1. Mushroom Management
Restrict employee access to information and decisions (keep them in the dark).
When information is conveyed, it is incomplete, inaccurate, or full of marketing hyperbole (throw shit on them).
Restrict employee access to information and decisions (keep them in the dark).
When information is conveyed, it is incomplete, inaccurate, or full of marketing hyperbole (throw shit on them).
Large, hierarchical, process-bound organizations are frequently guilty of the most egregious forms of "mushroom management."
by Karen O'Keefe October 28, 2004
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"They're a whacky company to deal with, but they've got Formica management"
Also used as "formica" to define similarly flimsy people, enterprises or governments.
ie "George Bush has a Formica administration"
Also used as "formica" to define similarly flimsy people, enterprises or governments.
ie "George Bush has a Formica administration"
by T I M April 26, 2007
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A person or persons whose sole reason for existing is to ensure maximum productivity from workers while paying them poverty wages.
American Workers: My productivity has risen 150% since Reagan's inauguration in 1981, but wages only went up 10%. I can't afford a house even if I got 10 years of wages on the spot and even the cost of an ambulance ride could make me homeless.
Middle Management: Too bad so sad. All the value from your productivity went into executive bonuses. Did you know? Bonuses are to be paid to upper management first, and then to workers if there's anything left over (hint: there isn't). That's the definition of a bonus as defined by Reagonomics.
Middle Management: Too bad so sad. All the value from your productivity went into executive bonuses. Did you know? Bonuses are to be paid to upper management first, and then to workers if there's anything left over (hint: there isn't). That's the definition of a bonus as defined by Reagonomics.
by PortableBacon January 27, 2022
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Oh, her baby's daddy won't pay child support? You can't blame anyone but her and her bad vaginal management.
by HassThaGod December 28, 2014
Get the bad vaginal management mug.the practice of maintaining one's Facebook wall in order to enhance it's visual appearance/reputation. Can be employed to remove unwanted wall posts, friend confirmations and/or unattractive tagged photos.
Ugh! I don't want everyone to see that I friend requested this person. Time for some wall management to remove the friend confirmation.
Wow this is a bad photo of me. Time to wall manage and untag this embarrassment.
Wow this is a bad photo of me. Time to wall manage and untag this embarrassment.
by actionjackson889 May 18, 2010
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Person 1: Talk about my sister, brother, cousin, friend, one more time and see what happens to you!
Person 2: Damn, looks like she needs some anger management.
Person 1: No, maybe if you would just get a life and stfu.
Person 1: Talk about my sister, brother, cousin, friend, one more time and see what happens to you!
Person 2: Damn, looks like she needs some anger management.
Person 1: No, maybe if you would just get a life and stfu.
by hilarity and such April 20, 2013
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New process mate.
Process has been changed again??
Yeah, total Seagull-management.
What a douche...
New process mate.
Process has been changed again??
Yeah, total Seagull-management.
What a douche...
by LiegeTai March 5, 2015
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