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[–] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I mean to be fair this is just any profession. Modern highly abstract processes often have long names for things so they get acronyms. But if you’re a new apprentice at the car factory, and your foreman points to the rack that’s got all the different types of hammers on it and asks you to fetch a planishing hammer you’ll be just as lost as the new office admin being asked to fill in a GARF.

[–] shath@hexbear.net 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Generic Acronym Request Form! wonder-who-thats-for

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

fill in a GARF

Ya’ll don’t know GARF?

Generic Acronym Request Form! wonder-who-thats-for

[–] Xiisadaddy@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Power move: Make up your own acronyms to use back at them. "At my old company we had a really robust GUPO, and our FUM was in a class of it's own." Do not explain what they mean. If asked simply laugh, and say "You wouldn't get it. Super niche."

[–] revolut1917@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

how to get immediately disliked by the person who sets your shift pattern

[–] sawne128@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

This is how Redditors talk.

[–] Farvana@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 week ago

Slightly aloof David cross??

[–] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago

"You'll notice we use a lot of acronyms here."

Yeah, so did my last 3 jobs bucko.

[–] darkmode@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

the worst is when they do this in interviews. apparently during the agile dev craze some middle managers mixed the idea of 'KPIs' into the granular work-tracking that is involved in 'agile software development'. apparently 'key performance indicators' which were previously. only known to the business analyst class of office priests has been foisted upon engineering departments too

[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

Whenever I start a new job, I make a little text file called "acronym soup" that I fill in with everything. Then I can ask someone later what it stands for. It's always funny how many people use regularly without knowing what they stand for.