Work & AmbitionDiagnosis
Bossware
BOS-wairnoun
What it means
Software that records your keystrokes, screenshots your screen and logs your presence so that your employer can feel something.
What it actually means
They do not trust you and have bought proof.
How it is used in a sentence
"The new laptops ship with bossware on them."
Filed under
Work & Ambition — Everything your employer calls a benefit and your therapist calls a symptom.
Diagnosis — The phrase already names a real problem. We define it properly.
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Return to Office
Work & Ambitionrih-TURN too OF-isnounEuphemism
A policy justified by collaboration, implemented to justify a lease.
Real meaningWe own the building for another nine years.
Burnout
Work & AmbitionBURN-owtnounDiagnosis
The occupational condition produced by a culture that has a word for it precisely so that it does not have to change.
Real meaningYou are exhausted and it is your responsibility to fix it.