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Define: "Low-hanging fruit"
What HR thinks it means:
Tasks, goals, or opportunities that are easily achievable.
What it actually means:
"The only actual work we are going to accomplish this quarter."
Use it in a meeting:
"The Director told us to focus on the low-hanging fruit, meaning we spent the entire sprint changing font colors instead of fixing the memory leaks."
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