A former teacher who now works a corporate job has taken to TikTok to poke fun at confusing business jargon.<br /><br />Brittany Davila, 34, started working as an executive assistant for a corporate company in June 2023 after giving up her job as a 5th grade teacher.<br /><br />Since she started, Brittany said she has had to learn dozens of new corporate phrases and words that she never knew existed. <br /><br />The words "ping," "massage," and "circulate" were the first jargon words Britanny heard in a meeting. <br /><br />Brittany, who is from Houston, Texas, USA, said: "The first word they used was ping so I wrote that down.<br /><br />"Then two more, which were circulate and massage. <br /><br />"I had ideas of what they meant so I thought if I shared these ideas on TikTok, people could help and relate."<br /><br />Brittany's videos have reached thousands of views with many relating to her experience. <br /><br />One comment read: "Ngl this is actually really helpful. I never understand these phrases at work."<br /><br />Another said: "Yes! I've never understood why people say stuff like this."<br /><br />In her videos, she has poked fun at phrases like "low hanging fruit," "run it up the flagpole" and "build the plane as you fly it."<br /><br />She added: "There's just so many words and they all confuse me just as much.<br /><br />"I always think 'Just say what you actually mean'. I don't get why we have to deep dive into the words.<br /><br />"And to add to that, the same words can have different meanings in different corporations. It's too much!"<br /><br />Whilst Brittany says she doesn't hate corporate jargon, she does feel like it creates a barrier for people trying to enter the corporate world.<br /><br />She said: "Adjusting to it is hard. In teaching you make it fun and creative and you are allowed to put personality into your work. <br /><br />"I imagine this jargon is just part of the system to separate worlds.<br /><br />"I don’t know if they know it but as someone not in the corporate world, it feels like there is a divide."<br /><br />Brittany finds the jargon very silly but thinks that there must be a necessity to it.<br /><br />She said: "I've only been working there for nine months, but I do think it must be necessary for them.<br /><br />"Maybe in leadership roles when dealing with million dollar clients you need a more advanced way of communicating.<br /><br />"I do wonder if that is how they talk in their day to day lives. <br /><br />"I've been talking to 10 year olds my whole career so there's never been any need for a new kind of language for me!"
