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Culture Fit

KUL-cher fitnoun

What it means

A hiring criterion that reliably selects for people who resemble the people already there.

What it actually means

We want someone we would get a drink with.

How it is used in a sentence

"They had great skills but weren't quite the right culture fit."

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Work & Ambition — Everything your employer calls a benefit and your therapist calls a symptom.

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Employee Engagement

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em-PLOY-ee en-GAYJ-muntnounEuphemism

A measurement of morale, taken repeatedly, without any commitment to act on the result.

Real meaning

We will survey you about this forever.