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(1). A hunting-inspired term used to explain to new stock brokers that their compensation is completely dependent on their sales numbers.
“Sorry, Brian…you eat what you kill around here, you know. Didn’t hit your numbers, so off to your new life as a barista you go.”
Props to Mark R. for the submission.
(1). IT or Ops term for releasing a new software program or application, intended to create a sense of accomplishment among programmers and processors for a systems-enhancement that will likely go unnoticed.
“We’re planning to go live with the new intranet homepage over the weekend. Great job, everyone! Now our employees will have a slightly nicer-looking webpage to jump to ESPN.com from every morning!”
(1). An IT or Ops term for the release of a new software program or application (see go live); often used to mask the forced retirement of a program that works perfectly well, but that the manufacturer no longer wishes to support now that their new product is on the market.
“We’ll be rolling out the new mailing label system next week, everyone. Now, in order to create a label, you will need to go into the new label generator screen and submit a request ticket to Bangalore.”
