Define: "Resume Generating Event (RGE)" in Business
Catastrophic fiscal burn
"If you witness an RGE, do not type anything in the Slack channel. Just watch."
A mistake or failure of such magnitude that it likely results in termination.
What does "Resume Generating Event (RGE)" actually mean?
"Executing 'reload in 1' on the core switch during peak business hours and forgetting to save."
"Please be careful with this database migration to avoid an RGE."
"Dave caused a massive RGE when he accidentally pushed the test security policy to the entire global firewall cluster."
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18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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