DEFINITION: n. The fear that you will be outsourced, downsized, unassigned, or separated (one way or another) from your weekly paycheck. v. To use the threat of outsourcing and downsizing to manage and motivate your team.
VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)
Contractivate: /kon trak tiv ayt/ When Megan became boss, she sought to contractivate her team by threatening to out source their jobs if they failed to meet targets. But in the end, it was Megan whose leadership style got her a big promotion, to the office in India! Etymology: Contract (to assign a job to someone outside one’s own business)
& Activate (make active or more active;put in motion or move to act)
Created by: Nosila.
Oversea: /ÅvÉ™rsÄ“/ If Janice doesn’t get the staff she oversees to produce more, upper management threatens oversea her crew. Etymology: oversee (supervise) + overseas (in or to a foreign country, esp. one across the sea) Created by: artr2.
Usurperize: / |jʊˈzÉ™Ëp| |É™Ë| |rʌɪz|/ Jack was in constant fear of his crazy boss. “He’s completely cuckoo” Jack Wood say, “Let’s see him usurperize me after I change all the passwords on the mainframe”. (Ed.- er mainframe?) Etymology: Usurp and er-ize for blending raisins…like sultanas only nicer. Created by: scrabbelicious.
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