Corporate Lingo
The corporate way to say "I already told you this."
What is "Per my last message/email..."
Perhaps the most common question asked on a Teams meeting.
What is "Can you/everyone seen my screen?"
The tool we can use to recognize and reward employee achievements.
What is Bravo?
Rebecca's favorite interruption to any call.
What is a cat?
Those mandatory events where you’re forced to play games and pretend that you actually like your colleagues.
What is ‘Team-Building’?
A helpful phrase to use to indicate that you'll take something seriously even though you know you're probably going to ignore it.
What is ‘Under Review/Advisement’?
A feature that's a life-saver if your office is in your bedroom and you didn't make the bed.
Transamerica is currently conducting a silent auction supporting this charity.
What is United Way?
The person on the team who has announced their retirement.
Who is Todd?
The most dreaded message to receive if you're eating/haven't put on makeup/are actually still in bed...
What is "Can you hop on a quick call"?
A way to say ‘I don’t know how to solve this, so I’ll pass it to someone else.’
What is ‘Delegate’?
A phrase/apology you probably hear on at least every other Teams meeting.
What is "I was on mute"/"You're on mute"?
What is TAnet?
Who Jane refers to as her "most unhelpful co-worker."
Who is her cat?
What you use when you want to sneakily include someone on an email.
What is "bcc"?
A phrase for making a process smoother and more effective.
What is ‘Streamline’?
What you try not to let happen when you're doing laundry, dishes, etc. during the work day. (None of us do this; I know!
What is "go yellow"?
WFG/TFA Compliance supports approximately this many licensed agents across the US and Canada.
What is 85,000?
The company that would most commonly appear on a member of this team's resume.
What is Primerica?
A common phrase about being available for questions/complaints/feedback/etc. that doesn't make too much sense in today's work environment.
What is "an open door policy"?
A nice way to say 'I have no idea what you're talking about."
What is ‘Get on the Same Page’?
The number of people who can join a group meeting before Teams will automatically mute new participants.
What is 4?
WFG was acquired by Transamerica in this year.
What is 2001?
This many people have joined the Compliance team in 2025.
What is 6?
A common email-ending ask that the sender never hopes they're taken up on.
What is "Let me know/reach out if you have any questions"?