What corporate phrase means ‘we are going to exploit you’? – 17 sayings employees should be wary of

10.

‘”Start-up Mentality.”

‘Like, dudes, I’ve worked for three start-ups. That line only works on people who think it’s all insane salaries, free massages, catered lunches, and air hocky tables in the company break rooms. They always forget the 48hr hack-a-thons, dickhead bro-coders, and absolute batshiat crazy leadership. And news flash: the perqs go away as the burn rate increases. But the shitty work environment NEVER goes away.

‘That’s where “Start-up Mentality” comes in. They can’t offer you those perqs anymore. But they still want the grind.’
-hendergle

11.

‘”You’ll be working in a fast-paced environment”: unsustainable workload, frequent policy and strategy changes, high workforce turnover’
-Fjell-Jeger

12.

‘”If you don’t need to be here for 2 weeks, you don’t need to be here.”

‘– Said to a new first-time father on my team who wanted to take 2 weeks off when the baby came (before the family leave law happened).
He quit a month later. I left after 2.’
-No-Lobster-5120

13.

‘“We need to do more with less.” To the employees.’
-CDavis10717

14.

‘aussie here, “bring your own PPE” – any place or job that says this is a massive red flag imo.’
-icebergers3

15.

‘“We are in this together.” Or “There are no planned layoffs.”’
-Avatar_Blues

16.

‘This is a great development opportunity! (We know you can do it and don’t want to pay you more than we absolutely have to)’
-captain_chaos76

17.

‘Congratulations, you got the job’
-Graphite57

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