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Companies use the term "Human Resources", literally. Without translation. Ridiculous if you ask me.
by foepys 5y ago
Companies use the term "Human Resources", literally. Without translation. Ridiculous if you ask me.
- mdp2021 5y agoI noticed the intrusion of that terminology in the German speaking area from a small thing, a joke from Miguel Fernandez: «Wo is der Azubi?! Sie meinen der Primary Business Solutions Executive Assistant. ...Der is grad kacken.» I think the trend comes from the globalization of business and trade, so that when parts meet there is no translation of titles but a sort of spontaneous international convention. This avoids questions like "So, what is exactly your job as /Azubi/?". (Of course, still tongue-in-cheek, it may remain a justified question to ask "What is exactly your job as PBSEA".)
- fuzzfactor 5y ago>Companies use the term "Human Resources", literally. Without translation. Interesting. When it arose there must not have historically been anything similar commonly seen. Could be all previous German engineering success has been best accomplished without anything resembling an American-style HR approach. After all, today's HR designation took root during the belt-tightening of the '80's under Ronald Reagan, and as we have seen has declined in usefulness from there continuously over the decades. No translation was given back then either, and that was in the USA :)