Talk in Corporate.

Dictionary Entries:

• general

  Normal speech: This idea will never work.

  Corporate speech: I am happy to explore this option but I do have some hesitations on the viability.

• lazy

  Normal speech: That sounds like a You problem.

  Corporate speech: I believe that falls within your scope of responsibilities but I'm happy to support where it makes sense.

• general

  Normal speech: Why didn't you me for this sooner?

  Corporate speech: Given the tight turnaround it would have been beneficial to have been looped in on this sooner.

• boundary

  Normal speech: Stop emailing me so often!

  Corporate speech: To ensure that information does not get lost, let's reduce frequency of communication so that updates are only provided once more details have been established.

• interview

  Normal speech: Does the company actually care about the employees?

  Corporate speech: Are there resources and boundaries in place to support the physical and mental health of employees?

• interview

  Normal speech: How much does this role pay?

  Corporate speech: Can you share what the overall compensation looks like for this role?

• interview

  Normal speech: Are promotions based on performance or politics?

  Corporate speech: Is there an opportunity for growth within the company and if so what is the main metric for promotion?

• interview

  Normal speech: Do you have a culture that expects employees to put in over 40 hours each week?

  Corporate speech: Is it common within the company for employees to exceed 40 working hours per week?

• interview

  Normal speech: Is the manager of this role a micromanager?

  Corporate speech: How involved is the reporting manager with this role?

• interview

  Normal speech: Do you expect employees to be available 24/7?

  Corporate speech: What is the expectation for being available outside of working hours?

• lazy

  Normal speech: If I'm doing both your role and mine then I should be getting paid for both too.

  Corporate speech: Will these tasks be part of my job long-term? If so, is there an opportunity to reevaluate my job description, title and overall compensation to more accurately reflect these additional responsibilities?

• general

  Normal speech: I've told you this 46 times!

  Corporate speech: The information has not changed since the last time it was communicated.

• general

  Normal speech: I don't want to work with you more than I have to.

  Corporate speech: Would you be open to replacing our frequent communications with a monthly touch base where we can discuss all updates during that time?

• boundary

  Normal speech: I don't want to attend a work event during my personal time.

  Corporate speech: I am unable to attend after working hours.

• demand

  Normal speech: I am getting underpaid for what my role has evolved into.

  Corporate speech: As my role has organically evolved, can we schedule time to review my overall compensation and discuss whether or not it is still aligned with my current role and responsibilities?

• lazy

  Normal speech: If I'm doing your job for you, then what are you doing all day?

  Corporate speech: Is there a higher priority task that is consuming all of your capacity at the moment?

• boundary

  Normal speech: I can't take on any more work right now.

  Corporate speech: I am unable to take that on at the moment as my current workload is quite heavy. Is there someone else who can assist with this?

• boundary

  Normal speech: Your micromanaging isn't making this go any faster.

  Corporate speech: Though I appreciate your attention to this, I feel as though I could be more productive if I had an opportunity to work independently here.

• general

  Normal speech: With these gas prices I am not driving to the office every day.

  Corporate speech: Moving forward will there be an expectation to be in the office more regularly?

• general

  Normal speech: With these gas prices I am not driving to the office every day.

  Corporate speech: Is there a cost of adjustment for gas price reinbursement?

• general

  Normal speech: So I met Craig this morning and he gave me all this **** to do which I'm pretty sure half of it is his job anyways but whatever, I'll do it so I can keep this dumpster fire of a project going.

  Corporate speech: I touched base with Craig about next steps and he provided me with some action items I'll prioritize over the next week as my bandwidth increases so we can keep the ball rolling.

• general

  Normal speech: When I want your input I'll ask.

  Corporate speech: Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I will be sure to reach out if further input is required.

• demand

  Normal speech: Why have you not approved my time off yet?

  Corporate speech: I wanted to confirm that you have received my time off request and understand if there's anything further you require on my end for this to be reviewed.

• boundary

  Normal speech: It's not my fault you procrastinated on this.

  Corporate speech: I understand the urgency on this with the deadline approaching however I am not able to reschedule my entire week to prioritize this last minute ask.

• boundary

  Normal speech: Stop texting my personal phone about work.

  Corporate speech: Please direct all work related inquiries to my email so all communications are kept in one place.

• demand

  Normal speech: Does taking on all this extra work come with extra pay?

  Corporate speech: With my role expanding is there a plan to review my title and compensation to better reflect these additional responsibilities?

• general

  Normal speech: Stop promising unrealistic timelines.

  Corporate speech: Can you walk me through your thinking on these timelines? I have some hesitations with the dates shared.

• general

  Normal speech: I've not been properly trained on this!

  Corporate speech: Is training available in order for me to successfully complete this?

• general

  Normal speech: If you have me scheduled in meetings all day, when do you expect me to get this work done?

  Corporate speech: My calendar is currently heavily scheduled with meetings. To ensure appropriate time is available to get this done I can sit out of lower priority meetings this week or extend the deadline on this project. Please let me know which is preferred.

• boundary

  Normal speech: That’s not my job.

  Corporate speech: This falls outside of my responsibilities but I would be happy to connect you with someone who can help.

• general

  Normal speech: That meeting sounds like a waste of my time.

  Corporate speech: I’m unable to add value to this meeting but I would be happy to review the minutes.

• general

  Normal speech: That sounds like a horrible idea.

  Corporate speech: Are we confident that this is the best solution or are we still exploring alternatives?

• demand

  Normal speech: Isn’t that your job?

  Corporate speech: I seem to have misunderstood the gates of the process, could you redirect me to the person assigned for this task?

• general

  Normal speech: You are overcomplicating this.

  Corporate speech: Being mindful of timelines. Let’s concentrate on the initial scope.