1. Usage

2. Drift

3. See also

4. References
     Notes    Citations    Bibliography  

"Fit in or fuck off" ("FIFO"){{sfn|Dalzell|2015|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=h0mcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA297 297]}} is an informal reference to a controversial{{sfn|Sarra|2013|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=_2lQxehv4PoC&pg=PT279 279]}}^[1] human resources philosophy whereby the employee is expected to conform to the prevailing organizational norms or get fired.^[1][2] It is also used to impose conformity to perceived racial, national, gender or societal norms.

Usage

The principle can directly affect hiring and retention decisions. In the world of television news, there is a bias to hire those who have shared values and biases with the organization.{{sfn|Bivens|2014 || page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=jTTJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 143]}}{{sfn|Buerk|2005|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=_igfFVfpELkC&pg=PA96 96]}} Likewise, executive producers of news shows tend to hire staff that share their ideology and viewpoint, to the extent that FIFO is ruthlessly applied.{{sfn|Bivens|2014 || page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=jTTJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 143]}}

Writer Kevin Duncan, in his book titled The Business Bullshit Book: The world's most comprehensive dictionary, suggests it is a "no-holds barred", "frank" and open assessment by a supervisor, who maps the employee's chances and alternate career paths boldly, forthrightly and unhesitatingly. This is said to be "not necessarily" to the employee's advantage.{{sfn|Duncan|2017|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=UAtLDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT10 10]}}

Fitting in is not "a one way ticket." The Guardian newspaper quoted an anonymous source, who was employed by a United Kingdom housing association, said that FIFO is a rule of organizational life. It is an organizational paradigm whereby the members of the team adopt 'protective coloration' and undergo a change in their behavior and beliefs. It is a strong deterrent to whistle blowing, for example.^[3]

Corporate implementation of a FIFO policy was said to be coincidental, if not causally-related, to a toxic tit-for-tat relationship with a union.^[4] As The Tyee opines:

"One of the few things that the union and management agree on is that there is a new culture at Telus. Management describes it as the culture of a competitive meritocracy. Some people in the union at Telus call it the 'FIFO war.'

"The term comes from Telus CEO Darren Entwistle, the Montreal-born executive who came to Telus five years ago from a telecommunications company in the U.K. In a profile of Entwistle that ran in B.C. Business magazine in May, Lori Bamber wrote this about FIFO:

"'In accounting it stands for 'first in, first out'; at Telus, after Entwistle's arrival, it stood for 'fit in or fuck off.' It wasn't something that endeared him to people who heard about it. 'You could get away with more in Europe,' he says when asked about this controversial human resources philosophy. 'People expect you to tell it like it is there.'"^[4]{{efn-ua|It is related to the "last hired, first fired" concept. FIFO more commonly stands for first in first out or fly-in fly-out. It should not be conflated with another human resources concept that uses the same "FIFO" acronym {{ndash}} Fly-in fly-out is a method of employing people in remote areas by flying them temporarily to the work site instead of relocating employees and their families permanently.{{efn-ua|This is common in large mining regions in Australia^[5] and Canada.}} So the casual observer may confuse it with that meaning.^[4]}}

In the United Kingdom there were government proposals to statutorily extend Employment-at-will and permit employers to have immunity for "Fit in or fuck off" (not in those words) discussions with employees. Such proposals have met with vocal opposition by organized labor, specifically Unite the Union.^[6]

Drift

The acronym "FIFO", the neologism, the phrase and meme "fit in or fuck off", and the concept have been expanded and exported to other contexts. For example it is used as a justification for racism, nationalism (e.g., jingoism), ethnic, nativist, immigrant restriction and xenophobic reaction, regulation and action.{{sfn|Sarra|2013|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=_2lQxehv4PoC&pg=PT279 279]}}^[7]{{sfn|Giggs|2015|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=MmrUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT112 112]}}^[8] It is a direction in the United States to assimilate and be productive.^[9]

