Corporate Jargon Critics Mugs

'Don't think of it as being fired, think of it as being repurposed.'

"Bert, I'm confused. What happens after we circle the wagons, tighten our belts and walk a mile in our customer's shoes? Is that when the chickens come home to roost?"

"We need to reset our fiscal compass to the changing business horizon."

"We need a best practice swim lane to leverage our core competency, move the needle outside the box, and open the kimono while keeping our ducks in a row. Can anyone give me a sustainable solution to more vertical effectiveness without getting too granula

"Here, we do not procrastinate, we 'table' things."

He used to pass the buck, since being promoted to management he gets to call it delegating authority.

'Your proposal is written with clarity and conviction. Send it up to legal for obfuscation.'

We don't call these savage screaming fits. We call them confrontation verbal interfacing.

'Miss Hartley, implement me a coffee and a cheese danish.'

"This merger is not producing the expected synergies."

"'Autonomy' is the new BUZZ word! We have to unleash our staff. Professionals like you need to be free to use your own judgement, manage your own workloads...use your initiative."

'This is gobbledygook. I asked for mumbo-jumbo.'

"He has to put a fiver in every time he says 'fiscal imperative' or 'target orientated processes'"

GDP and G&T.

"The best laid plans of mice and men... differ materially in their objectives."

Terms and conditions on the mount

"I kicked the idea of mowing the lawn into the long grass."

"You're all redundant."

"We’re leveraging knowledge of niche opportunities to maximize strategic advantages."

"Can you smell that, Jacobs? That’s the smell of me about to offer you a retirement package."

"Enhanced branding metrics drive robust solutions for scalable monetization of jargon."

"Al could you unpack these mining issues for us whilst Joel drills down to get some detail on the parcel problem."

'Ladies and gentlemen, we are the best team money can buy. Now LET'S PLAY BALL!'

"Herewith, we recommend the following: when you're up to your rear in alligators, it's worth remembering your original purpose was to drain the swamp...."

Digital Marketing

'Ms. Kravetz, find me a euphemism to describe this productivity gain somewhere between resource action and you're all fired.'

"Call a meeting, Miss Pendleton. I want to hear some Corporate Creole."

JIT -Jittery Inventory Turnover

"That wasn't daydreaming; I was internalizing my goal targeted self performance metrics."

Clothiers. Suits - Shirts. The salesman uses a lot of business jargon. Welcome! You've done your due diligence. You already know we're a value-add operation here. Great synergies with the suit and accessories! And our tailor can right-size this for you. You'll be able to monetize the strategic acquisition of this suit via enhanced deal-making success! I don't want to "dress for success." I want clothes for repose. I think I have a great head for business but my body never wants to tak

"As I mentioned before, Fassler, you'll never go anywhere until you start using 'impact' as a verb."

"Boss, I didn't understand your memo. It reads 'W.U.W.T.M.S.A.' What does that mean?"

In-Basket: 'Value Deficient'... Out-Basket: 'Value Added'

"Yes, but...will it scale?"

"Would you stop quoting Sir John Harvey Jones!"