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Hot-Desking

hot DES-kingnoun

What it means

An office policy that converts the cost of a desk into the cost of arriving at seven in the morning to compete for one.

What it actually means

We sold your desk and called it freedom.

How it is used in a sentence

"Hot-desking means you can sit with a different team every day."

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

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