# Business speak translation **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [September 27, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439 "2023-09-27T17:28:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/21 "2023-09-28T00:10:20Z")
> [@knoath](#): > > “Those DW Simpson Salary Surveys are overstated” = “We will never pay you market rate.” I too refuse to believe in the results produced by mathematics. ---
**Author:** ![tty](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/tty/32/37148_2.png) [@tty](https://community.goactuary.com/u/tty)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/22 "2023-09-28T00:28:00Z")
I think arguably there is some bias to numbers that are either self reported or reported due to transitioning jobs in the immediate past. ---
**Author:** ![Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/snikelfritz/32/5728_2.png) [@Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Snikelfritz)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:40am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/23 "2023-09-28T01:40:57Z")
We value team players = we expect you to work long hours due to intentional understaffing and poor time management ---
**Author:** ![SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/spacelobster/32/38216_2.png) [@SpaceLobster](https://community.goactuary.com/u/SpaceLobster)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/24 "2023-09-28T01:46:56Z")
Arguably, of course. But they had asa’s working on that so I expect that would be identified or minimized. Whether.or not my expectations match reality, who knows but I feel like Claude had addressed that at some point in the past. ---
**Author:** ![joejam](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@joejam](https://community.goactuary.com/u/joejam)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/25 "2023-09-28T02:21:21Z")
This was my experience as well. When I last looked I asked for a salary based on the surveys and I was told that I am being unreasonable to the tune of 15k. I soon was able to negotiate an offer for 5k more than I was initially seeking. ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/26 "2023-09-28T13:01:52Z")
I did an interview once where they were really selling me on this, and they noted that they had a REALLY fun team retreat over the last weekend. Yes, the expectation was for me to attend team events on weekends. Ummmmm, that’s not a perk. I don’t care if it’s in Vail. No. ---
**Author:** ![NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/normaldan/32/1013_2.png) [@NormalDan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NormalDan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/27 "2023-09-28T13:48:09Z")
> [@Snikelfritz](#): > > Let’s take that offline = stop wasting everybody’s time with the unrelated BS Just got off a call where this had to be said a couple times… ---
**Author:** ![knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/knoath/32/65607_2.png) [@knoath](https://community.goactuary.com/u/knoath)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/28 "2023-09-28T13:58:39Z")
Ah, I remember that feeling. The point part way through the interview when you realize there is no way you are interested in that position. You are then free to use the above quotes to the right (instead of the left) of the equals sign. ---
**Author:** ![NumericalNeuroticism](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/numericalneuroticism/32/464_2.png) [@NumericalNeuroticism](https://community.goactuary.com/u/NumericalNeuroticism)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/29 "2023-09-28T15:31:42Z")
Let’s solve this problem for the company = someone upstairs made a decision and you need to deal with it ---
**Author:** ![colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/colonelsmoothie/32/136_2.png) [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/30 "2023-09-28T18:37:18Z")
this thread triggers me ---
**Author:** ![Hip\_tiger](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/hip_tiger/32/447_2.png) [@Hip\_tiger](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Hip_tiger)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/31 "2023-09-28T18:45:51Z")
I interviewed with a company that touted their after-work staff “gatherings” at a local bar. They made it clear that everyone was expected to be there until long after work hours. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/snikelfritz/32/5728_2.png) [@Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Snikelfritz)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/32 "2023-09-28T19:42:45Z")
Would you mind putting that in an email = I need a paper trail so I can prove this wasn’t my fault when it fails horribly ---
**Author:** ![Gonzo](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/gonzo/32/834_2.png) [@Gonzo](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Gonzo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/33 "2023-09-28T20:02:05Z")
our employees are like family = we will abuse you and take pleasure in stepping over you to get ahead ---
**Author:** ![Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/snikelfritz/32/5728_2.png) [@Snikelfritz](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Snikelfritz)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/34 "2023-09-28T20:05:31Z")
We value work life balance = life is a balancing item after whatever work is required ---
**Author:** ![Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/mathman/32/14042_2.png) [@Mathman](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Mathman)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/35 "2023-09-28T21:55:29Z")
I hate it if it feels more or less mandatory. My first job out of college had lots of actuarial folks taking exams, and it was tradition for everyone to go to the bar when results were released. Passers paid the tab. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![joejam](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/aca169/32.png) [@joejam](https://community.goactuary.com/u/joejam)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/36 "2023-09-29T14:13:24Z")
I once interviewed for a place that told me “Yea, we work pretty hard, but once a year we go on a company ski retreat.” Why not have a life and take 2 days pto to go skiing with your friends? ---
**Author:** ![colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/colonelsmoothie/32/136_2.png) [@colonelsmoothie](https://community.goactuary.com/u/colonelsmoothie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/37 "2023-09-29T14:26:34Z")
that’s not what a team player would say ---
**Author:** ![Hip\_tiger](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/hip_tiger/32/447_2.png) [@Hip\_tiger](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Hip_tiger)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/38 "2023-09-29T21:13:37Z")
“We’re not sure you’re a team player.” = as they canceled a year’s worth of consulting appointments, the day after I offhandedly commented that something they were doing didn’t seem exactly legal. ---
**Author:** ![dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@dr\_t\_non-fan](https://community.goactuary.com/u/dr_t_non-fan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/39 "2023-09-29T22:52:13Z")
> [@Hip\_tiger](#): > > “We’re not sure you’re a team player.” = as they canceled a year’s worth of consulting appointments, the day after I offhandedly commented that something they were doing didn’t seem exactly legal . You worked for the Trump Administration?? ---
**Author:** ![glassy](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@glassy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/glassy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/business-speak-translation/8439/40 "2023-10-04T15:42:28Z")
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