Offboarding

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Definition

The administrative process of un-hiring someone, which involves revoking access, collecting laptops, and pretending the transition is seamless when everyone knows the departing employee was the only one who knew the Wi-Fi password.

Example Usage

"My offboarding checklist had 34 items. After 5 years of work, my entire existence was reduced to a series of checkboxes and a Slack deactivation." - A freshly offboarded human

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