When you put notoriously emotionally unkempt humans in a professional setting, you’re bound to get some passive aggressive behavior. But you won’t always recognize it!
Indeed, the corporate jargon you, your colleagues, and your bosses are sending over email and workplace chat platforms appears to be cool and collected, but it’s actually laden with coded messages. How can you be sure? Just think about the last time you wanted to berate someone for making your life harder at work—did you yell at them, or did you type out an email that politely reminded them of why their actions are grating and thanked them at the end?
Have we got your attention? Now, click through and read what some of the most common workplace jargon really means.