Sexist reactions and stereotypes are also justified under the rubric.{{sfn|Holman|2017|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rPxrDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT123 123-124]}} Thus, female guests on podcasts of This American Life have been often criticized for 'non-Alpha' speech patterns, even though prominent males (e.g., Noam Chomsky) have exhibited similar traits.{{sfn|Holman|2017|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rPxrDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT123 123-124]}} Some have advised these women to "FIFO".{{sfn|Holman|2017|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=rPxrDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT123 123-124]}}

It has become a contentious anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant slogan in Canada.{{efn-ua|"'Fit in or fuck off' is a miss-led and uneducated slogan ordering anyone not subscribing to the white man's world to find the nearest exit. It is also a fear-induced reaction from a small number of Canadians resulting from the shootings in Ottawa, Ontario this past week. .... If you're really a Canadian, then you know that 'fit in or fuck off' does not follow the national mandate."^[10][11]}}

See also

• Abusive power and control
• Bullying culture
• Culture of fear
• Groupthink
• Intimidation
• Kiss up kick down
• "Love it or leave it"
• My way or the highway
• Organizational culture
• Petty tyranny
• Workplace bullying

References

Notes

Citations

Bibliography

• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Te8ZDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA62 |title=Whistleblowing and Ethics in Health and Social Care |first1=Angie |last1=Ash |pages=62–63 |location=City |publisher=Jessica Kingsley |isbn=978-1-78450-108-2 |ref=harv}}
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTTJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 |title=Digital Currents: How Technology and the Public are Shaping TV News |first1=Rena |last1=Bivens |page=143 |location=Toronto |publisher=University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division |isbn=978-1-4426-1586-1 |date=January 2014 |ref=harv}}
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_igfFVfpELkC&pg=PA96 |title=The Road Taken |first1=Michael |last1=Buerk |page=96 |date=September 27, 2005 |location=London |publisher=Arrow Books |id=ISBN9780099461371 |ref=harv}}
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0mcBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA297 |title=The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English |editor-first2=Terry |editor-last2=Victor |year=2015 |editor-first1=Tom |editor-last1=Dalzell |publisher=Routledge |page=297 |isbn=978-1-4426-1586-1 |ref=harv}}
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UAtLDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT10 |page=10 |title=The Business Bullshit Book: The world's most comprehensive dictionary |first1=Kevin |last1=Duncan |work=Concise Advice Lab |type=paperback |publisher=LID Publishing; Com edition |date=January 17, 2017 |language=English |isbn=1-910649-85-6 |ref=harv}}
• {{cite book |last=Giggs |first=Rebecca |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MmrUCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT112 |page=112 |chapter=Open Ground |title=The Best Australian Essays |editor-first1=Geordie |editor-last1=Williamson |date=November 4, 2015 |location=Collingwood Victoria, Australia |publisher=Black Inc |isbn=978-1-86395-777-9 |ref=harv |quote=Who looks at the ore tumbling from the conveyor belt of the ship and wonders, Whose country is this anyway?}}
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rPxrDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT123 |pages=123–124 |title=Beta: Quiet Girls Can Run the World: There is more than one way to be the boss |first1=Rebecca |last1=Holman |location=London |isbn=978-1-4736-5620-8 |publisher=Coronet |date=August 2017 |ref=harv}}
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_2lQxehv4PoC&pg=PT279 |title=Good Morning, Mr Sarra: My Life Working for a Stronger, Smarter Future for Our Children |first1=Chris |last1=Sarra |date=January 1, 2013 |location=St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia |publisher=University of Queensland Press |page=279 |isbn=978-0-7022-4908-2 |ref=harv}}
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=13lxAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA117 |page=117 |title=My Life in a Nutshell: Life Is All About Fun, Frustration, and Fulfillment |first1=Hans |last1=Strichow |isbn=978-1-4525-1244-0 |date=December 19, 2013 |publisher=Balboa Press |ref=harv}}

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