(1). Reduction In Force – to be laid off, in governnment or teaching parlance.
“The mayor of NYC is calling for thousands of teachers to be RIF-ed but the president of the UFT says it’s all B.S.”
RIF-ed
RANDOM LINGO
Repotted
(1). The act of indiscriminately moving some of your employees to another location to save a few shekels on rent.
“So, we just repotted all of our IRA call center guys to our new high value site in Topeka. It’s going to save us a ton!”
Achieving Elegance
(1). Bringing multiple disciplines together to build a more comprehensive and competitive offering. In other words, making your website slightly nicer-looking at tremendous cost.
“People, we want to focus on achieving elegance in the way we market our services. I want at least one idea from everyone in this room on how we can do this. Everyone except Greg.”
Props to Denise M. for the submission.