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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That's short sighted on their part, but obvious.
1. MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCE ABUSIVE.
2. NO BOTTOM LINE = THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT AND YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
3. THE BOTTOM LINE IS LEAVE AND MOVE ON.
CONGRESS DOES NOT CARE. OTHERWISE THEY WOULD INVESTIGATE.
VOTE BY LEAVING AND DO NOT LOOK BACK
NO ONE CARES AND THEY (MANAGEMENT) KEEPS SAYING EMPLOYEES ARE HAPPY. THEY LIVE IN DENIAL.
LISTEN VERY CLOSELY I ONLY KNOW ONE PERSON WHO IS HAPPY.
"didn't the Labs lose track of almost $1B at the Labs?"
No.
Where do you get this crap?
We're no more than tools, buildings and fixtures to them, and they now have a name for it.
An McMillan wonders why his mid-career employees are leaving for better offers. Because there are better offers, and they can.
Employees have been told and shown that they are disposable commodities, and the Labs have no commitment to them under the 401(k) TCP-2 system. It's easy to go somewhere else with no golden handcuffs. And these other places actually allow people to work without hordes of lab bureaucrat minions and NNSA dunces micromanaging every aspect of their attempted work.
June 5, 2013 at 8:53 AM
Absolutely true, but that doesn't matter to the "blame LLNL management first" crowd.
June 5, 2013 at 12:00 PM
Now who's the troll??
http://www.sandia.gov/LabNews/100730.html
The Sandia article says: " Timothy Shepodd (8223) liked the moniker and agreed to call it the “chili cookoff.” But there was no chili involved, and the only “cooking” had to do with the kind of chemicals not usually found on Sandia grounds. "