Buzzwords we're all tired of hearing

Bosses love to use buzzwords. These are cliches that are overused. They are words used to segue into something bad your boss wants to tell you. They are words used to try to get you to work harder or become more productive.

The writers at getresponse.com did a survey. They asked people working for various industries to list the most common words they hear, and words they think are the most annoying. Here is a list of some of the most annoying.

• We want to raise the bar.  It's an idiom. It means to make a task more difficult. It means that we want you to produce more quality or quantity. They want you to accomplish more. But at the same time you won't be getting a raise. In other words, they want more out of you without paying you more. Good luck with that. There was a satisfaction study done many years ago. The average patient was 80-90% satisfied. So this was the bar that was set. If 80% were satisfied, that was considered great. The organization decided to raise the bar so that 90% satisfaction was now considered ideal. So, they were unhappy if only 80% were satisfied. Well, good luck with that. We are a hospital, there will always be some unhappy patients. Heck, some people are unhappy even when we treat them well. So, one can easily see how this idiom can be overused. 
• We want you to take your career to the next level. Another way of saying we want you to work harder. This is the type of buzzword you say to your least effective worker. It's motivation to get them to work harder. 
• We are asking 110%. Another positive way to motivate you to work harder without gettin paid more. ha ha 
• Systemness. It's a word used by large corporations that have more than one business location. It's an attempt to make all locations exactly the same. It's basically a friendly way of saying "socialiszation," or "socialism." 
• Synergy. We are all working together to gain the same result. In our case, it's happy customers. It's similar to systemness. It's just another alternative way of saying systemness. 
• Creative. We want you to be more "creative." Like, how creative can you be with breathing treatments? How creative can we get with CPR? Should we sing a different tune other than "Another one bites the dust?"
• We should all be on the same page. Another way of saying synergy or systemness. It means we are all reaching for the same goals. We are all using the same strategies to achieve our goals. 
• Superstar. This is what people who overachieve are called. Really? How could one person be a superstar when we are all supposed to be on the same page. 
• Target. Yep, our new target is 100% perfection when charting. We don't want you ever to make a charting error. Ha ha. Yeah! I can see how that would get tiring. 
• Teamwork. We all must work together. That's great. But, we're tired of hearing it. 
• Touch base. We need to talk. In other words, you screwed up and it's my job to tell you. No, I don't want to hear that. 
• Thinking outside the box. Like, there's isn't a box to think outside of. How can I think outside the box? 
• Paradigm shift. As humans, we often get stuck in paradigms. This basically means we have a hard time thinking outside the box, to use another idiom. A good example is the bicycle seat. Why are they so uncomfortable? It's because for hundreds of years people rode on saddles. So, the bike seat was fashioned similar to the saddle. Ideally, bikes should have seat like they have on motor cycles. But, we are so used to the bike seat the way it is we are stuck with it, even though they hurt your butt
• Empower. This is when you give someone the power to do something. Usually, this buzz phrase is used to motivate workers to do more. 
• Keep up the good work. Like, what's the alternative? 
• It is what it is. Yep! That's how it's always been. 
• Circle back. "Let's circle back." Like, what we are doing sucks, so let's start over. 
• ASAP. As soon as you possibly can. Like, that gives me a lot of leeway. Like, how long is too long? 
• STAT. Ever get called STAT, dropped everything you were doing, and find the patient is breathing fine?  And the doctor just wanted something done quickly for his convenience? Like, that quickly blunts the meaning of this acronym. 
• Drink the Kool-Aide. Who doesn't? That's what sheep do, right? And aren't we supposed to be sheep to fit into your organizational systemness? Good little socialists are supposed to be good sheep and good Kool-Aid drinkers. Aren't they? 
• Work smarter not harder. This is my favorite one. This is another way of saying they want more from you while paying you the same. 
• You can do it. Meaning that I think a task is too hard but you want it done anyway. 

Let us know if some of these words annoy you in the comments below.

Source.

• The business jargon & Buzzwords you love to hate: getresponse.com