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IT industry words or phrases that make your heart sink....
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostHuh? What alternative would you suggest?Comment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostHuh? What alternative would you suggest?
(I ask only because I usually end emails with "Regards" )
What does "regards" mean anyway? It's a signature, so everyone reading it knows you can't be arsed writing an actual salutation. How is that going to make your email more effective, or make the receiver see you as likeable, or approachable, or professional?
I guess you're one of those people that sends an email to request a meeting with the person you're sat next to.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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This interview is going to be structured like a permie interview...Comment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostHuh? What alternative would you suggest?
(I ask only because I usually end emails with "Regards" )Comment
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"The environment is hip and modern, and very inclusive and friendly to women and other weirder types"Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by OwlHoot View PostHuh? What alternative would you suggest?
(I ask only because I usually end emails with "Regards" )
There's quite a lot of people that feel the same way, sorry if that upsets your particular view of the world.
The one phrase that truly upsets me is "No we will not sign off the requirements, but we expect the project to continue".
The usual americanised jargon words don't make my heart sink they just re-enforce my view that the speaker is a complete and utter donkey. The phrase "all that good stuff" does require a lot of effort on my behalf not to go all MF on the speaker though.Comment
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Originally posted by TykeMerc View PostThe one phrase that truly upsets me is "No we will not sign off the requirements, but we expect the project to continue"."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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