“Management” Business Slang, Acronyms and Abbreviations
Business Slang, Acronyms, Abbreviations Michael Scott The Office
Your boss probably picked some of this “management” business slang from his youngest interns over the years and now everyone is going around using them.
Better to learn them sooner rather than later!
39. FTE: Full-Time Employee.
You’ll see this business slang floating around in HR all the time, it’s just denmark telemarketing data for a full-time employee.
40. MOM: Month over Month.
Managers love this business slang because it compares the current month’s performance to the previous month. It’s not always a good measure, because there are typically a lot of variables each month that can differ, but there you have it. Managers.
41. OT: Off Topic.
If you need to interject about something or ask a question in an ongoing thread that doesn’t necessarily have to do with the current topic of conversation, label it with the business slang, OT, so people know this’ll be a little off-topic.
42. OOO: Out of Office.
It’s used as shorthand for when people aren’t in the office, whether they’re on vacation, out sick or at a conference. You’ve probably seen this business slang on a calendar where Jill is marked as OOO for the week.
43. POC: Point of Contact.
Whoever is the main POC for a project, event, etc., is the person you need to go to with all your questions because they will have all the answers. Like a very specific, boring guru.
44. PTO: Paid Time Off.
Business Slang, Acronyms, Abbreviations Vacation on the Beach
This one represents the holy grail. Not having to go to work and getting paid for it. Now that’s the life.
45. TL;DR: Too Long Didn’t Read.
If you’re known for writing long-winded novels instead of emails, people might start asking you for a tl;dr. This is business slang for, you wrote way too much and they just didn’t have the time to read all that. To stay ahead of the game, you can put a tl;dr at the end of your message with a summary, like tl;dr Meeting on Monday about budgets.
“Management” Business Slang, Acronyms
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