Work & AmbitionBafflegab
Work-Life Balance
wurk lyf BAL-unsnoun
What it means
A state your employer claims to support and quietly schedules meetings over.
What it actually means
Please be reachable after seven.
How it is used in a sentence
"We really care about work-life balance here."
Filed under
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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Unlimited PTO
Work & Ambitionun-LIM-ih-tid pee-tee-ohnounEuphemism
A benefit that removes the accrual and transfers the guilt.
Real meaningThere is no balance to pay out when you leave.
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.