Define: "Secondment" in Business
Multi-headcount capital waste
"A secondment is just a stealth workload double-up. Demand a temporary title bump and an end date in writing."
The temporary transfer of an official or worker to another position or employment.
What does "Secondment" actually mean?
"Being forced to work for a completely different department to fix their catastrophic mess, without getting a raise or leaving your actual IT duties behind."
"Sarah is taking a temporary secondment to the Paris office to help standardize their operations."
"I was put on a six-month secondment to the London security team, which just meant I was managing their FortiGates during the day and our Juniper cores at night."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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