"Drink from the firehose"
Say this instead: take in a flood of info
How "Drink from the firehose" shows up at work
Said warmly to new hires during onboarding, as if drowning them in undocumented processes is a rite of passage rather than a failure of documentation. The speaker never seems to notice they're the one holding the hose.
Your first few weeks will feel like drinking from the firehose, but you'll get there.
Your first few weeks will mean taking in a flood of info, but you'll get there.
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