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Same job title, new circle of hell, no raise to show for it.

means The act of moving a person, role, or resource from one assignment to another, officially and often without asking how they feel about it.

from Built from the Latin-rooted 'assign' — from 'assignare,' to mark out or allot, from 'signare,' to mark or seal (the root of 'sign' and 'signature') — plus the prefix 're-,' meaning again. So at its bare bones it just means 'marked out and allotted, once more,' which is exactly as bureaucratic as it sounds.

corporate euphemism
sounds voluntary, rarely is
often precedes
a quiet exit a few months later
military origin
moving troops, not feelings
hr translation
someone above you lost an argument
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