The department that turned firing into a growth opportunity.
A company's ability to adapt quickly to change; loudly proclaimed in mission statements while organizational structures remain ossified.
The intentional structuring of an organization's hierarchy and reporting lines—an activity HR conducts to correct dysfunction, yet somehow always creates new dysfunction.
To make a choice, usually between options you didn't know existed until your manager made you pick one. The corporate-friendly verb for 'selecting your destiny from a predetermined list.'
The brief window when employees can choose their health insurance plans, usually managed by a benefits coordinator and understood by nobody.