People In Business 22-25 Flashcards
In marketing: a young trendsetting person
Alpha pup
A new or entry- level employee
Scrub
A person who sits quietly at meetings but towards the end of it he or she raises the issue that renders the meeting inconclusive
Decision sniper
Subordinates thus avoiding contact or confrontation
Fly- tipper
Someone who finds fault with everything by inventing or exaggerating problems
Firestarter
Derog. A manaual or other blue collar employee
Hard hat
Derog. A strange, weird person or people
Different breed
An employee who focuses on trying to impress the boss, usually unsuccessfully
Window- licker
A manager
Big enchilada
A leader, a charismatic person in charge
Honcho
An employee who performs a lot of unproductive tasks not related to hos or her job (drinking coffee, talking)
Multislacker
An expert on a given matter who often shows up in the media or is quoted by the media to share the opinion with the public
Pundit
The minimum number of employees needed to maintain the functioning of a business, office etc
Skeleton crew
Derog. A tight network of business relations stemming from the times of the participation in the same college fraternity
Frat boys
To be lazy
To slack
