Define: "Kindly Adjust" in Business
High risk of unnecessary meetings
"Never adjust. Reply with the exact technical requirements and a link to the original ticket."
A polite request to accommodate a change or accept a temporary limitation.
What does "Kindly Adjust" actually mean?
"A demand from an offshore team to blindly accept a catastrophic workaround because they refuse to fix the root cause."
"Due to unexpected delays, please kindlyKindlyThe most passive-aggressive word in the English language preceding a completely unreasonable demand to bypass change control. adjust your project timelines."
"The database migration script failed and wiped the logs, so please kindlyKindlyThe most passive-aggressive word in the English language preceding a completely unreasonable demand to bypass change control. adjust your monitoring alerts to ignore the errors."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
Related Terminology
Tired of hearing this?
Next time someone says "Kindly Adjust" in a meeting, track exactly how much company money they just wasted. Play Buzzword Bingo, generate a waste invoice, and stop the bleeding.
