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  • Thread starter Otis
  • Start date Oct 25, 2016
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Otis

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  • Oct 25, 2016
  • #1
I'm sure they get more and more ridiculous.

Got an email from my daughter's school last week from the 'Resilience Manager' and today my missus got a booklet from her work signed by the 'Director of HR and Talent Development.'

 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Oct 25, 2016
  • #2
You are not wrong, seems to be loads of directors now as well. I am a rep it's simple none of those stupid titles
 
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SkyblueBazza

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  • Oct 25, 2016
  • #3
Apparently I am an Executive...a Senior one at that!

...onwards & upwards PUSB
 

Nick

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  • Oct 25, 2016
  • #4
I used to have to go to a company where I think you had to fart and you were a director, I can't be doing with all of the pretentious stuff where people worry about job titles too much.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Oct 25, 2016
  • #5
I used to really care what my title was but now just can't be bothered.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Oct 25, 2016
  • #6
Nick said:
I used to have to go to a company where I think you had to fart and you were a director, I can't be doing with all of the pretentious stuff where people worry about job titles too much.
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I am sure there are people out there who would earn less money to have a fancy title.
 

Nick

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  • Oct 25, 2016
  • #7
Terry Gibson's perm said:
I am sure there are people out there who would earn less money to have a fancy title.
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Probably, it is worse in design / development companies.

One of the new things is to put "Lead" on the end, then probably have 10 meetings about it.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Oct 25, 2016
  • #8
Terry Gibson's perm said:
I am sure there are people out there who would earn less money to have a fancy title.
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I'd be paying them to work!
 

chiefdave

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  • Oct 26, 2016
  • #9
Terry Gibson's perm said:
You are not wrong, seems to be loads of directors now as well. I am a rep it's simple none of those stupid titles
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Where I work has about 20 staff in total of which about a quarter have director in their title!
 

vow

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  • Oct 26, 2016
  • #10
VISION Clearance Engineer - Window cleaner!

BBR will be pleased
 
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Gazolba

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  • Oct 26, 2016
  • #11
I'm an IT3
 
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Pipehitterz

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  • Oct 26, 2016
  • #12
Years back when I was working in a warehouse
You had agency operatives
Operatives
Senior operatives
Section leaders
Senior section leaders
Supervisor
Assistant manager
Manager

Ffs all we did was unload lorries, there was no need for that employees charter
 

Otis

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  • Oct 26, 2016
  • #13
What about these jobs in social media, Community Data Guerilla and Digital Overlord.
 

clint van damme

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  • Oct 26, 2016
  • #14
Pipehitterz said:
Years back when I was working in a warehouse
You had agency operatives
Operatives
Senior operatives
Section leaders
Senior section leaders
Supervisor
Assistant manager
Manager

Ffs all we did was unload lorries, there was no need for that employees charter
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I had the word senior put in front of my job title a couple of years ago but I refuse to add it to my e-mail signature or any correspondence. Wasn't so coy about accepting the rise that went with though!
 
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olderskyblue

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  • Oct 26, 2016
  • #15
chiefdave said:
Where I work has about 20 staff in total of which about a quarter have director in their title!
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I used to consult for a UK Company that had a lot of "associate vice presidents" We would normally know them as Team Leaders or Managers...
 

olderskyblue

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  • Oct 26, 2016
  • #16
clint van damme said:
I had the word senior put in front of my job title a couple of years ago but I refuse to add it to my e-mail signature or any correspondence. Wasn't so coy about accepting the rise that went with though!
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A lot of Companies give those titles out, not for ability, just for longevity with them, or age...

Not saying yours is like that cvd..
 
