Inflated job titles

[Purple]

I use to think it funny that surgeons insist (well not so much now) on being called Mr. instead of Dr.. Why go to the bother of doing medicine and then another exam afterwards just to go back to being called what you use to be called before you did all these exams.

Well that was before I knew how much they earned.

It used to be the case that surgeons weren't doctors; they were usually butchers or barbers.

I'm not sure if they earn much but they do get paid big money.

 

[UFC]

I find the whole marketing area quite funny... everyone is some sort of marketing manager or assistant marketing manager... or global marketing manager... or some sort of serious sounding title!

 

[becky]

Titles are a bit passe in our place. Emails, letters etc are signed,

Name /Surname
Office of the Director of Stores ..opps sorry procurement.

But if you are going to insist on title, the use of Interim is very now.

 

[thedaras]

My pet title would be "Leader"..
We seem to have a lot of "leaders" who haven't a clue how to "lead".
Unless of course it is meant to "lead" us up the garden path/ to "lead" us on a road to nowhere/to lead us into the abyss..there are a lot of good leaders who do just that!

 

[Marion]

Head of Department/Assistant Head of Department/Department co-ordinator/Assistant co-ordinator.

Totally meaningless, unsalaried titles.

Marion

 

[Crugers]

Taoiseach?

 

[roker]

It's not what they call you it's what they pay you that counts. Some people will work for less if they have a title.

 

[truthseeker]

It's not what they call you it's what they pay you that counts. Some people will work for less if they have a title.

Depends how much you like a bit of title 'status'. Me personally, between being Toilet Cleaner or Vice President of Bacterial Eradication - if Toilet Cleaner came with a bigger salary Id rather be it!!

 

[Latrade]

Post college, my very first job was titled environmental engineer and actually was an engineering position. I went for a mortgage and ended up constantly getting refused (you can tell it was a long time ago). Eventually I got a response from a bank as to why they refused and I was informed that they didn't believe my salary was accurate and that "bin men" don't get paid that much. Apparantly they "environmental engineer" job title section only referred to bin men and not actual engineers.

Incidentally, Chemical Engineering does involve a significant aspect of process engineering and design, so I've no problem with that title. It's only really here that Engineer refers more to civil work than mechanical.

 

[nai]

barrista = cafe attendant

i don't have a problem with this one - true translation of barista from wikipedia (so it must be true !!) is -

The word barista is of Italian origin, and in Italian, a barista is a male or female "bartender", who typically works behind a counter, serving both hot drinks (such as espresso), and cold alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, not a coffee-maker specifically.

I work in an industry where I interact with alot of 'Consultants' from any of the big consultancy firms in Ireland. My problem is a 'Consultant' is anyone who works for them externally for any of their customers. Doesn't matter if you've 15 years experience or you've just graduated from college with your 1.1 in ancient history & archaeology or philosophy & political science to assist you in your IT Consultancy career !.

 

[micmclo]

Product "Champion"

Best title I had was Review & Authorization specialist.
Wow, all I did was check other peoples work. Specialist, hah!

I think I got a fancy job title to avoid giving me a supervisors salary, no longer work there

 

[Padraigb]

I use to think it funny that surgeons insist (well not so much now) on being called Mr. instead of Dr...

Most medics are not entitled to use the title "Doctor", as their degrees are bachelors' ones.

The same applies to dentists, some of whom now affect the title "Doctor".