Anyone use the word 'ASK' as a noun at your work?

[dave_the_nerd]

"Do the needful" is an Indian (dot not feather) thing.

It was originally UK slang, back around a hundred years ago. It just stuck.

 

[Lanyap]

Never heard of it but then I am retired IT (2014). I used to laugh when we had meetings with upper IT management and they would either make up new buzzwords or use new ones they read in executive level IT magazines. In one meeting the manager talked about a "smoke jump" when talking about deploying a change. Everyone around the table looked at each other thinking "what the hell is a 'smoke jump' ". I later figured out he meant we need to do it right or we'll have to jump in and fix it. His reference was to the firefighters who jump out of planes to fight forest fires. They are called "smoke jumpers". LOL. I don't really miss IT.

 

[Drako]

Hear it a ton. What is the ask? I work in data analytics.

Probably started with our Indian partners asking us to do the needful.

Doing the needful.

That one always gets me.

First time I saw that in an email I thought it was some kind of typo.

 

[Kaido]

Never heard of it but then I am retired IT (2014). I used to laugh when we had meetings with upper IT management and they would either make up new buzzwords or use new ones they read in executive level IT magazines. In one meeting the manager talked about a "smoke jump" when talking about deploying a change. Everyone around the table looked at each other thinking "what the hell is a 'smoke jump' ". I later figured out he meant we need to do it right or we'll have to jump in and fix it. His reference was to the firefighters who jump out of planes to fight forest fires. They are called "smoke jumpers". LOL. I don't really miss IT.

You know, at the end of the day, we just have to touch base to get the ball rolling & think outside the box before someone throws us under the bus. We need to use our company culture to create synergy so that we have all hands on deck. Are you not a team player? Maybe we should touch base to get that low-hanging fruit before we address the elephant in the room.

 

[SamQuint]

Around my company the "ASK" is the amount of money you have to cut from your budget to make your year end earnings goals. (for example) Our ask is 2 million for this fiscal year.

 

[Kaido]

Doing the needful.

That one always gets me.

First time I saw that in an email I thought it was some kind of typo.

Well that's a new one for me!

 

[Red Squirrel]

I don't know why but these corporate slang terms just make me rage. Glad I don't have to deal with that crap at my job.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Well that's a new one for me!

CNN Travel says it's actually archaic.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/india-english-sayings-twists/index.html

Does that mean all my Indian coworkers are making fun of me?

 

[pcgeek11]

Doing the needful.

That one always gets me.

First time I saw that in an email I thought it was some kind of typo.

That sounds like what I do after my morning coffee. Get the paper, go to the restroom to "do the needful".