At my old company we had an HR lady that would say “I have a big ask.”

Oct 8, 2019
8:12:52am

BYUHawk All-American

The first time she said it in an all hands meeting two guys in the back had to leave because of trying to hold back laughter.

Yet she still used it after that.

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Using the word "ask" as a noun should result in prison time.

TCuz 4 Time AFC Champion

10/8/19 7:50am

That's a big ask of society to change how things have been for so long. I think

Baron

10/8/19 7:52am

Maximum security for you.

TCuz

10/8/19 7:53am

That's a good get, and a hot take. I'll wait for the reveal.

d-coug

10/8/19 7:56am

MBA schools should be razed to the ground if they don't stop teaching this speech abomination.

mik3

10/8/19 7:57am

My least favorite word usage: "Speak your truth" -> perspective =/= truth

Big Tuna

10/8/19 7:59am

Or, at very least, an atomic wedgie.

jdub

10/8/19 8:00am

That's a good say.

LiveCoug

10/8/19 8:05am

At my old company we had an HR lady that would say “I have a big ask.”

BYUHawk

10/8/19 8:12am

Was her statement accurate?

JuicyJam

10/8/19 8:27am

Nothing conveys “amateur” quicker than this. Makes it look like you attended a seminar

Supercoug

10/8/19 8:35am

Never been a big fan of "deliverables"

ChiCityCoug

10/8/19 8:48am

I don't mind the term "deliverables" at all. I've done a lot of work with fulfillment, and in marketing, so it's a

jdub

10/8/19 9:03am

First time I heard it was in a class at BYU, and the guy who used it really

ChiCityCoug

10/8/19 9:10am

I get that reasoning, been there many times as well.

jdub

10/8/19 9:18am

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Thrill

10/8/19 10:05am

Every person from my old office used it 100 times a day. Only half were idiots. I picked up the habit.

shimmy

10/8/19 10:07am

You spelled it wrong. It's spelled "aks".

Ned Schneebly

10/8/19 11:29am

*axs

TN_Coug

10/8/19 10:36pm

News flash. All exchanges now price their instruments ...

niqmadu

10/8/19 12:25pm

Cody Carter: "Don't noun verbs."

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10/8/19 1:35pm

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