Buzzwords in business setting

[Mach1]

[Strychnine]

I would like to note that 'ask' is not a noun.

"We need to understand the ask sufficiently and plan to deliver quickly"

[slow99]

I would like to note that 'ask' is not a noun.

"We need to understand the ask sufficiently and plan to deliver quickly"

If you are trading, you look at the bid and the ask.

[Strychnine]

If you are trading, you look at the bid and the ask.

Request.

Demand.

Inquiry.

[AdRock]

Strategery.

[slow99]

Request.

Demand.

Inquiry.

Pull up the quote of any ticker you want on yahoo finance. DHI for example - real time price 21.01, bid 21.03, ask 21.04.

[F8LSVT]

Lean Manufacturing
Kaizan
5S
6 sigma
"Drive Standard Work"
Employee opinion survey
QVPC first time I heard that I thought wtf does CAT have their own shopping channel?

CAT has so many stupid acronymns it's not even funny I swear someone sits up front most likely drawing $70K a year just to come up with that stupid shit.
To me it's way overthinking the task at hand. Im like can I just have my parts and go to work?

[Sean88gt]

It's where you take a bunch of people from different departments and put them together to figure out ways to improve department processes. In theory it means you get outside of the box opinions without using outside consulting firms.

In some industries they are great, in others it's just something they do to keep an ISO certification. In reality if you have a fairly responsive management team that's responsive to employee suggestions they don't do much.

It's where people that don't have a fucking clue try to fix the process for those that do and are knee deep in shit on a daily basis.

We went through 2 when I was in Denver, and I just had to wash my hands of it. Funny, how when you "fix" an "issue" and fail to notate part numbers and locations for said parts, then delete the old information out of the system, then you are left with a world of shit.

I've also found that if there are a list of 10 action items (another buzz word phrase), the planning team/corporate sucks see aren't interested in addressing 1-5 (the actual issues), but are rather interested in some horseshit that ultimately makes no difference and only allows a group of individuals a circle jerk where they can pat themselves on the back and showcase their worth to the company.

[F8LSVT]

It's where people that don't have a fucking clue try to fix the process for those that do and are knee deep in shit on a daily basis.

We went through 2 when I was in Denver, and I just had to wash my hands of it. Funny, how when you "fix" an "issue" and fail to notate part numbers and locations for said parts, then delete the old information out of the system, then you are left with a world of shit.

I've also found that if there are a list of 10 action items (another buzz word phrase), the planning team/corporate sucks see aren't interested in addressing 1-5 (the actual issues), but are rather interested in some horseshit that ultimately makes no difference and only allows a group of individuals a circle jerk where they can pat themselves on the back and showcase their worth to the company.

Well said.

[Sean88gt]

Well said.

Perhaps in the right crowd. Grasping for my soul (what little of it there is) by way of snarkiness got me shitcanned with extreme prejudice. But damn it felt good.

[Baron Von Crowder]

Perhaps in the right crowd. Grasping for my soul (what little of it there is) by way of snarkiness got me shitcanned with extreme prejudice. But damn it felt good.

I ended an email chain at work a few weeks back with "or we could talk about all the ways to fix these issues, and then do absolutely nothing like we always do.

[mstng86]

It's where people that don't have a fucking clue try to fix the process for those that do and are knee deep in shit on a daily basis.

We went through 2 when I was in Denver, and I just had to wash my hands of it. Funny, how when you "fix" an "issue" and fail to notate part numbers and locations for said parts, then delete the old information out of the system, then you are left with a world of shit.

I've also found that if there are a list of 10 action items (another buzz word phrase), the planning team/corporate sucks see aren't interested in addressing 1-5 (the actual issues), but are rather interested in some horseshit that ultimately makes no difference and only allows a group of individuals a circle jerk where they can pat themselves on the back and showcase their worth to the company.

You obviously have not graduated to green belt status, sir.

[Sean88gt]

I ended an email chain at work a few weeks back with "or we could talk about all the ways to fix these issues, and then do absolutely nothing like we always do.

I had a lesbian working for me that sought protection from the VP of HR after being told she was being demoted because she couldn't handle being a manager. Her sexual preference had jack shit to do with her calling employees "dumb motherfuckers." I was told to stop talking to her, even though she reported to me directly, and was accused of witch-hunting her. To which I responded...to the VP of HR, "I'm beginning to think that me building a case and attempting to fire X is cutting into your dating pool and solidifying past rumors."

2 hours later, the normally monitored and controlled VP of HR told me to "pack your shit and get off company property."

I still consider that a victory.

You obviously have not graduated to green belt status, sir.

I was starting the process until the above happened. I really wanted to sit on the projects team, yanking $150k/yr and making foolish pet projects for the actual workers to implement, then touting how I landed 35,000' goals with practical implementation.

[podman152]

Continuity

[F8LSVT]

I had a lesbian working for me that sought protection from the VP of HR after being told she was being demoted because she couldn't handle being a manager. Her sexual preference had jack shit to do with her calling employees "dumb motherfuckers." I was told to stop talking to her, even though she reported to me directly, and was accused of witch-hunting her. To which I responded...to the VP of HR, "I'm beginning to think that me building a case and attempting to fire X is cutting into your dating pool and solidifying past rumors."

2 hours later, the normally monitored and controlled VP of HR told me to "pack your shit and get off company property."

I still consider that a victory.

Lol! Damn, that's funny! I have no idea how I have survived at my job for the last 7 years. Other than the fact I try to duck and dodge as much CAT shit as possible combined with anytime they (pencil pushers) want to implement some new retarded "well it works on paper" b.s. As soon as they don't give a rats ass we go back to making shit work the right way.