Work
Moving goalposts
The success criteria change every time you meet them.
how it sounds
“This is close, but now it also needs to cover [new thing].”
What they’re really doing
Keeping you permanently in deficit. As long as the target moves, you can never be finished and never be right.
The reply that answers it
Happy to add that. Confirming the final scope in writing so we both work from one list: [items]. Anything beyond it becomes a separate task.
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False deadline
An invented time pressure that stops you from thinking or negotiating.
Effort minimising
Your work is described as trivial so it can be requested for free.
Blame trail
A message written for the record rather than to solve the problem.
Fabricated agreement
A commitment you never made is presented as settled fact.