Also, "onboarding" is a stupid term that needs to go away.

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Jun 24, 2021
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fredgarvin

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Time

Sayings at work that should go away

mikecito

6/24/21 4:24pm

"Get off Cougarboard and get to work!!!"

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

6/24/21 4:29pm

I’d really like to see “hi” or “hey” and then silence… go away from IM etiquette. You reached out to me, don’t have me

Zach Morris

6/24/21 4:30pm

IM altogether I wish went away. Draft up an email and send it me. I'll get to i

Mayor of Cougartown

6/24/21 4:32pm

At my company no one will respond if you just send emails.

SLC-Warrior

6/24/21 4:41pm

so you call them or IM to get them to do their function for you? that is unreal

Mayor of Cougartown

6/24/21 4:42pm

IM or calls. Nobody emails. You can still IM and get to it when you get to it.

molodyets

6/24/21 5:00pm

I'm down to about 10 emails received a day at most.

VACOUGFAN

6/24/21 7:09pm

Indians are the kings of that one

RealSimsShadY

6/24/21 4:32pm

we have an internal link called "nohello." Many people have it as their chat

Pedant

6/24/21 4:39pm

I use it to gage if they're ready to talk. Often they're in an informal meeting and can't yet. They'll respond when open

Division Bell

6/24/21 4:44pm

Please don’t do this. How about “hey division bell, when you have a moment will you please approve ____ sign and return

Zach Morris

6/24/21 4:46pm

IDC. Not gonna type all that out.

Division Bell

6/24/21 4:48pm

Wouldn’t you have to any way when they are available? Or do y’all communicate with single words?

Zach Morris

6/24/21 4:50pm

It's implicit. Do you leave a voice-mail telling someone to call you back if they don't answer? Same thing. They'll see

Division Bell

6/24/21 5:12pm

At work if someone calls me and I don't answer, I much prefer them to leave a

fredgarvin

6/24/21 5:24pm

If someone doesn’t answer their phone when I call them I text them the purpose

fredetteaboutit13

6/25/21 7:19am

I HATE voicemail with the hate of 1000 suns.

VACOUGFAN

6/26/21 10:25am

everybody you work with hates you. guarantee it.

molodyets

6/24/21 4:57pm

What else is new? I already knew that.

Division Bell

6/24/21 5:14pm

I’ve never responded to a stand-alone “hi”

runitup590

6/24/21 5:07pm

^^^ This ^^^

Zach Morris

6/24/21 5:12pm

If only I had one more POTD to give out

COUGND

6/24/21 5:18pm

RE: If only I had one more POTD to give out

Zach Morris

6/24/21 5:24pm

You'll be pleased to know

Division Bell

6/24/21 6:42pm

I have never heard the term "lean in" at my work. Winning!!!

Eddie

6/24/21 4:39pm

"ask" as a noun

Pedant

6/24/21 4:39pm

“Path forward” has been annoying me lately.

byulover

6/24/21 4:42pm

Try “Back to the future.”

Soy Celeste

6/24/21 5:06pm

"circle back" "take this offline" "ping"

Mayor of Cougartown

6/24/21 4:43pm

"yeppers"

molodyets

6/24/21 4:58pm

Holy crap. Our CEO loves to use every one of the phrases in this entire thread. Makes me wanna puke.

Division Bell

6/24/21 4:46pm

“Off the grid” “skill set” “spin cycles” “Where do you office?” and the list

BlooCoog

6/24/21 4:46pm

“Where do you office” - never heard that before and I pray I never hear it again

runitup590

6/24/21 5:09pm

Also, "onboarding" is a stupid term that needs to go away.

fredgarvin

6/24/21 5:26pm

I've lately heard people say "give a steer" to a conversation...like what?

mottman

6/24/21 4:49pm

RE: Sayings at work that should go away

SpudNut

6/24/21 4:50pm

It’s like they beamed into my team and recorded everyone

runitup590

6/24/21 5:13pm

“Circle back”. “We will address that offline”

cougfanz

6/24/21 4:54pm

"pleased to RSVP as pending. Just as soon as I double check, and circle back."

StalwartBraveTrue

6/24/21 5:04pm

Let me ping George, That's not in my wheelhouse, Do you have enough bandwidth?

BYU Grounds

6/24/21 5:15pm

Path to green. Move the line. Lift and shift.

chrisrenrut

6/24/21 8:28pm

I work alone with dogs and I don’t think some stuff I should stop saying at work

ByuImaginesDragons

6/24/21 11:55pm

I know. I would never admit to “Who’s a good boy?!? Who’s a good boy?!?”

Breaded Hamster

6/25/21 2:08am

Oh trust me it’s not clean stuff! Dogs are gross however much I love them 🤣

ByuImaginesDragons

6/25/21 9:22pm

Anything about the business being a family.

Grammar Police

6/25/21 3:07am

'Quit pooping in the hall!'

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