10 monetary buzzwords we saved listening to in 2024

1. Hush journey

A “hush journey” means working remotely from a vacation vacation spot with out telling your employer you’re out of city. Additionally referred to as a “hush-cation,” these clandestine journeys enable staff to take pleasure in themselves someplace good with out utilizing up trip days or risking a “no” from their boss for a trip request. At the least one enterprising resort chain has jumped on the pattern, encouraging would-be visitors to say “hush journey” when reserving and to “depart the remaining to us.” Perks embody enterprise providers, all-day barista espresso and 5 p.m. knock-off drinks. Not surprisingly, hush journeys are controversial within the HR world, with some consultants declaring the potential issues for employers—tax, authorized and in any other case—if staffers work outdoors the nation for prolonged durations. —Jaclyn Legislation

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2. Espresso badging

With post-pandemic calls for workers to return to the workplace extra usually, some hybrid staff have resorted to “espresso badging,” the observe of displaying up simply lengthy sufficient to ring of their safety badge and possibly take pleasure in a free cup of espresso over an informal chat with co-workers—ideally in view of the boss—earlier than high-tailing it again residence, the place the actual work will get completed. —Michael McCullough

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3. Workplace peacocking

Employers’ efforts to lure distant and hybrid staff again to a standard office haven’t been all stick and no carrot. Some corporations have engaged in “workplace peacocking”—renovating their workspace to make it much less of a spot of drudgery. Favorite inside design motifs embody workers lounges with sectional sofas, video-game screens and plenty of greenery. —M.M.

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4. Resenteeism

Onto the age-old drawback of absenteeism was layered “presenteeism”—being bodily at work with out being engaged. Now we’ve got “resenteeism,” which is constant to toil at a job, out of monetary necessity or lack of creativeness or each, whereas being brazenly resentful about it, to the purpose of poisoning office camaraderie and collaboration. Youthful staff might declare to have invented the phenomenon, however it’s a subset of pissed off workplace staff since endlessly. —M.M.

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5. Rentvesting

Regardless of the federal authorities’s current efforts to enhance housing affordability (together with the first-home financial savings account (FHSA), Residence Patrons’ Plan enlargement and current mortgage rule adjustments), Canada’s exorbitant actual property costs have all however shut the door on many would-be residence patrons, notably within the cities of Toronto and Vancouver. However the dream of residence possession stays as Canadian as maple syrup, and a few first-timers are getting on the property ladder by “rentvesting.” This technique entails renting a house or condominium in your most well-liked location (typically, a serious metropolis) whereas concurrently proudly owning and leasing out an funding property in a extra reasonably priced space of the nation. Rentvesting is usually marketed as a shortcut to residence possession, with the added advantages of capital appreciation and rental earnings. Simply be conscious of the potential capital good points tax implications. —Justin Dallaire

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6. Underconsumption-core

All phrases have synonyms. And “underconsumption-core” isn’t any completely different. It’s the identical as “recession core” and “acutely aware spending.” And for those who haven’t heard of these, then “budgeting” might hit residence higher. Primarily, TikTokers and Instagrammers are responding to the rising costs of all the things by spending much less cash, however proudly and loudly. It additionally has an environmentally pleasant twist, as a result of there’s much less waste. So, if that is one thing that all of us do when cash will get tight, why the excitement round underconsumption-core? It’s as a result of it’s additionally a response to viral social media tendencies and buying haul posts. Gen Z and Millennials partaking in underconsumption have had sufficient with influencer advertising and marketing and influencer tradition that inform them what they want to purchase. —Lisa Hannam 

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7. Man in finance

“I’m searching for a person in finance. Belief fund. Six-five. Blue eyes.” @girl_on_couch, a.okay.a. Megan Boni, is the New York–primarily based TikToker who recorded that “man in finance” earworm again in April. She captioned her 19-second video “Did I simply write the tune of the summer time?” And briefly, it was. A number of DJs remixed her viral tune pattern, and Boni went on to report a model with famous person DJ and report producer David Guetta. So, did she get her man? In an interview with the BBC, Boni admitted she wasn’t actually searching for a person in finance: “I doubt we might work.” —J.L.

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8. Cash dysmorphia

It’s not a medical analysis, however “cash dysmorphia” would possibly have an effect on your well-being all the identical. Relying on the place you look, the time period is outlined both as unhappiness about one’s monetary scenario or an irrationally distorted notion of what that monetary scenario is (you’re financially steady however consistently anxious you’re not). Cash dysmorphia, notably amongst millennials and Gen Z, turned a sizzling matter on TikTok and different social media platforms in 2024, producing much-needed dialog about cash and psychological well being. —J.L.