💼 Business Apr 15, 2026 · Lindsay Dodgson

Meetings, egos, ‘circling back’: The ‘corporate ick’ that drives workers away

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Meetings, egos, ‘circling back’: The ‘corporate ick’ that drives workers away
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Igas, Charles, Corey, and Ryan are four characters in a popular TikTok skit series where, over Zoom, they discuss how to “proactively realign” their “cross-functional synergy” and ensure “tighter execution” in the face of looming threats like a “shrinking opportunity aperture”—otherwise known as February coming to a close.



The spoofs, posted by startup recruitment firm Verso Jobs, are intentionally drenched in nonsense. All the characters are played by one employee, Seamus Harvey, wearing var

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