Backlog
Categories: Company Management
Too much to do and not enough time to do it? Dishes piling up, dinner's not ready, and your kid still hasn't finished any homework?
You're backlogged. In the business world, backlog means orders are piling up. Things are running behind. A mountain of tasks (and perhaps crabby customers) await.
Where did this term come from, anyway? Like, was there a last log in the pile of firewood you needed and had to get through everything else first to get to it??
