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(1). A guy who cracks under pressure, usually resulting in missed deadlines, poor performance reviews and/or embarrassing nervous breakdowns in the office pantry.
“Boy, what a couple of rusty buckets! The minute the clients started questioning our fees, Mike and Jim folded like cheap suits!”
(1). Work done for a client that has no purpose other than to make it look like you are doing work for the client (see add value).
“Let’s suggest a few changes to the portfolio at tomorrow’s meeting. I know we don’t need to, but these things are all about optics, right?”
(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.”
