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  • feddup@feddit.uk
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    7 hours ago

    Leadership at the company I work for started saying “let’s double click that” to mean let’s go into more detail on that topic. Hate it.

    Also “let’s take this offline” which just means let’s have a different meeting about it, it’ll still be online because we’re all remote.

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      54 minutes ago

      Also “let’s take this offline” which just means let’s have a different meeting about it, it’ll still be online because we’re all remote.

      See, I would think that would mean for more individual discussion, as in “this isn’t relevant to this meeting, why don’t you and I talk about this after the meeting or at a later point.”

      I think everyone has those coworkers who see meetings as an opportunity to ask about things with no relevance to anyone else in the room and makes everybody sit through 10 minutes (per discussion) about an issue that only pertains to them, instead of just going to the manager/whatever’s office in their own time to ask about their personal situation.

      If it’s just to table it until another meeting, though, that doesn’t make any sense.

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        35 minutes ago

        I think in many cases it results in separate discussion over slack, probably between managers but it still often ends up in a follow up meeting.

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      2 hours ago

      Take it offline as in turning it off? “We’re taking the service offline” or “Let’s talk about this face to face?”

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        2 hours ago

        Nope, all in a teams meeting discussing something, topic diverges or becomes too complicated and is slowing the meeting. Manager says “let’s take this offline” or “we’ll discuss offline”. Keeps the meeting focused but I hate the phrase. It’s not offline because it’ll just be another teams meeting!

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      7 hours ago

      The first one is an Abomination unto Nuggan. I’m OK with the second one being used in a meeting to divert a topic that needs covered but is getting off tack.

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      8 hours ago

      Oh snap I should have read more comments before posting about “double clicking”. I hate it.

      I’ve been hearing “velocity” a lot recently and that also makes me cringe.

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      6 hours ago

      In my experience, “take this offline” means they don’t want to have the discussion in front of present company.

      For example, mentioning anything less-than-ideal in a meeting in front of large groups. It’s basically a thinly veiled way to control morale through selective information.

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        5 hours ago

        I guess it depends on the company, so far mine it’s just making more meetings but keeping the current one focused. I’m fine with that, just hate the expression because it only makes sense if the follow up meeting was in person but we’re all remote

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      8 hours ago

      Do you have a better way to phrase it? I usually see this to mean “focus on this topic rather than get distracted. We can discuss that later” … or I guess that’s a better way to phrase it

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        7 hours ago

        Let’s take that offline perhaps better as let’s discuss that separately/later.

        Double clicking should just be something like “to go into more detail” or something. I get why it happens, easy and quick to say, i just find it so irritating.

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          7 hours ago

          let’s discuss that separately/later

          That can come off as, “Not now dumbass.” The new slang comes off as, “Yeah, needs covered, and we will, but not now.”

          As always though, it’s all in the tone.