An old, time-honored management technique in large corporations.
1. Keep your employees in the dark.
2. Feed them shit.
3. When they grow up, cut them off at the roots.
1. Keep your employees in the dark.
2. Feed them shit.
3. When they grow up, cut them off at the roots.
by Hot Licks July 21, 2020
Get the The mushroom theory of managementmug. Upper Management won't let me get that hot tub I've been jonesing for over the last decade. How'd you guys get it done?
by nem- December 20, 2023
Get the Upper Managementmug. A way to manage tech teams working to an ill-defined task, described by Tracy Kidder as "Keep them in the dark, feed them shit, watch them grow" (in his 1981 title 'The Soul of a New Machine' about the people that built the first minicomputer at Data General).
As long as the outcome remains undefined, there's no way to hold them accountable for whichever result. You'd better apply mushroom management instead.
by Nada Knicks August 5, 2022
Get the mushroom managementmug. A little bitch that doesn't have any skills so they whine on the internet about how eating meat is animal cruelty
by Alaric I August 18, 2014
Get the assistant manager at being veganmug. by Yeeeeyeeeew December 11, 2019
Get the Managermug. A female who falls deeply in love with a man who resembles a chipmunk. She takes on the persona of being in charge of him like a manager.
Have you heard? Carol hasn’t been at any of the group hangouts lately after clocking in as Alvins stage manager.
by cheaters gotta go December 18, 2022
Get the Alvins Stage Managermug. A phrase said when trying to imply superiority over someone while still saying thank you. This is derived from the announcements made by store managers. Usually, the announcement would be written on paper with the phrase "thanks, management" at the bottom.
"Our bathroom is out of service. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks, management"
"Our bathroom is out of service. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks, management"
by meedox April 19, 2021
Get the Thanks, managementmug.