Does anyone else hate the term "c-suite"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most people at the top of anything non-arts or non-academic are essentially bros (male and female). That's why so many of them are ex-athletes. They love jargon and competitive narratives.

“We need to hustle on this project, because if we knock this one out of the ballpark, the client will give us the keys to the kingdom. You know what that means - more contracts, more money, and more opportunities for all of us. Let’s go!”

Lol, I’m old. Do people not talk about synergy anymore?

[Anonymous]

I did work on Goldman’s HQ and their C suite is definitely a suite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our company says SLT senior leadership team

Mine did this and somebody got hung up on "senior" suggesting age. So now it's just leadership team.

C-suite is a term someone (like a journalist) uses to talk about executives, not something you ever say about yourself. Nobody says "I'm c-suite."

[Anonymous]

I don't hear it often enough to get annoyed by connotations, OP. And I wonder why YOU are so triggered. Sounds like you're going out of your way to find fault with random words.

[Anonymous]

What do you suggest, senior leadership or hbic or is the latest too millennial.

[Anonymous]

Just say executive team or leadership team. C-suite is jargon and sounds self-important. If you’re actually important, people know it. And if the don’t, they’ll be happily surprised when they find out and realize they know a leader that’s not a d*ck.

[Anonymous]

What do you suggest, senior leadership or hbic or is the latest too millennial.

"Upper management" is the standard term.

C-suite sounds dumb and jargon-y.

I detest the use of "team" to refer to anything thta does not involve sports competition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people at the top of anything non-arts or non-academic are essentially bros (male and female). That's why so many of them are ex-athletes. They love jargon and competitive narratives.

“We need to hustle on this project, because if we knock this one out of the ballpark, the client will give us the keys to the kingdom. You know what that means - more contracts, more money, and more opportunities for all of us. Let’s go!”

Same poster. Just looked up some stats. Nearly all women (94%) in c-suites played sports as a kid, and over 50% competed in college. Among c-suites overall, 70% are former college athletes. Two-thirds of Fortune 500 CEOs are former college athletes. Basically, c-suite is bro culture.

Social economics, your avg 50 year old senior executive grow up in the 70s, the avg joe dont send their kids to sports. The kid just chill after school.

[Anonymous]

Who cares? Why bring up something so trivial while Trump is ruining every facet of our society? Call executives whatever you want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also think it’s dumb and associate the C-word with a really offensive term for a woman. So every time someone says C-suite I think of that. Lol.

Haha I love this. I’m going to start thinking of it as c*nt suite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I also think it’s dumb and associate the C-word with a really offensive term for a woman. So every time someone says C-suite I think of that. Lol.

Haha I love this. I’m going to start thinking of it as c*nt suite.

+1 this plus ExeCuTIve really keeps me going through the slog. We need special handshakes to recognize each other "insiders".