Assmosis
The process by which some people seem to absorb success and
advancement by kissing up to the boss.
Blamestorming
Sitting around in a group discussing why a deadline was
missed or a project failed and who was responsible.
Seagull Manager
A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, shits over
everything and then leaves.
Blowing Your Buffer
Losing your train of thought.
Salmon Day
The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream
only to get screwed and die in the end.
Chainsaw Consultant
An outside expert brought in to reduce the employee
headcount, leaving the brass with clean hands.
Career-Limiting Move (CLM)
Trashing your boss while he or she is within earshot is a
serious CLM.
Flight Risk
Used to describe employees who are suspected of planning to
leave the company or department soon.
404
Someone who’s clueless. From the World Wide Web
error message “404 Not Found”. Example, “Don’t bother
asking him...he’s 404, man.”
Ohnosecond
That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that
you’ve just made a BIG mistake.
Percussive Maintenance
The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic
device to get it to work again.
Prairie Dogging
When someone yells or drops something loudly in a “cube
farm” (an office full of cubicles) and everyone’s head pops up
over the walls to see what’s going on.
Umfriend
A sexual relation of dubious standing or a concealed
intimate relationship, as in “This is Jill, my...um...friend.”