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Define: "Mission critical"
What HR thinks it means:
Essential to the functioning of an organization or system.
What it actually means:
"The legacy app built in 1998 that runs the entire payroll system and cannot be updated."
Use it in a meeting:
"Upgrading the coffee machine was deemed mission critical by the sales team, while the failing backup generator was pushed to next year's budget."
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