this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2026
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Brand New Sentence

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Showcasing the brazen and nouveau in English communication.

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

oh yeah, being able to say "i directly supervised a team of 9" is different HRspeak from "i directly supervised a team of 10". I can't remember exactly what X and X+1 were back when i practiced, but one meant quarterly tax filings and one meant monthly. I'm sure there are other areas (i started in bookkeeping and payroll and when i got supervisees the very first thing i delegated was (all our easy clients') payroll. i fucking hate doing payroll) but when all you got is a hammer