30 Translations From Blunt Insults And Angry Emails Into Professional Language, Shared By This TikToker
The work environment requires not only for us to be polite but also use professional jargon that can be confusing and not quite necessary. But that’s just corporate culture and people go with the flow, creating over the top, politically correct ways of saying things that in real life would be said as bluntly as possible to make sure the other person got it.
Not all of us have the gift of coming up with intricate ways of hiding their true feelings behind layers of seemingly respectful words that couldn’t offend people, but we have our virtual work bestie to help us.
She created a fun TikTok series in which she gives her colleague some phrases to translate into professional jargon and it is quite impressive how a casual phrase filled with annoyance can be turned to something sounding so civil.
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I can't begin to tell you how much I HATE corporate jargon and buzzwords.
I don't work somewhere we have to be professional so I shorten it to "you're gonna have to talk to [Boss] about that"
I ask so many questions because I'm not confidenr making suggestions on how to proceed. Sorry !!
It takes me a bit longer than most people to write an email: I organize the info and questions, reread it, edit, space it, bold and use colour if that helps. I don't like getting a lot of emails back and forth. I'd rather spend more time composing one and less on sorting a zillion emails.
Please see my prior correspondence, attached below, for the information requested....
The details of your project are unclear. Please provide clarification as to scope, impact and timeline for deliverables.
People who Reply-All with, "Please take me off this email chain" deserve to have Reply-All privileges revoked permanently!
I was not included in the planning for this project and not aware of the abbreviated timeline...
After a dozen years in an office environment, I recently started back to school for a job that is not email reliant. This post makes me feel so good about my decision. Reading this gave me a stomachache. I just cannot stand the daily barrage of work emails anymore. But many of these seem like good advice.
These are wonderful, but sometimes I think the original (when possible) is more clear and to the point so nothing is lost in professional politeness and jargon.
Well yeah but the point is you CAN'T say what you actually mean in most workplace settings or you'll get written up.
Load More Replies...These are absolutely wonderful and actually very useful. Often we get bombarded with demands and can't think straight 👍 However three Bloody photos Each bloody post is beyond overkill, for that she needs to take her own advice 😉
These are screenshots of tiktok videos - the person giving the advice has absolutely nothing to do with this post
Load More Replies...After a dozen years in an office environment, I recently started back to school for a job that is not email reliant. This post makes me feel so good about my decision. Reading this gave me a stomachache. I just cannot stand the daily barrage of work emails anymore. But many of these seem like good advice.
These are wonderful, but sometimes I think the original (when possible) is more clear and to the point so nothing is lost in professional politeness and jargon.
Well yeah but the point is you CAN'T say what you actually mean in most workplace settings or you'll get written up.
Load More Replies...These are absolutely wonderful and actually very useful. Often we get bombarded with demands and can't think straight 👍 However three Bloody photos Each bloody post is beyond overkill, for that she needs to take her own advice 😉
These are screenshots of tiktok videos - the person giving the advice has absolutely nothing to do with this post
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