From the Huffington Post Why Workplace Jargon Is A Big Problem http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/25/work-words_n_5159868.html?utm_hp_ref=business&ir=Business When we replace a specific task with a vague expression, we grant the task more magnitude than it deserves. If we don't describe an activity plainly, it seems less like an easily achievable goal and more like a cloudy state of existence that fills unknowable amounts of time. A fog of fast and empty language has seeped into the workplace. I say it's time we air it out, making room for simple, concrete words, and, therefore, more deliberate actions. By striking the following 26 words from your speech, I think you'll find that you're not quite as overwhelmed as you thought you were. Count the number that LLNLs mangers use. touch base circle back bandwidth - impactful - utilize - table the discussion deep dive - engagement - viral value-add - one-sheet deliverable - work product - incentivise - take it to the ...
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Well, transients is all they want from here on out, fella. You are going to see people come into LLNL to work for about 5 years and then move on to better jobs. It will be much like what happens in most of the corporate world.
Loyalty at LLNL is dead, but LLNS killed it off with a purpose in mind. It's cheaper for LLNS to keep morale low and to continually roll over the exiting workforce with new hires so they can acquire cheap labor and control the remaining workforce with the big stick called fear.
Of course, this will kill off the good science and many of the WFO programs, but what's that got to do with making a buck on the management of LLNL? It's all about money from here on out. Not your money, but theirs'.
You're absolutely correct. Many of us young people are here for the sole purpose of putting this relationship on our resume and then we're moving on.