HR & People Jargon · Associate level

"Ramp up"

To "ramp up" means to increase activity, output, or a new hire's knowledge and productivity over a period of time.

Say this instead: get up to speed

How "Ramp up" shows up at work

Applied to new hires, new products, and new sales territories. The phrase is doing honest work when it describes onboarding; it is doing less when executives use it to explain why a miss is actually a setup for a better quarter.

Buzzword

Give her a few weeks to ramp up before you pull her into the big client accounts.

Plain English

Give her a few weeks to get up to speed before you pull her into the big client accounts.

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