Looking for the most cheesy WF-speak phrases commonly heard in meetings to put together a Bingo-type game.
Some examples:
Let's hear your faves.
Socialize- used to describe introducing something new
Tell the Story - repeatedly used by a clueless managing director over CIB T&V who can’t seem to tell the story of how she is qualified to hold her position
right?
Mission critical
Driver
Leadership team
Market executives
Defend and retain
😂😂😂😂
My favs are the works they use incorrectly on a daily basis:
"Holistic approach"
"Verbiage"
"Cognizant"
“Let’s take that offline” whenever manager is stumped by a good question in a meeting
WOW-ing, WOO-ing (Winning Over Others?) I can't remember how the letters translate to the meaning, but you get the (fake sentiment) drift. Too much saccharin for me. Are we all still in High School ?
“What’s you capacity?”
“Too much on my plate”
“Go off the rails”
“regulator commitment”
“Issue with a capital I”
“Schedule some time”
“Can’t boil the ocean”
“Need to stop the bleeding”
“A show-stopper”
“Gotta jump” (as in to another call)
“Toss it over the wall”
Migration
OKRs
"Journey" mentioned repeatedly during every damn town hall, like we hobbits are on a quest to carry the ring to mordor...
"Opine"
"....Center of Excellence"
"authentic"
Pretty rich hearing it as much as we do, from a company with nine of 12 open public enforcement actions still open years later
Land the Plane
Lean into it
Mission Critical (any and all requests from certain managers seem to fall into this category)
Strategic Framework (a vague term applied to any deliverable so that the requestor can criticize whatever you provide)
The word “leader” used at any time in reference to any Wells Fargo manager.
There's been a 1000 percent increase in business jargon since CS took over. Whenever I hear a manager use business jargon you can bet he or she has no idea what their employees actually do.
“Sort of”
“Exciting”
“Strategic objectives “
"be thoughtful about"
I've found that the charlatans slinging this around invariably know nothing about which they're referring to and are simply offering lip service
Example: we'll monitor and continue to be thoughtful about......TM sentiment, impact to our customers, community feedback etc.
Be thoughtful about = thoughts and prayers = costs me nothing but makes me sound empathetic
I wanna level set
Just think of any smug, smarmy colleague who you'd guess dedicated more time to one's linked in profile instead of actual work
In the self-congratulatory descriptions of themselves, you'll find a treasure trove of bingo jargon
The optics aren't good
“We’re not trying to boil the ocean.”
you do realize these are all just standard phrases used in all corporation? I believe there are entire MBA courses dedicated to learning such vonacular
"give some flavor"
"Give you back X minutes in your day..."
After their unnecessary meeting finished "early"
“Retiring”
“Low hanging fruit”
“Quick Wins”
Verbal vomit
“Employees” and not “team members”. The cult was so much better than this.
Top Talent
I keep hearing people talk about "cadence".
"right?" when not really asking a question.
It's mostly Midwesterners trying to sound like what they think West coasters sound like (but don't).
"Right?" is used mid-sentence while someone tries to explain something.
It's used as a replacement for "do you know what I mean?" but it's overused, probably from nervousness.
Lean into it
“Stand Up” a new program.
Every new feature/change is not a “win”
"The firm" = has increased since JP Morgan has taken over senior leadership. Drives me insane.
“Business partners” when referring to another LOB
“Transparency”… this should not be a buzzword and has only become one within the past few years. As real transparency has fallen off of a cliff, ironically we hear the word more often from management in their gaslighting attempts!
“Laser focused”
“Best in class”
I can't stand folks who constantly use vapid business catch phrases because they think it makes them sound cool.
Fact is, business isn't cool and you all are a bunch of nose picking nerds.
TOM
Franchise
Firm
All the business group acronym that don't give clear identification of who does what or what it stands for but yet expected to just know
Routine
Shift Left
Risk Culture
Done with the high level saying. 😁🤣😂
“Good Stuff”…. really? There’s no good stuff here other than the fact that Charlie has his head stuffed so far up his backside that he has to go to a proctologist for a dental exam. Is that good stuff enough for you?🤦🏻♂️