When an employee at a company is given a specific job with a narrow set of tasks without that employee's manager using that employee's full set of skills. It sometimes causes an employee to feel undervalued and unchallenged in their work.
Example: The employee was worried about being pigeonholed into a marketing role for their entire career, even though the employee had software engineering skills.
Variations: pigeonhole
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(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: 04/19/2025
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.
"Pigeonholed." Jargonism.com Dictionary, https://jargonism.com/words/1750. Accessed 04/19/2025.