corporate fats

Arabic translation: العمالة الزائدة / العمالة الغير ضرورية

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English term or phrase:corporate fats
Arabic translation:العمالة الزائدة / العمالة الغير ضرورية
Entered by: Ebrahim Mohammed

17:19 Feb 6, 2020
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Human Resources
English term or phrase: corporate fats
Downsized the workforce, managed a team of 48 employees (down from 59) , removed corporate fats, enhanced employee engagement, and improved business results
Yosra Montasser
Egypt
Local time: 01:01
العمالة الزائدة / العمالة الغير ضرورية
Explanation:
العمالة الزائدة

or

العمالة (و السياسات) الغير ضرورية

Company Fat is a term used to describe personnel and/or policies that are unnecessary for a company to operate. Most of the time, the company fat causes a decrease in operating effectiveness and efficiency. Much like body fat, too much Company Fat can cause the arteries of a company to clog, ultimately hitting its bottom line (the heart).
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Company Fat
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Ebrahim Mohammed
Germany
Local time: 01:01
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Summary of answers provided
4الدهون البيروقراطية
Hassan Achahbar
4التخلص من الكسالى المتسلطين/ذو النفوذ
adel almergawy
4العمالة الزائدة / العمالة الغير ضرورية
Ebrahim Mohammed
3سلطة الشخصيات الاعتبارية / سلطة أصحاب النفوذ
Mohammed Abdulla Alahmad
3الموظفون المتبلدون/عديمي الفائدة/المتراخون بالمؤسسة
Morano El-Kholy


  

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الدهون البيروقراطية


Explanation:
شفط الدهون البيروقراطية
أو
الاستغناء عن التضخم الإداري غير الضروري



Hassan Achahbar
Morocco
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سلطة الشخصيات الاعتبارية / سلطة أصحاب النفوذ


Explanation:
To many Americans, the travel arrangements of the GM boss and his peers from Ford and Chrysler highlighted how removed corporate fat cats

Meaning of fat cat in English someone who has a lot of money, especially someone in charge of a company who has the power to increase their own pay:

Mohammed Abdulla Alahmad
Türkiye
Local time: 02:01
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التخلص من الكسالى المتسلطين/ذو النفوذ


Explanation:
to get rid of useless labor التخلص من العمالة الزائدة المتسلطين

Example sentence(s):
  • corporate fats ذو النفوذ
adel almergawy
Egypt
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العمالة الزائدة / العمالة الغير ضرورية


Explanation:
العمالة الزائدة

or

العمالة (و السياسات) الغير ضرورية

Company Fat is a term used to describe personnel and/or policies that are unnecessary for a company to operate. Most of the time, the company fat causes a decrease in operating effectiveness and efficiency. Much like body fat, too much Company Fat can cause the arteries of a company to clog, ultimately hitting its bottom line (the heart).
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Company Fat

Ebrahim Mohammed
Germany
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الموظفون المتبلدون/عديمي الفائدة/المتراخون بالمؤسسة


Explanation:
والله أعلم

Morano El-Kholy
Egypt
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