PEDESTRIAN.TV has teamed up with Lipton Ice Tea so you can take a well-deserved break from work.
Every generation has its special kind of brain rot. While I admit, it’s fun to dunk on us Gen Zers for our unique brand of dumb words, there’s no ignoring that the corpo world has been trying to make their convoluted jargon an accepted part of human language. But we all know that corporate jargon is the coldest, most emotionally disimpassioned way of speaking. You might as well be talking to a robot.
That’s why we took to our Instagram to ask you, the common people, your most hated corporate jargon. We wanted to stare into the abyss of empty buzzwords that ctrl+alt+delete your brain when you read an email littered with them at 3pm. Needless to say, we wept and mourned that humanity has fallen so far to accept “KPI’s”.
Here’s what you all said were the worst of the worst.
Lachy
Anyone who says “ideation” in any context, but especially in the workplace, is a pretentious fraud.
Andrew
“We got pizza”.
Jas
“Triage”—we’re not saving lives! It feels insensitive and should only be used in a hospital setting, IMO.
Laura
I hate myself, but I said “keen to close the loop” this morning.
Jack
“Take this offline.” lol, WHAT.
Pauline
“Ducks in a row”. Whoever came up with this really thought they were cooking.
Rach
“Inflection point”. [Editor note: Had to Google this one. This is above my paygrade.]
Steph
“Touch base” calling HR right now.
Josh
“North star metric”. Heard this for the first time today and I almost quit on the spot.
Ben
“Let’s table a discussion.” My brother in Christ, we already have “schedule a meeting” at home.
Bree
“Move the needle”.
Sarah
I have the most visceral reaction whenever I see “looped in” I don’t know why.
Amy
“Follow the process”.
Adam
“Low hanging fruit” Mmm fruit 🤤.
Thankfully, you don’t have to keep this hatred of corporate jargon bottled up inside. Lipton Ice Tea is holding a competition right now to help you escape your Severance-like reality, and they are giving one of five people the chance to win a trip on one of five amazing holidays.
To go in the running, all you have to do is submit (call out) corporate jargon on Lipton Ice Tea’s Jargon Junket website. You can send through recordings and screenshots, so always keep tabs throughout the week.
If you’re curious about what words they’re looking out for, check out the terms and conditions for eligible words Lipton is looking to call out.
The comp ends at 5pm on December 18 with winners being drawn on December 19, at 10 am AEDT. All your flights, accommodation, and activities will be covered for you and a plus-one, so all you’ll have to worry about is picking dates for annual leave.
T&Cs apply, find out more here.
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