Common Workplace Expressions That Are Actually Quite Problematic

Created
Fri, 18/08/2023 - 22:00
Updated
Fri, 18/08/2023 - 22:00

“Divide and conquer.”

“War room.”

“Crack the whip.”

“Let’s drill our vertical bores into sacred Native American land and leak noxious fossil gases into the atmosphere.”

“We as a company must come together to sweep any human rights abuses under the rug so that our CEO, a powerful figure of corruption and sin, can continue hiding his illegal income in a private offshore bank account.”

“Yes, our company sponsors concentration camps, but in this highly competitive and globalized economy in which we operate, it’s either enslave or get enslaved.”

“What if there was no end to the suffering?”

“The poor were created for one purpose, and that is labor. Just like a rifle or a sword, they are unfeeling weapons—instruments of cruelty that do not deserve freedom.”

“Circle the wagons.”