Tag: red tape
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Above your pay grade
Phrase: Above your pay grade Humans, both on a group and individual level, like to think we are all-knowing and all-powerful. However, there is a hierarchy of knowledge and authority that governs what we can and cannot do. When someone says that something is above their pay grade, they admit they lack the power, knowledge,…
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Bureaucrat
Word of the Day: Bureaucrat Ask a young child what they want to be when they grow up, and they’ll tell you they want to be a firefighter or a race car driver. None of them will say, “I want to be a bureaucrat.” A bureaucrat is often thought of as a faceless government worker who…
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Up in the air
Idiom: Up in the air Decisions, decisions, decisions we all have to make; some are harder than others, and most of them are up in the air. What can we do about it? Making decisions is like death and taxes: inevitable. One of the main challenges with making decisions is the knock-on effect. Our decision affects all…
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Red tape
WotD: Red tape Red tape is a term for all the official rules and regulations we must follow. It also ties things up and slows things down. Of course, if we are jumping through hoops, we are doing that because of all the red tape, including business, tax, and import rules. The next time you cannot…
