Brutally Honest Translation
More work, same pay, and please be excited about it.
Culture & values
“Do more with less”
The output expectations are rising and the resourcing is not. Framed as ambition, it is actually a resource decision.
How it gets used
Announced in all-hands settings and repeated in reviews. Rarely accompanied by a definition of which existing work will stop.
Three ways to answer “Do more with less”
Supreme Court Polite
We will pursue greater efficiency and focus our existing resources where they deliver the most value.
Passive-Aggressive Retaliation
Great, I'll do more with less by dropping the lowest-value work and documenting exactly what I've cut.
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