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Define: "Bandwidth"
What HR thinks it means:
The time, energy, or mental capacity required to deal with a situation.
What it actually means:
"The amount of unpaid overtime I am willing to tolerate this week. (Currently: Zero)."
Use it in a meeting:
"Management demanded an immediate deep diveDeep DiveSpending two hours staring at a spreadsheet while pretending to understand the formula. into the 2027 strategy, despite knowing the engineering team had zero remaining bandwidth due to the recent RTO mandate."
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