Thinking about quitting your job? It may be the right move if you boss uses any of these toxic "red flag" phrases, says former Google recruiter Nolan Church.
Ninja, literally, “invisible”, or perhaps generously, “spy” is such an insane term for a business to use anyway.
It connotates someone who is willing to break the law - kill if necessary- to bring down the opposition. Not someone connecting a new API node for Slack notifications
They probably actually mean Stakhanovite, but wouldn’t bring themselves to use a communist term (/s).
Tl;dr:
"I don’t want to hear feedback. Just do your job.”
“We value you. But a promotion isn’t in the cards right now.”“
"This is on a need-to-know basis. Information will be shared when the time is right.”
“We can talk about compensation at the next review.”
"We need to fill this role. Let’s not share those details with candidates.”
"I called you last night at 9:00 p.m. Why didn’t you answer?”
"We don’t have time for fun.”
Honestly, it’s missing the following gems…
“We are looking for an industry leading ninja…”
“We’re a work hard, play hard team/company”
“Fast paced work environment”
“We are family here”
I would also add any sort of variation of “at this job, we’re like a family!”
A Manson family
“Industry leading ninja” is so cringey. It’s like a very out of touch old guy trying sound relevant. I AM an old guy so I have some knowledge here. 😀
Ninja, literally, “invisible”, or perhaps generously, “spy” is such an insane term for a business to use anyway.
It connotates someone who is willing to break the law - kill if necessary- to bring down the opposition. Not someone connecting a new API node for Slack notifications
They probably actually mean Stakhanovite, but wouldn’t bring themselves to use a communist term (/s).