Corporate language

We do a "deep dive" on jargon. Check out our handy jargon cheat sheet to help you decode some of the buzzwords that might be flying around your office.

Learn 13 examples of corporate jargon trending online and in the workplace so you can engage in conversations with coworkers and follow the news confidently.

To gain insight from your team about your culture, use the lists of words to describe the work environment below and see which of these words they use to describe the team culture and what words they would like to be able to use in the future. Their input can expose what’s working well in the team’s culture and where improvements need to be made.

Four Types of Employees Response

Sick of office jargon? Us too. This is why we're 'at quorum' with following up, circling back, and synergizing. Because sometimes office jargon is the worst, we rounded up our 'favorite' office jargon submissions.

The work environment requires not only for us to be polite but also use professional jargon that can be confusing and not quite necessary. But that’s just corporate culture and people go with the flow, creating over the top, politically correct ways of saying things that in real life would be said as bluntly as possible to make sure the other person got it.

The work environment requires not only for us to be polite but also use professional jargon that can be confusing and not quite necessary. But that’s just corporate culture and people go with the flow, creating over the top, politically correct ways of saying things that in real life would be said as bluntly as possible to make sure the other person got it.

How's your corporate speak?