Corporate Speak that make me cringe

Ugh, corporate speak. We know it, we’ve heard it, we’ve used it. If you’re like me, you hate it but still find the cringey phrases coming out of your mouth. 

The ones that I say, in spite of myself…

1. Let’s take this offline
2. I’ll circle back with you
3. Drinking from the firehouse
4. Let’s touch base later
5. Low hanging fruit
6. Deep in the weeds
7. Let’s put a pin on this 
8. I’ll give you x minutes of your time back… (when a meeting ends early)
9. Calling people “resources” (I’m sorry, I really don’t mean to)
10. Closing the loop

These are the ones I’ve heard, once or multiple times in my professional life that are like nails on a chalkboard. They’re the ones I probably (most likely) won’t ever use because I feel like there’s a better way to get your message across. 

1. Throw the baby out with the bathwater
2. We eat our own dog food / dog fooding
3. Put lipstick on a pig
4. People who refer to other co-workers as “work wife/husband”
5. Welcome to the family (ok, maybe this is just me being a cynic)

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Side Note(s):

• This post is Day 2 of the WeblogPoMo2024 challenge.
• Some of these are not strictly used in the confines of the corporate world but where I hear them the most.
• I make an effort to not say the first half of this list in my life outside of work, but sometimes it can’t be helped, and for that… I’m sorry.
• Some of the ones listed here were sent to me as a reminder of the sayings I dislike when I crowdsourced what other people in my network say are cringeworthy sayings. So thank you for those who participated!

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