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0 pointsnailer15y ago0 comments

I agree re: your second point, but when I worked at IBM it was explicitly discouraged to use the term 'resources' to refer to people.

Personally I find the people that use this outdated term stop doing so when continually referred to as 'Outlook resources'.

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rbanffy15y ago

> Personally I find the people that use this outdated term stop doing so when continually referred to as 'Outlook resources'.

I use to call them "Powerpoint resources", but I think I'll adopt your designation.

gaius15y ago

I think you're being unfair - some of them are "Visio resources". Tho' they call themselves "architects".

hopeless15y ago

Really? IBM refers to layoffs/redundancies as "Resource Actions", which is surely one of the most mealy-mouthed corporate expressions

nailerOP15y ago

Yes, really. PMs would publicly mock new-to-IBM PMs who used mid-90s business speak. When I was there they also referred to layoffs as 'getting rid of people'. It was a pretty good environment - honest and respectful. Perhaps your office was different.

gruseom15y ago

That's extraordinary and not at all what I would have expected from IBM. I wish there were more places where people ditched corporate doublespeak. Especially that vile phrase "human resources". Soylent Green is human resources.

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