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Employees who embrace ‘corporate bullshit’ make worse decisions
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supersquirrel sopuli.xyz supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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“Corporate bullshit is a specific style of communication that uses confusing, abstract buzzwords in a functionally misleading way,” said Littrell. “Unlike technical jargon, which can sometimes make office communication a little easier, corporate bullshit confuses rather than clarifies. It may sound impressive, but it is semantically empty.”

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fckreddit lemmy.ml fckreddit@lemmy.ml
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Well, duh!?

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reluctant_squidd lemmy.ca reluctant_squidd@lemmy.ca
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Séimhe (sé / é) lemmy.world Seimhe@lemmy.world
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That’s a good strategy.

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wyldrstallyns lemmy.dbzer0.com wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2026-05-16
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But, are paid more to do so. Hunh. Go figure.

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some_kind_of_guy lemmy.world some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world
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#6 · Quote Reply

Well, duh!?

This user clearly requires additional cross-functional upskilling

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MrMakabar slrpnk.net MrMakabar@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-06-09
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But, are paid more to do so. Hunh. Go figure.

Does not sound like a worse decision to me...

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fckreddit lemmy.ml fckreddit@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-26
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This user clearly requires additional cross-functional upskilling

Will non-functional skilling do? I am going for pilates class.

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grrgyle slrpnk.net grrgyle@slrpnk.net
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Sounds like correlation to me... People who pad their vacuous takes with corporate bullshit are probably not bringing all that much to begin with

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wyldrstallyns lemmy.dbzer0.com wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Does not sound like a worse decision to me...

You might wanna zoom out and look beyond your own mouth to feed. Take another peek from that perspective.

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MrMakabar slrpnk.net MrMakabar@slrpnk.net
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You might wanna zoom out and look beyond your own mouth to feed. Take another peek from that perspective.

Jobs with a lot of corporate speak do not benefit society anyway. They are designed to protect the ownership class from being made responsible for treating workers like crap. Being crap at that job and taking more money from capitalists, sounds like a good deal for society.

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CounselingTechie slrpnk.net CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net
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Well yeah, they decided to embrace corporate bullshit, that is already a terrible decision.

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pinball_wizard lemmy.zip pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
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I don't embrace corporate bullshit. I utilize it synergistically.

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wyldrstallyns lemmy.dbzer0.com wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Jobs with a lot of corporate speak do not benefit society anyway. They are designed to protect the ownership class from being made responsible for treating workers like crap. Being crap at that job and taking more money from capitalists, sounds like a good deal for society.

Cold, hard facts. Gettem.✊🏼

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sqauffle slrpnk.net sqauffle@slrpnk.net
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And also the toxically positive brand ambassador is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

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HaraldvonBlauzahn feddit.org HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-04-04
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“Corporate bullshit is a specific style of communication that uses confusing, abstract buzzwords in a functionally misleading way,” said Littrell. “Unlike technical jargon, which can sometimes make office communication a little easier, corporate bullshit confuses rather than clarifies.

I think it is essentially a power strategy or power demonstration. It is a signal about the relationship you have, or the relationship the manager wants to have. It tells you: ",What you know and think, your capability to reason, the value of having a conversation based on logic, facts, and insight - does not count anything to me. I am here the one who tells you what to believe.

And this is very similar to religious or political doctrines, which require you to believe absurd stuff.

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