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“a developer resource is needed” I hate this phrase. In the last two years the word “resource” has completely replaced words like “developer” or “person” at my
by Ididntdothis 7y ago
“a developer resource is needed”
I hate this phrase. In the last two years the word “resource” has completely replaced words like “developer” or “person” at my company .
I guess since it has been widely claimed that a corporation’s purpose is to make money for the owners and nothing else it makes sense to rid the workplace of any semblance of humanity. No privacy, no loyalty from the side of the company and now slowly people aren’t being addressed as people anymore.
- psweber 7y agoSame story with "consumers"
- pcurve 7y agoI'm so used to the term but now that you mention it, it is a terrible word.
- tootie 7y agoWe use that term a lot at my job. It's specifically used a generic term to track utilization rates and project headcount needs so we can guess how many people we need to hire. We've been calling this practice Human Resources for decades. It doesn't mean we don't know who our people are or that they are all individuals with unique personalities and talents. And it seems to me that employee loyalty is degrading far faster than employer loyalty, so it goes both ways.
- Ididntdothis 7y ago“And it seems to me that employee loyalty is degrading far faster than employer loyalty, so it goes both ways.” Employer loyalty has gone down to pretty much zero so employees still have a lot of catching up to do.
- jimbob45 7y agoI always thought HR was meant to mean resources for humans, not humans as resources.
- anon73044 7y agoYou're just another cog in the machine, man!!!
- jVinc 7y agoJust because you call a person something inhuman like "developer" doesn't mean they stop being humans, or that the company is itself inhumane.