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Post by paulao on Sept 1, 2022 23:16:28 GMT
Fortunately I am retired and no longer have to put up with corporate nonsense.
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Gennifer
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Post by Gennifer on Sept 1, 2022 23:28:54 GMT
That’s why it’s Human Resources and not Personnel any more  Human Resources is phasing out many places in favor of People team. Yes, we have a People department at my company. |
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Post by Really Red on Sept 2, 2022 14:11:42 GMT
I frequently overhear my husband talking about allocating senior resources vs other resources in work calls. I’ve never heard that term used in education - my district likes to call us “talent.” 🙄 Yes. At least it's nicer. My ScrumMaster noted in a meeting that we lost a design talent and he was scolded and told to say "design resource." These are people we're talking about! I write resumes and I'll have clients tell me something like they secured resources for a project. That always leads me to ask, do you mean people, time, money, equipment, and/or something else? So I don't think it's as clear as it needs to be. I do see a move towards people/talent. At least in that case I know exactly what it means. Exactly. I guess it's better than the term my former boss used - bodies. As in, "We just don't have enough bodies to do that" or "I keep asking them for more bodies!" Haha - that's too funny! |
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Post by Zee on Sept 2, 2022 14:49:28 GMT
It's only used for me because I actually am a resource. I help and advise. It's not used to refer to every individual.
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Sept 2, 2022 17:59:31 GMT
We talk a lot about resources, but resource management includes more than just people. Its any resource you have to accomplish tasks.
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Post by cmpeter on Sept 2, 2022 21:05:05 GMT
I caught myself using it today. We just ended the contract we have with one of our off shore development teams. Those individuals didn’t lose their jobs, they are moving onto another project. But, we lost our resources. I’m very sad about it as I was close to a number of the people and have worked with many of them on and off again for the last 4 years.
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Post by busy on Sept 2, 2022 21:18:33 GMT
The only time the term bothers me is when "cutting resources" or something similar is used as a euphemism for firing/laying off people. It's a fact of life that sometimes those decisions must be made but I think responsible, compassionate leaders should keep the human impact of those choices front and center.
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Post by Really Red on Sept 3, 2022 3:07:14 GMT
The only time the term bothers me is when "cutting resources" or something similar is used as a euphemism for firing/laying off people. It's a fact of life that sometimes those decisions must be made but I think responsible, compassionate leaders should keep the human impact of those choices front and center. I agree, but that is my point. If the only time the term bothers you is when it affects you, then maybe it might be time to start thinking of it in a different way? When we keep saying resource (and I get that there is a good connotation as well), we keep dehumanizing people. Instead of an actual person, they are just a resource to be removed when it's not convenient to the company. |
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Post by busy on Sept 3, 2022 3:39:45 GMT
The only time the term bothers me is when "cutting resources" or something similar is used as a euphemism for firing/laying off people. It's a fact of life that sometimes those decisions must be made but I think responsible, compassionate leaders should keep the human impact of those choices front and center. I agree, but that is my point. If the only time the term bothers you is when it affects you, then maybe it might be time to start thinking of it in a different way? When we keep saying resource (and I get that there is a good connotation as well), we keep dehumanizing people. Instead of an actual person, they are just a resource to be removed when it's not convenient to the company. I did not say it only bothers me when it affects me. |
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 3, 2022 4:04:46 GMT
Ummm...no. I think I'd throat punch most for that.
With that said, I've been called a resource in the manner of. If you have questions x,y, and freecharlie are your resources
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Post by greendragonlady on Sept 3, 2022 5:10:43 GMT
I frequently overhear my husband talking about allocating senior resources vs other resources in work calls. I’ve never heard that term used in education - my district likes to call us “ talent.” 🙄 To me that sounds like "Now appearing on center stage...please give it up for Cinnamon!"  |
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Post by yivit on Sept 3, 2022 12:36:06 GMT
We're also FTEs and it's now Office of Human Capital. Gotta love government (and government contracting).
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Post by lisacharlotte on Sept 3, 2022 19:00:30 GMT
I think it's an inaccurate word choice since resources can be animal, vegetable or mineral. I am a resource when someone needs something and I'm the person they go to to get the answer. In my company our employees are not called resources. They are employees, team members or talent.
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Post by melodyesch on Sept 3, 2022 19:02:51 GMT
I’m in IT and this is not even remotely on my radar. I am a resource for certain technologies, but not others. I’ve been loaned to other departments as a resource because of my knowledge in certain areas. My team is currently looking for a JAVA resource among the pool of all of our IT employees to support a specific application. The use of that word seems OK to me. I suppose they/we could say “JAVA person” or “person who knows JAVA”, but “JAVA resource” doesn’t bother me in the least.
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