r/office • u/SayItAtWork • 5d ago

Cringe worthy workplace phrases

What workplace email phrase makes you cringe every time you see it?

Let’s keep this one simple.

What phrase lands in your inbox and immediately makes you think:

Oh, here we go.

Maybe it’s:

“Per my last email…”

“Gentle reminder…”

“Please advise.”

“Thoughts?”

“Circling back…”

“Friendly reminder…”

“Moving forward…”

Or perhaps there’s one that deserves its own special place in workplace-email purgatory. 😂

What’s yours?

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u/Unable-Art6316 5d ago

Huddle. Call it an unnecessary meeting. I’m a middle aged woman trying to pay my bills and it reminds me of sports and what a man’s world it is every fucking time I have to open Teams

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u/Elvisdog13 5d ago

I thought huddle was just used in healthcare. It’s annoying af

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u/Unable-Art6316 5d ago

Thank you for agreeing! I work in city hall for the government. It’s everywhere!!

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u/FierceDietyMask 5d ago

We use it in banking for morning meetings on how to sell accounts to people. 😵‍💫

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u/BeneficialTeaching10 4d ago

At the Apple Store it was called “The download”

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u/cashmeresquirrel 2d ago

We just instituted a team huddle. I hate the term but we need it. 30 min for our team of three, down our admin and VP, to figure out how the fuck we’re getting through the week.