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(1). A department which doesn’t produce any revenue … you know, like the one 90% of you work in.
“So, we all know it’s been a tough year. The good news is that layoffs are going to be focused in the cost centers … as always! Now, give each other a high five and let’s go sell some bonds!”
(1). Just a plain old conference room. No guns. No tanks. Just phones, whiteboards, and co-workers.
(2). A description given to one of your office’s conference rooms, usually the largest one, by management to imply it is only for the most important of meetings….which they are usually anything but.
“Ok people, we are meeting in the war room at 3:00pm for a briefing on CuteCatSweaters.com’s holiday plans. Let’s get in there and sell some sweaters!”
(1). When management thinks they are smarter than everyone else, including their regulators.
(2). When management thinks they can simply manage their way out of anything.
“Well, Ken…I think there’s a little institutional arrogance coming out of the executive office on this Reg. W thing. If it were me, I probably wouldn’t have opened the meeting by calling the Fed examiners a bunch of pencil-pushing bureaucrats. But, that’s just me.”
Props to Tim P. for the submission.
