(1). What you’re currently doing.
“I don’t know Vito. I don’t really categorize what I do as busy work. I mean, someone has to make sure we have toner, right?”
Busy Work
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Adult in the Room
(1). A way for compliance, operations and/or legal department employees to put a positive spin on their role in losing a piece of business.
“Well, someone had to be the adult in the room here! I mean, just because they have millions of dollars in potential business doesn’t justify giving them more than one toaster for opening their account with us!”
Push Back
(1). n. A repeated attempt to obtain a different answer or result, often used while feigning guilt, and even more often resulting in something being escalated to management.
(2). v. To annoyingly attempt to obtain a different answer or result, often (depending on how pushy you are) resulting in some sort of successful outcome.
“Sorry for the push back, Andy, but I really think we should be able to get this done for twenty bips. I’ll take this all the way up the chain of command, if I have to.”