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Culture Add
KUL-cher adnoun
What it means
A hiring criterion invented to replace culture fit without altering the practice it describes.
What it actually means
Same instinct, better branding.
How it is used in a sentence
"We're looking for a culture add, not just a culture fit."
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Work & Ambition — Everything your employer calls a benefit and your therapist calls a symptom.
Bafflegab — The phrase means nothing. We are ridiculing it.
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Culture Fit
Work & AmbitionKUL-cher fitnounEuphemism
A hiring criterion that reliably selects for people who resemble the people already there.
Real meaningWe want someone we would get a drink with.