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[–] ornery_chemist@mander.xyz 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I know of a manager who unironically believes this for internal corporate technical reports (ours are academic style and more rigorous and formal than they need be...). It's not quite to this extent, but I've overheard conversations where the manager apparently can't fathom why their subordinates are incapable of double digits over a year.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Liberal mem- bers of the credentialed classes love to use the word empower when they talk about “people,” but the use of that verb objecti- fies the recipients of their help while implying that the people have no access to power without them.

I'm loving just the introduction.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Yes, this is what I meant.