Do you find yourself scribbling down a bunch of letters you hear someone mention at a meeting and rushing to your desk to google it right after? Acronyms and abbreviations have become commonplace in most offices and are thrown around during meetings, lunches and even over coffee. To avoid looking inexperienced and confused, we’ve put together an ultimate cheat sheet of the most common acronyms you’ll hear at the workplace. You’re welcome :)
- BID: Break it down
- COB: Close of business
- CPC: Cost per click
- CR: Conversion rate
- CRM: Customer relationship management
- CTA: Call to action
- CTR: Click through rate
- EOD: End of day
- EOM: End of message
- EOT: End of thread
- EOW: End of week
- ETA: Estimated time of arrival
- FTE: Full-time employee
- FWIW: For what it’s worth
- HR: Human Resources
- IAM: In a meeting
- IMO: In my opinion
- KISS: Keep it simple stupid
- KPI: Key performance indicator
- LET: Leaving early today
- LMK: Let me know
- MoM: Month over month
- MTD: Month to date
- NIM: No internal message
- NRN: No reply necessary
- NWR: Not work-related
- OOO: Out of office
- OT: Off topic
- OTP: On the phone
- P&L: Profit and loss
- PM: Project manager
- POC: Point of contact
- PPC: Pay per click
- PR: Public Relations
- PTE: Part-time employee
- PTO: Paid time off
- QA: Quality assurance
- R&D: Research and development
- Re: Referring to
- RFD: Request for discussion
- ROI: Return on investment
- SMART: Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time-bound
- SME: Subject matter expert
- TED: Tell me, explain to me, describe to me
- TL;DR: Too long, didn’t read
- TOS: Terms of service
- TYT: Take your time
- WFH: Work from home
- WOM: Word of mouth
- YTD: Year to date
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