20 Examples Of Corporate Doublespeak You Need To Know During Earnings Season
Courtesy of Vincent Fernando, CFA and Gus Lubin at Business Insider
We’re all pretty used to business-speak these days, whereby real meanings are coded into vague euphemisms in order to sound better.
It’s all part of business spin.
Forecasts aren’t reduced, they’re adjusted.
Workers aren’t laid off, they’re right-sized.
Here’s a list of twenty business euphemisms and what they really mean, as found in financial statements, conference calls, and in the board room.
According to the firm that compiled them, Audit Integrity, the more you hear, the more likely a company is a governance risk. As we run through earnings season, you’ll likely see each of them at least once.
