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Definition of 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.

    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)':

Definitions include: an unenthusiastic worker, especially in an office setting.
Definitions include: speech commonly found in corporations, often filled with buzzwords, jargon, and "verbed" nouns.
Definitions include: pejorative alteration of "venture capitalist".
Definitions include: a meeting.
Definitions include: shortened form of "business."
Definitions include: conventionally.
Definitions include: the main source of income for a business.
Definitions include: a couch on which prospective employees are expected to provide sexual favors in order to secure the position.
Definitions include: without any clothing covering the torso.
Definitions include: According to Oxford University Press Blog:
Definitions include: of an entire task, the easy portions.
Definitions include: an organization.
Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs.
Definitions include: the "Target" retailer.
Definitions include: press conference.

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Other terms relating to 'and':

Definitions include: acronym for "assault and battery".
Definitions include: "rain".
Definitions include: Cockney rhyme for ''believe''.
Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action.
Definitions include: clumsy.
Definitions include: better than all that.
Definitions include: the best.
Definitions include: without substance; all talk and no action.
Definitions include: a lot of money.
Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket
Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
Definitions include: et cetera.
Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount.
Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned.
Definitions include: interjection of agreement.

Other terms relating to 'rank':

Definitions include: to join together for a common cause.
Definitions include: to use one's authority to win a disagreement.
Definitions include: awful-smelling.
Definitions include: low-level employees.
Definitions include: (adj.) 1. a form of the word 'really' 2. see: cool, sweet.
Definitions include: make jokes such as snaps ex yo mamma so...
Definitions include: so bad

Other terms relating to 'yank':

Definitions include: A synonym for American, often used in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.
Definitions include: to masturbate.
Definitions include: to deceive a person, usually in a playful manner.
Definitions include: to try to deceive in a playful manner (same as 'pulling one's leg')
Definitions include: to deceive a person, usually in a kidding manner.
Definitions include: masturbate.
Definitions include: to joke or kid; "pull (one's) leg".
Definitions include: to masturbate.

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