Words that mean totally differnt for you! For example : this is a great start = not what I expected, can we take it offline = stop wasting my time on this call

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This is a great start = this is trash. WTF were you thinking

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Oh no .... as a lowly analyst this just made me so sad to learn

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Nice first pass = this is trash

Great work = okay work

Really amazing work guys = good work

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Thats a great question = idk and need time to think

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Think or google?

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Good effort. I’ll take it from here. = horrible job. I now need to do both your and my job.

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“Hope this finds you well” - I’m trying to be nice cause I need something from you. I actually don’t care how you’re doing

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I can be your informal mentor and help build your promo case = I have a lot of work I need you to do and it’s not worth my time

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Don’t take this personally = I’m personally attacking you rn

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No need to work on this over the weekend = work on this over the weekend

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"Do you have bandwidth?"= "You better make time for this"

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Sorry to interrupt = I don't care what you have to say and will just say whatever I want to say because I clearly think I have much more important thing to say!

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I mocked up a slide, please build it = don’t build exactly what I mocked up, it’s not that hard

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This is a great learning opportunity = no billable work that only helps me.

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We = me.. 😒

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