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HR terms, decoded for Gen Z: what they mean, where you’ll hear them, and the pop-culture version.
A 360 review is a feedback process in which an employee receives structured input from all around them: their manager, their peers, the people who report to them, and sometimes clients, usually alongside a self-assessment. It is designed to show how a person is experienced by everyone they work with, not just from above.
Total compensation is everything an employee receives for their work, valued in money: base salary plus bonus, commission, equity, pension or retirement contributions, health insurance, allowances and other benefits. It is the real cost to the employer and the real value to the employee.
Attrition is the rate at which employees leave a company over a period, usually expressed as a percentage of average headcount per year. It covers resignations, retirements and dismissals; “voluntary attrition” counts only the people who chose to go.
Onboarding is the structured process a company uses to turn a new hire into a productive, confident member of the team: paperwork and equipment on day one, then training, introductions, early goals and check-ins over the first weeks or months.
A PIP, or performance improvement plan, is a formal written document setting out where an employee is falling short, what improvement is required, by when, and what support they will get. It is usually the last step before a company considers dismissal for performance.
Quiet quitting is when an employee stops doing anything beyond what their role formally requires: no extra hours, no volunteering, no answering messages at night. They have not resigned; they have withdrawn the unpaid extra.
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