• moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    104
    ·
    1 day ago

    “I cleared bandwidth to lead a higher impact project”

    No, don’t say that! Say “I hurkledurked the dooper bobble.” It means exactly the same thing (nothing,) but using the business jargon of the 2030s so you stay ahead of the trend.

    • GraniteM@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      edit-2
      12 hours ago

      It kind of sounds like they’re advising you to ditch responsibilities that you don’t think matter in favor of more important-seeming ones, which is the kind of fucked up ladder climbing and damn the consequences that puts sociopaths in most of the positions of power in the world.

      • Passerby6497@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        13 hours ago

        It doesn’t make you look better if you’re shirking your own work to work on stuff other people want you to do. “Clearing bandwidth for the important task” is a fancy way of saying you’re making someone else do your work so you can work on something that someone else considers a higher priority.

        Seen that bite helpers in the ass more than once.

      • MacAnus@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        18 hours ago

        A lot of these examples also seem to require you to function differently, or to lie about what you’ve been doing.