this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2026
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They have a point though. They are telling you to phrase things in a way that makes you look better.
How does speaking like a braindead MBA make you look better?
Because that's the target audience of the speech.
Stooping to new lows do be the 2026 mantra
How else are you going to become an executive and have all the ~~slaves~~ employees do whatever you want?
Because generally you're justifying your promotion to an MBA anymore. The days of being promoted purely on merit because your boss understands the work you do are LONG gone.
Like how during the war on terror, we didn't torture people, we interrogated them using enhanced methods.
A lot of these examples also seem to require you to function differently, or to lie about what you've been doing.
It doesn't make you look better if you're shirking your own work to work on stuff other people want you to do. "Clearing bandwidth for the important task" is a fancy way of saying you're making someone else do your work so you can work on something that someone else considers a higher priority.
Seen that bite helpers in the ass more than once.