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>"inept managers, mind-numbing bureaucracy, forced office parties, repetitive busywork and jargon-filled memos read by none."

till date, I have to read jargon-filled memos and watch mind numbing training videos. Nothing has changed.

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I've actively avoided learning and using my current employer's jargin/TLAs/etc. Every review I get high praise for communication, how well I work with teams of different skillsets/expertise. I can't help but believe that I'm considered a good communicator because I use "real" words to describe things instead of the made up nonsensical "official" terminology.

At my wife's job a manager uses the word "efforting", for example: "We are are efforting a change to last night's ..."

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