(Originally published in No Shortage of Work)
About a decade ago someone in accounting, or personnel, or wherever, asked me for job titles.
I said, “We don’t have job titles in our group.”
She went away.
Soon she was back saying that a new policy required that we have job titles, and that I had to give them some.
I said, “I can’t think of any.”
She said, “Make something up.”
I said, “OK, we’re all Senior Executive Vice Presidents.”
She went away.
She was back the following day saying, “Those titles won’t do. Nobody in your group is a vice president, senior, executive, or otherwise. Besides, we need functional titles.”
“As opposed to bullshit ones?” I asked. Continue reading Should caring be part of every job description?
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