mushroom management

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

property manager

The minion to a landlord. Usually an antagonistic go-between placed between the landlord and the people who actually live on site. There are more and more property managers now than there used to now that housing is being gobbled up by private equity (see Blackrock), and that means the absentee landlords are spread pretty thin, so they need to hire a small army of property managers to surveil and dictate the goings-on in each of their rental properties.

"This property manager sucks, she won't return our calls except to yell at us about having guests over."

by Pyro's R Us August 23, 2022

The Manager Room

The secret room in every corporation where managers congregate.

There's a fresh batch of caviar in the manager room!

by public2 November 12, 2022

Yard Manager

Large dumpy fat fellow,bald in hi Viz clothing wonders round workplace with his finger up his arse making Nazi salutes explaining to all how his job is important

have you seen the yard manager? oh you mean the Large dumpy fat fellow, bald in hi Viz clothing who wonders round workplace with his finger up his arse making Nazi salutes explaining to all how his job is important

by Meatypt February 3, 2023

tasque manager

the definition of waifu energy

"Tasque Manager gave off so much waifu energy"
"The woman from that deltarune game?"
"Yeah"
"Get a life bro"

by TobiasFoxington July 26, 2023

National Manager Buy’s Lunch Day

Occurs every year on August 20th to appreciate employees hard work and dedication.

He was skeptical about National Manager Buy’s Lunch Day, wondering if this day was actually real.

by Told ya soooo August 20, 2023

Anger management

v. Organising one's life so as to be first to listen to the new Rolling Stones song or, by extension, any faddish piece of pop culture.

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Dude! I can't get married this weekend;: I'll be too totally involved in Anger management.

Court order or peer pressure?

by gnostic3 September 14, 2023