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Did nobody notice that "human" is just an adjective in "human resources"? The operative noun is "resources".
by moron4hire 9y ago
Did nobody notice that "human" is just an adjective in "human resources"? The operative noun is "resources".
- HarryHirsch 9y agoYeah, and Dilbert observed that resources are for strip mining.
- disconnected 9y agoAlso, this: http://dilbert.com/strip/2002-08-05 http://dilbert.com/strip/2002-08-05
- nkrisc 9y agoI always wince slightly when "people" are referred to as "resources." As in, "we need more dev resources for this project." You mean developers, which are people.
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- pklausler 9y agoWhen I'm around cargo-cult management types who use "resource" to mean "person", I've been known to introduce myself as "a resource in the ____ group" just to see whether it will slide by unnoticed.