When employees, managers, and company leadership only take action in response to problems or challenges, and do not take steps to prevent problems before the problems happen. This typically results in stress and long hours for employees
Example: The company had a reactive work culture where the company only addressed known bugs if there was a major service outage affecting customers.
Variations: firefighting work culture, reactive management
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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: 05/15/2024
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.
"Reactive Work Culture." Jargonism.com Dictionary, https://jargonism.com/words/1754. Accessed 05/15/2024.