Definition of be rank-and-yank

rank-and-yank

adjective

• a corporate performance review system in which employees are ranked in their performance, and the bottom-performing employees are terminated.
  • See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).

  Last edited on Nov 10 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 10 2015.

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Other terms relating to 'business (related to)':
drone	Definitions include: an unenthusiastic worker, especially in an office setting.
corporate speak	Definitions include: speech commonly found in corporations, often filled with buzzwords, jargon, and "verbed" nouns.
vulture capitalist	Definitions include: pejorative alteration of "venture capitalist".
powwow	Definitions include: a meeting.
bini	Definitions include: shortened form of "business."
inside the box	Definitions include: conventionally.
bread and butter	Definitions include: the main source of income for a business.
casting couch	Definitions include: a couch on which prospective employees are expected to provide sexual favors in order to secure the position.
topless	Definitions include: without any clothing covering the torso.
topless meeting	Definitions include: According to Oxford University Press Blog:
low-hanging fruit	Definitions include: of an entire task, the easy portions.
outfit	Definitions include: an organization.
hook up	Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs.
Targhetto	Definitions include: the "Target" retailer.
presser	Definitions include: press conference.
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AAB	Definitions include: acronym for "assault and battery".
Abel and Cain	Definitions include: "rain".
Adam and Eve	Definitions include: Cockney rhyme for ''believe''.
all bark and no bite	Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action.
all fingers and thumbs	Definitions include: clumsy.
all that and a bag of chips	Definitions include: better than all that.
all that and a bag of Fritos	Definitions include: the best.
all wind and piss	Definitions include: without substance; all talk and no action.
an arm and a leg	Definitions include: a lot of money.
and 1	Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket
and a half	Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
and all that jazz	Definitions include: et cetera.
and a quarter	Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
and change	Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned.
and how	Definitions include: interjection of agreement.
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Other terms relating to 'rank':
close ranks	Definitions include: to join together for a common cause.
pull rank	Definitions include: to use one's authority to win a disagreement.
rank	Definitions include: awful-smelling.
rank and file	Definitions include: low-level employees.
rankin'	Definitions include: (adj.) 1. a form of the word 'really' 2. see: cool, sweet.
rank on	Definitions include: make jokes such as snaps ex yo mamma so...
rank rotten	Definitions include: so bad
Other terms relating to 'yank':
Yank	Definitions include: A synonym for American, often used in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
yank it	Definitions include: to masturbate.
yank (one's) chain	Definitions include: to deceive a person, usually in a playful manner.
yank (one's) chank	Definitions include: to try to deceive in a playful manner (same as 'pulling one's leg')
yank (one's) crank	Definitions include: to deceive a person, usually in a kidding manner.
yank (one's) rod	Definitions include: masturbate.
yank (one's) sack	Definitions include: to joke or kid; "pull (one's) leg".
yank the crank	Definitions include: to masturbate.

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