Back burner
A corporate euphemism for 'we'll pretend to care about this later' while actually hoping everyone forgets about it. The art of making procrastination sound strategic.
Examples
Examples:
- "Let's put the employee satisfaction survey on the back burner until Q4."
- "We'll move the diversity initiative to the back burner while we focus on revenue."
- "The back burner is where good ideas go to die a slow, forgotten death."
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