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>Waymonauts Weird-ass names for employees of a company is one of the weirdest "WE HAVE TO TRY HARD TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE CULTURE" things ever,
by mdszy 7y ago
>Waymonauts
Weird-ass names for employees of a company is one of the weirdest "WE HAVE TO TRY HARD TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE CULTURE" things ever, honestly.
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- CydeWeys 7y agoOr it's just convenient to have a shorthand for people working at a particular place, and as long as you're doing that, may as well have fun with it. The obvious "Waymoers" doesn't exactly work anyway.
- mdszy 7y ago"Waymo employee" is too hard to say?
- Quarrelsome 7y agonot as fun to say. Doesn't roll off the tongue.
- DevKoala 7y agoThis is your career, so do with it as you like. Nevertheless, understand that there are people who hate the pet titles that "fun" investors like to give to their employees. Enjoy it "Waimonauts", lol.
- mdszy 7y agoI'm exactly 0% concerned about how "fun" it is to say who I'm employed with, but you do you I guess.
- rainyMammoth 7y agoCome over join Waymo they said. It will be fun they said.
- zelly 7y agoCredit Karma also apparently calls its employees "Karmanauts". Heavy duty cringe.
- tudelo 7y agoalso, noogler and n00b are some fun ones
- warent 7y agoNoogler is supposed to be silly/goofy, it's not cringe at all if it's self aware Disclaimer: used to be a noogler. I'm not mad at all!!1!
- rainyMammoth 7y agoSeems to have achieved its goal on you.
- warent 7y agoIs there really so much need to take ourselves so seriously and simultaneously go out of our way to try and make others feel badly about the way they live their lives? It's unfathomable to me.
- rainyMammoth 7y agoThat was a bit snarky and didn't specifically meant it that way. Sorry if it was understood that way.
- tudelo 7y agoJust because it's silly or goofy doesn't make it not be haha cringe
- dehrmann 7y agoI'm sure that will be one of the first things Intuit drops.
- hornbaker 7y agoWaymofos would be better.
- therein 7y agoWorks for any startup with the -mo suffix too. Since Waymo skipped on that demonym, big opportunity for Venmofos.
- echelon 7y agoSomeone (perhaps me) would be offended at the meaning and implication of that name. It's awful.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y agoYes, that's the joke. That said, there is a large, reputable, international law firm called Morrison & Foerster that revels in this wonderful domain name: https://www.mofo.com/ https://www.mofo.com/
- sib 7y agoLet's face it - if you were hiring lawyers, wouldn't you want a bunch of MoFos?
- mkolodny 7y agoPersonally, I think it's hilarious. It reminds me of the "Butt-faces" - the name the first executive group at Nike gave themselves [0] [0] https://www.amazon.com/Shoe-Dog-Memoir-Creator-Nike-ebook/dp/B0176M1A44 https://www.amazon.com/Shoe-Dog-Memoir-Creator-Nike-ebook/dp...
- jcims 7y agoWho cares. People like to be a part of a team. I was a noogler for a little while. The little propeller cap is on a shelf a few feet behind me as i type this. I was in my 40's but it was the first time i was part of a tribe at work and it felt kind of good (despite being old and 'kind of weird' relative to the rest). I quit before i graduated so i guess it wasn't that special, but i think it's overall a positive thing (if managed well).
- alexbanks 7y agoI agree. It would really feel good to be a part of something. A team, a mission, whatever.
- hlmencken 7y agoI can't imagine it was a top down thing. It's just a silly point of culture that isn't that important day to day. Take a step back and have some empathy for people who aren't under iron rule and shitpost and have fun in ways that are stupid but trivial midday.
- icebraining 7y ago> I can't imagine it was a top down thing. Why not? We see it every day.
- dchyrdvh 7y agoGamification, creating fake ladders, groups, clubs and shiny awards are common techniques in managing the emotionally-driven producers, aka the line workers. I'm not sure if this works with waymo employees, as they are likely smarter than those who create these kindergartens.
- oblio 7y agohttps://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/ https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...
- draw_down 7y agoWho cares, grow up.
- winrid 7y agoAt my current company, we are Hippos. :)
- PedroBatista 7y agoI’m not sure Janice is happy about that.