When an employee has no work to do, has already asked his or her manager for work, but nothing has been assigned.
Example: The employee was spending his bench time on various trainings.
Variations: bench period
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Question: What does "Calendar Invite" mean?
(A) When a person wants to meet with you next week.
(B) An email sent to schedule a meeting with the option to either accept or decline the meeting at the scheduled time.
(C) When a person has available time on their calendar to meet with you.
(D) When a person does not have any time to meet with you.
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Date: 02/11/2025
Word: Close It Out
Definition: To mark something as completed.
Example: This task has been fixed, so let's close it out within the task tracker.
"Bench Time." Jargonism.com Dictionary, https://jargonism.com/words/1408. Accessed 02/11/2025.