The department that turned firing into a growth opportunity.
A scheduled period (usually annual or semi-annual) when companies formally review employees for promotions, creating competition and anxiety while most get nothing.
Systematic analysis of compensation data to identify and correct pay disparities based on protected characteristics or unjustified factors. It's what companies do after getting publicly shamed on social media for underpaying specific groups.
Relating to parents or behaving like a parent—the HR-approved way to discuss family dynamics in the workplace. Describes policies and attitudes that acknowledge people have kids and sometimes need to act like adults about it.
Time off granted to employees after childbirth or adoption. The duration varies wildly by country, company, and whether your boss secretly resents you for using it.