Email & Comms Jargon · Vice President level

"For visibility"

"For visibility" means someone has been copied on a message so they are aware of the situation, often without any action required from them.

Say this instead: so you're aware

How "For visibility" shows up at work

The corporate equivalent of a paper trail. When a VP adds three people "for visibility" before a difficult conversation, visibility is doing a lot of work that the word "accountability" might do more honestly.

Buzzword

Adding Sarah and Marcus here for visibility on where this stands.

Plain English

Copying Sarah and Marcus so they're aware of where this stands.

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