Not cliches, but business jargon and euphemisms that make me want to defenestrate my coworkers - with translations!
Deferred success = failure.
Decruit / dehire / deselect / outplace / inviting to play the home game / made redundant = fire.
Downsize / rightsize / smartsize / streamline / reduction in force / rebalancing human capital / reorganization = layoff. Frequently a result of deferred success.
Brain dump = To extract the knowledge of an expert employee for the benefit of others, often followed by decruitment.
Cost containment = An attempt to reduce expenditures, frequently involves rightsizing.
Deferred success = failure.
Decruit / dehire / deselect / outplace / inviting to play the home game / made redundant = fire.
Downsize / rightsize / smartsize / streamline / reduction in force / rebalancing human capital / reorganization = layoff. Frequently a result of deferred success.
Brain dump = To extract the knowledge of an expert employee for the benefit of others, often followed by decruitment.
Cost containment = An attempt to reduce expenditures, frequently involves rightsizing.