.

I've also been in:

Black reviews (which are apparently different to red reviews but IBF if I know how),
Green reviews (where pricing in the market or Vs the customer expectations, and value for money is assessed) and
Gold reviews (where the aim is for senior bods to review the lot, but the real value is actually in getting the team to prepare for that review by clearing off all the tasks they should have done already. Nothing gets the job done like having to sit with the people who decide your pay rise and either show them your good work).

startling corporate bks that.

[donkmeister]

borcy said:

donkmeister said:

I hate it that I understood what this meant, but from my experiences in industry any "pink" review is when the people who generated the artefact (feck off, it's a proper word ) review it for compliance against the initial aims to make sure you've not gone off on a tangent or ignored some important requirement.

A "red" review is a type of peer review, where people who understand the subject matter but weren't involved in generating the artefact review it from the perspective of its intended recipients.

I've also been in:

Black reviews (which are apparently different to red reviews but IBF if I know how),
Green reviews (where pricing in the market or Vs the customer expectations, and value for money is assessed) and
Gold reviews (where the aim is for senior bods to review the lot, but the real value is actually in getting the team to prepare for that review by clearing off all the tasks they should have done already. Nothing gets the job done like having to sit with the people who decide your pay rise and either show them your good work).

Is this a specific industry thing?

No, unfortunately! It's all about selling, and every industry likes to sell things.

Obviously it wouldn't be done for an individual customer buying a car, say. But it would be done as part of the marketing of a car (all those statements in the brochure, for instance), or when selling a fleet of cars (as this is PH). Basically, any large selling job where there are millions of billions to be made makes it worthwhile.

[donkmeister]

snuffy said:

As it happens, Pink, Red and Gold were mentioned in my meeting yesterday. Until that meeting, I'd never heard of them.

I'm trying now to see if I can say "playing the pink oboe review" and see if anyone notices!

Lucky you!

They do actually make sense, but unfortunately they succumb to the usual industry bks of being half-arsed attempts to tick boxes.

[borcy]

donkmeister said:

borcy said:

donkmeister said:

I hate it that I understood what this meant, but from my experiences in industry any "pink" review is when the people who generated the artefact (feck off, it's a proper word ) review it for compliance against the initial aims to make sure you've not gone off on a tangent or ignored some important requirement.

A "red" review is a type of peer review, where people who understand the subject matter but weren't involved in generating the artefact review it from the perspective of its intended recipients.

I've also been in:

Black reviews (which are apparently different to red reviews but IBF if I know how),
Green reviews (where pricing in the market or Vs the customer expectations, and value for money is assessed) and
Gold reviews (where the aim is for senior bods to review the lot, but the real value is actually in getting the team to prepare for that review by clearing off all the tasks they should have done already. Nothing gets the job done like having to sit with the people who decide your pay rise and either show them your good work).

Is this a specific industry thing?

No, unfortunately! It's all about selling, and every industry likes to sell things.

Obviously it wouldn't be done for an individual customer buying a car, say. But it would be done as part of the marketing of a car (all those statements in the brochure, for instance), or when selling a fleet of cars (as this is PH). Basically, any large selling job where there are millions of billions to be made makes it worthwhile.

I remember doing some Pj management course which seemed to teach you nothing about managing anything but was about memorising confusing job titles and process names that all sounded the same but equally meaningless.

Giving them colours might have been more useful and easy to remember!

[snuffy]

donkmeister said:

No, unfortunately! It's all about selling, and every industry likes to sell things.

Obviously it wouldn't be done for an individual customer buying a car, say. But it would be done as part of the marketing of a car (all those statements in the brochure, for instance), or when selling a fleet of cars (as this is PH). Basically, any large selling job where there are millions of billions to be made makes it worthwhile.

Yes, I'm not in sales, but all of these lovely new terms (for me anywhere) we indeed spouted by sales people in a bid kickoff meeting (worth a few million).

[snuffy]

"Design gates" is an odd one at work. I'm not sure if it's a gate because you go through it, or climb over it.

[mac96]

snuffy said:

"Design gates" is an odd one at work. I'm not sure if it's a gate because you go through it, or climb over it.

Or open them? Is it connected with someone being the gatekeeper?

[donkmeister]

snuffy said:

donkmeister said:

No, unfortunately! It's all about selling, and every industry likes to sell things.

Obviously it wouldn't be done for an individual customer buying a car, say. But it would be done as part of the marketing of a car (all those statements in the brochure, for instance), or when selling a fleet of cars (as this is PH). Basically, any large selling job where there are millions of billions to be made makes it worthwhile.

Yes, I'm not in sales, but all of these lovely new terms (for me anywhere) we indeed spouted by sales people in a bid kickoff meeting (worth a few million).

I am at risk of sounding like a corporate shill, but it's really no bad thing that they are involving non-sales people. I've never been sales, but the worst situation is when sales people decide to start offering stuff without recourse to the people who will actually deliver on those promises. I worked somewhere that this happened once, and the first anyone knew of it was when the order landed. Scope: achievable. Programme: unachievable. Price: an order of magnitude too low. Complicating factors: customer was in a country we had no experience of. Sales knob had just been hopping over the border whilst visiting a customer in a neighbouring country. I left before finding out what happened, unfortunately, but I heard he was never allowed to speak to a customer ever again.

[55palfers]

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