Job Titles - The World Has Gone Mad!

[toots82]

My hubby is a joiner, he's given himself the title "wood butcher" . Should maybe put chief at the front, make him feel more important.

[Nimbus]

I keep expecting my job title to change to Solution Engineer.

[Bianca]

Originally Posted by toots82

My hubby is a joiner, he's given himself the title "wood butcher" . Should maybe put chief at the front, make him feel more important.

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[Mr Tom Morrow]

Originally Posted by toots82

My hubby is a joiner, he's given himself the title "wood butcher" . Should maybe put chief at the front, make him feel more important.

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Ahh they all call themselves anything now.

When I did my 4 year apprenticeship there were 6 distinct trades
Cabinet Maker
Joiner
Carpenter & Joiner - Me!
Carpenter
Shuttering Carpenter
Wood Machinist.

You were one or the other and thats what your indentures showed.

[Guest]

Originally Posted by On a mouse hunt

In 10 years of the same job I have been

Support Clerk
Team Support
Team Administrator

Not exciting or major issues, but all say the same thing so just leave it alone.

The area I work in like to use acronyms alot, there are:
AM
SGM
DOM
MOM

The list is endless but basically all have manager at the end.

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Ah yes, our call centre managers have had about 3 titles in the last few years but their jobs don't change.

My team all have manager in our titles but no people management. Our boss however isn't a manager but a team leader!

[Guest]

Originally Posted by ERICSMUM

96 million euro question - do you have to dress like a 'wench' ?!

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Love Cornwall - women are "maids" and men are "mi han'some"

Wench means nothing more than "young woman" but the PC brigade like to think otherwise.

[Gill H]

Where I work, they like to do big projects like the current one - rolling out Windows 10 and Office 365 to all staff.

Each team has a contact person who collates all the info, liaises with the IT guys and highlights any problems.

They are called the Single Point of Contact, or SPOC.

If I am asked "Who's your SPOC?" I have a terrible desire to say "Well, Zachary Quinto is doing a fine job, but it has to be Leonard Nimoy, surely?"

[toots82]

Originally Posted by Mr Tom Morrow

Ahh they all call themselves anything now.

When I did my 4 year apprenticeship there were 6 distinct trades
Cabinet Maker
Joiner
Carpenter & Joiner - Me!
Carpenter
Shuttering Carpenter
Wood Machinist.

You were one or the other and thats what your indentures showed.

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He's officially a cabinet maker. As in sure you've experienced, not too many people know the difference these days so joiner is a lot easier 😂 his dad was a shipwright (I'm not even sure that's the correct spelling as I'd never heard it before fil)

[Moz]

A few of my contacts now have "Specialist" attached to the end of their roles

I.e... "Customer service specialist" = answers the helpdesk phone

[Guest]

Originally Posted by toots82

He's officially a cabinet maker. As in sure you've experienced, not too many people know the difference these days so joiner is a lot easier 😂 his dad was a shipwright (I'm not even sure that's the correct spelling as I'd never heard it before fil)

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A shipwright is a person in the trade of yacht and/or shipbuilding. Where my DH comes from in Cornwall there is a small but famous shipbuilding yard. All its operatives are Shipwrights.