I’m getting pelted by ‘low-hanging fruit’ and trapped in a vortex of ‘deliverables’. Can I get a Google Generational Translator?
e’re 45 minutes into the job interview and I’ve heard the word “literally” 27 times. And don’t even get me started on “pivot”. I’m about to pivot my 53-year-old keister out of this freakin’ interview.. Never mind that I need an interpreter to understand 75% of what this communications director has been talking about since we started the interview.
What happened? I feel like a Gen X-Sleeping Beauty who woke up in an alternate metaverse – unemployed, menopausal and illiterate. I’m anxious enough about interviewing without having to extract meaning from her corporate psychobabble. Can I get a Google Generational Translator? As our “conversation” continues, my face is morphing from beet-red to deep purple as I summit an epic hot flash, ducking out of the frame to stick my head in the freezer for some relief. She’s too self-absorbed to notice, prattling on about “culture and teams”, “identity, collaboration and process”. Do they ever stop talking about working, and actually work? I slide back in front of the computer, rubbing myself down with a bag of Trader Joe’s Frozen Chicken Gyoza.
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