Business Idioms Flashcards
a person who enjoys their work and likes their employer
a happy camper
a brilliant young person that has quickly become succesful
Whizz-kid
a manager that only makes a lot of fuss and contributes nothing
a seagull manager
a person responsible for for carrying out commands and communicating messages from top-level executives
a spear carrier
a person that does not need training because of their previous experience
plug-and-play employee
a junior assistant that follows their superior around
a pilot fish
a person that changes job often because their are a desirable employee
a free worker
person obsessed with the internet
a nethead
an influential and dynamic person that makes things happen
A mover and a shaker
a person who works a second job on the side, usually in the grey economic zone
a moonlighter
a person that does a lot of small tasks in the office
a Man Friday
a person that has a lot of good ideas
an idea hampster
a very well performing person
a heavy lifter
an employee that comes back to the workplace after having quit the job before
a boomerang worker
a person that is lazy and does the least amount of work possible
a goldbricker
person that is really good with technology
a digithead
A person that mostly relies on their instincts and intuitions rather that rationalization
a hip shooter
a reply that is sent to more people than was mentioned to
a leaky reply
to state an ultimatum for enforcing somebody to leave
to shape up or ship out
to butter someone up
to kiss up to
to meet somebody with enthusiasm
to glad-hand
a day where the employees are allowed to dress informally
a dressdown day
compliment
ear candy
working only when somebody is watching
eye service
reducing the size of the company without taking into consideration how it will effect it
dumbsizing
an offer to persuade someone to stay at a job
a sweetener
a overview without getting in to specifics
helicopter view
boring and detailed work
nut and bolt work
a job that is normally done by a woman, especially a young one
A pink-collar job
A person who is assigned a lot of different tedious types of work for a low pay
dogsbody
When an employee gets very angry at work as a result of something bad happening
work rage
To be left out of the decision process
to be left out of the loop
work that offers the same amount of money for less effort than another similar job is often known as
A cushy number
to criticize somebody in writing
to pencil-whip them
