HR Jargon Threat Advisory
Posted on Monday, October 15, 2007 by Frank Roche
KnowHR’s HR Jargon Advisory is elevated at this time. Employees should be on the lookout for suspicious verbiage and should alert the proper HR authorities if the word “engage” is used to mean anything other than two people signaling their intent to marry or when gears are meshing.
While the HR Jargon Advisory is currently elevated, it will be raised to high if anything gets “run up the flagpole” except for a flag. That goes double for “socializing ideas.” Run for cover if you hear someone say “there’s no ‘I’ in team.”
The most severe level of HR Jargon has been activated a few times in the past year, the most recent example when “balanced scorecard,” “pay-for-performance,” and “all pay decisions are discretionary” were used in the same communication without a shred of irony.
Employees are asked to be vigilant and report any HR Jargon to the proper authorities. If you’re an “Engaged Employee” you already have.
Bill Strahan
Oct 15th, 2007
Better keep your duct tape near by to tape the bad communication closed.
Frank Roche
Oct 15th, 2007
Bill, you laugh, but I had a couple of colleagues at the old shop who had duct tape and rolls of plastic in case of attack. Since that never happened maybe I can borrow it and tape mouths closed when they are going to utter the bad words. LOL