Just lovely

[tonysoprano]

Just came across this on the web.....

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/847066.html

 

[Sam Mills 51]

"Separation program."

Vomit-inducing term. Ugh.

 

[sportschick]

I really wish they'd just call it what it is instead of a "separation program." sigh.

EDIT: Sam beat me to it.

 

[BTExpress]

What's the problem?

"Overall, we remain committed to producing a quality product for our customers."

Translation:

"Overall, we need to preserve our profits. There is a slight chance we may be able to do this while occasionally producing a quality product for our customers."

 

[cranberry]

Sanitizing corporate scumbaggery is what publishers do best.

 

[Matt1735]

I wish the thread title told me what it was about.

 

[jps]

I wish the thread title told me what it was about.

but then you wouldn't turn the page!

 

[WS]

What's the problem?

"Overall, we remain committed to producing a quality product for our customers."

Translation:

"Overall, we need to preserve our profits and keep our six and seven figure salaries. There is a slight chance we may be able to do this while occasionally producing a quality product for our customers."

Fixed.

 

[mpcincal]

Just wondering -- Do these companies hire a guy whose sole purpose is to come up with neat-sounding euphemisms for kicking employees out on their butt?

 

[GB-Hack]

Just wondering -- Do these companies hire a guy whose sole purpose is to come up with neat-sounding euphemisms for kicking employees out on their butt?

You rang?

 

[SockPuppet]

I wish some enterprising SportsJournalists.com-er would take the time to go through the past threads, click the links of all the corporate releases and compile a "Best Of" (or better yet, "Worst Of") when it comes to this double-speak bull****.

 

[SportySpice]

You really want all of SJ nation to simultaneously barf from reading that crap?

 

[Freelance Hack]

It's not downsizing. It's rightsizing.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

You really want all of SJ nation to simultaneously barf from reading that crap?

Next project for SportsJournalists.com: Turning all that unused newsprint into the world's largest barf bag.

 

[SportsDude]

I can never understand the newspeak. It's just insulting. I think it's more about making the people doing the actual hatchet work feel better than the people who are getting the axe.

 

[Football_Bat]

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

 

[Birdscribe]

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

Cue "The Autumn Wind," and Harry Kalas.

 

[Football_Bat]

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.

Cue "The Autumn Wind," and Harry Kalas.

Sadly ... I rest my case.