Onboarding sounds like a torture technique.
I was JUST going to say that!
Oh, I get it. You just don't like who did the rescuing, that's all. Wishin' I was your boyfriend what's-his-height. Oh wait, he's run off.
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Miracleman - May 27, 2008 10:27:15 am PDT #687 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020
Laga - May 27, 2008 10:27:18 am PDT #688 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
sparky your niecephew is amazing! How old are they?
I want to get rid of "onboarding"
ah crap. I hadn't noticed how obnoxious this word is until just now. And I'm the hiring manager. crap.
Atropa - May 27, 2008 10:31:59 am PDT #689 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Onboarding sounds like a torture technique.
It kinda was. When I went through the new hire orientation (which yes, they call NEO here), every time one of the HR munchkins chirpily said "onboarding", I would make a quiet growling noise. At the first break, the person sitting next to me asked "So, writer or editor? You've got to be one or the other, with that reaction to "onboarding"".
amych - May 27, 2008 10:32:23 am PDT #690 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I was thinking that onboarding sounded like pirates. Which I guess could be welcoming, if you squint hard and tilt your head just right.
amych - May 27, 2008 10:34:20 am PDT #691 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I actually got stuck in a meeting today because my brain was refusing to let me say "leverage", but also refusing to come up with another word. Luckily, the other people in the conversation were linguistically Like Us.
Ginger - May 27, 2008 10:34:28 am PDT #692 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
So walking the plank is offboarding?
amych - May 27, 2008 10:35:34 am PDT #693 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
So walking the plank is offboarding?
Works for me.
Frankenbuddha - May 27, 2008 10:35:40 am PDT #694 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So walking the plank is offboarding?
AND waterboarding, in a sense.
Sparky1 - May 27, 2008 10:47:19 am PDT #695 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
sparky your niecephew is amazing! How old are they?
She's almost 12 and he's almost 16. (Note to self: buy birthday presents) All their musical talent comes to them from their father, while their mother seems to have contributed a love of roller coasters.
Toddson - May 27, 2008 10:50:08 am PDT #696 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Another one that I could happily never hear again? "Perfect storm". Usually misused ....