more business/HR jargon

[Dan Goncharoff]

If you are corporate raider, it's overboarding.
DanG


On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 3:19 PM, Hunter, Lynne R CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-PACIFIC,
71700 <lynne.hunter at navy.mil> wrote:

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> > Mostly familiar stuff, except for "on-boarding"--euphemism for "hiring
> > and enculturation"?
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> Yup... .
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> So is it off-boarding or overboarding when they give you the sack?
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> Lynne Hunter
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