CareerBuilder asked 5,000 workers to choose the buzzwords they hated the most. I thought the list was interesting because I cannot believe anyone with half a brain and/or an ounce of self-respect would continue to use these terms. Anyway, here are the top terms employees despise:
•Outside the box (31%)
•Low-hanging fruit (24%)
•Synergy (23%) (This one I can’t believe. People still say this?)
•Loop me in (22%)
•Best of breed (19%)
•Incentivize (19%)
•Mission-critical (19 %)
•Bring to the table (18%)
•Value-add (17%)
•Elevator pitch (16%)
•Actionable items (15%)
•Proactive (15%)
•Circle back (13%)
•Bandwidth (13%)
•High level (10%)
•Learnings (9%)
•Next steps (6%)
This young lady clearly captured the low hanging fruit of synergy in a forward leaning, pro-active, out of the box high level mission critical methodology which enhanced the best of breed image for management. Circle back may have brought a sea change paradigm with respect to public image and just representation.
Far too little attention has been paid in the past to the clever tactic of circle back in a forward leaning posture while grabbing the low-hanging fruit.
Management has clearly earned a jaunty feather in their cap for their ability to employ all the talents of human resources available to them, boot-strapping one great success on another. How lucky they were to bring this asset to the table.
Can't we just all get along?
Last edited by jungle; 02-15-2013 at 09:20 AM.