Everyday Office Jargon · Managing Director level

"Pull your head out of your ass"

"Pull your head out of your ass" is a coarse expression urging someone to stop being oblivious, careless, or self-absorbed and start paying attention.

Say this instead: pay attention

How "Pull your head out of your ass" shows up at work

Never appears in a written performance review, but it is the unedited version of several phrases that do. Managing Directors tend to say it in private after a direct report misses an obvious signal for the third time in a row.

Buzzword

At some point someone needs to tell him to pull your head out of your ass.

Plain English

At some point someone needs to tell him to stop ignoring what is right in front of him.

Corporate Rank: Managing Director · Category: Everyday Office Jargon

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