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SkyblueBazza

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  • Oct 26, 2016
  • #17
clint van damme said:
I had the word senior put in front of my job title a couple of years ago but I refuse to add it to my e-mail signature or any correspondence. Wasn't so coy about accepting the rise that went with though!
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I was instructed to order a new set of business cards as the newly delivered set I got through I had not requested "Senior" & apparently the business card "has to reflect your proper status"

I was gonna request "Serious Wanker" but thought better of it lol

...onwards & upwards PUSB
 

Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Oct 26, 2016
  • #18
My eldest brother got me a job at the Rolls Royce plant in Ansty when I Left school
He told me I'd be an industrial hygienist
As a 16 year old kid I thought I'd be shown how to strip down machinery clean them and put them together again
Initially I thought it could be the start of d great career
In reality I was cleaning the toilets round the factory
There was some manky bastards working in that place
 
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rondog1973

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  • Oct 27, 2016
  • #19
I was once a 'High performance product group leader'.

Supervisor would have sufficed.
 
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rob9872

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  • Oct 27, 2016
  • #20
In fairness it's a bit like a company having uk in their title suggesting they are a multi national organisation. The title is often more about perception from the contacts your sales guys are dealing with who want to exercise their importance and feel they are being served and in contact with someone more senior. Of course most people know it's bollocks but for those few sales it matters on might make the difference.
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Oct 27, 2016
  • #21
I work for a small charity. In our UK office we have 20 people. One CEO, 3 directors and 10 managers.
 
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Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Oct 27, 2016
  • #22
Liquid Gold said:
I work for a small charity. In our UK office we have 20 people. One CEO, 3 directors and 10 managers.
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Can't be much money making it through to the people that need it
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Oct 27, 2016
  • #23
Terry Gibson's perm said:
Can't be much money making it through to the people that need it
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Charities are terrible.
Worked for a couple and they treated money like it was water. Threw it around without a care in the world.
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Oct 27, 2016
  • #24
Terry Gibson's perm said:
Can't be much money making it through to the people that need it
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How can you just jump straight to that conclusion?
 

dancers lance

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  • Oct 27, 2016
  • #25
Not quite the same, but I know a few people who use work jargon and abbreviations when you are having a conversation with them like you should know exactly what they are talking about? " and I said to Tony, we need three ss290's and ar25.9 before next Monday or we will all be getting a right bollocking"
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Oct 27, 2016
  • #26
Liquid Gold said:
How can you just jump straight to that conclusion?
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It seems a lot of charities are full of staff and highly paid ceos and fancy offices, there are also lots of companies who seem to have a charity status as well.
 

Liquid Gold

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  • Oct 27, 2016
  • #27
Terry Gibson's perm said:
It seems a lot of charities are full of staff and highly paid ceos and fancy offices, there are also lots of companies who seem to have a charity status as well.
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It's not really like that, we only have 20 people in the UK and that's the main centre of operation. We try, where possible, to employ members of staff in country from the local populace so that money in transferred there and people with local expertise are able to help. Also work in a building owned by a charity that provides below market rate offices to other charities.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Oct 27, 2016
  • #28
Liquid Gold said:
It's not really like that, we only have 20 people in the UK and that's the main centre of operation. We try, where possible, to employ members of staff in country from the local populace so that money in transferred there and people with local expertise are able to help. Also work in a building owned by a charity that provides below market rate offices to other charities.
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Fair enough just had a look at some of the salaries earned by the ceos and as a percentage of income they are not as high as I thought but still a nice salary.
 

eastwoodsdustman

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  • Oct 27, 2016
  • #29
Terry Gibson's perm said:
It seems a lot of charities are full of staff and highly paid ceos and fancy offices, there are also lots of companies who seem to have a charity status as well.
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My dad is an ex serviceman and was always a proud member of the British Legion. Him and his mates were always collecting for the charity up until a year or two ago. They got a copy of the accounts and all resigned their membership straight away in protest as about 80% (might be more) of the money raised went on administration and wages. There was a local part time co-ordinator who was on £40k per annum. To make it worse, they are pretty 'careful' with who they deem needy enough to recive help. Now they won't get involved in raising money as they don't agree with how its spent and distributed.
 

bringbackrattles

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  • Oct 27, 2016
  • #30
vow said:
VISION Clearance Engineer - Window cleaner!

BBR will be pleased
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I've been called Sammy the Shammy,and mister squeegee, but this is a new one. Sounds posh though !
 
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