3 ms·
Do these companies consistently use associates, or is there a division between say hourly and salary, or retail vs back-office employees? (I am specifically exc
by genocidicbunny 5y ago
Do these companies consistently use associates, or is there a division between say hourly and salary, or retail vs back-office employees? (I am specifically excluding things like directory and C-level positions because those tend to be much more specialized contracts.) For example, Trader Joe's has Crew Members for the average retail workers, and Mates/Captain for the manager level. Just the titles alone implied a hierarchy.
Does Amazon call their SDEs and SREs associates as well? If not, then they're still setting up a pecking order.
(As an aside, I can accept calling your employees associates, or something cute like colleagues or outfitters, depending on the nature of the business. But Starbucks calling their employees partners rubs me the wrong way. That one does just seem like gaslighting.)
- ghaff 5y agoI work for a moderately large software company. We absolutely refer to everyone as associates if we're referring to everyone who works for the company. (Naturally everyone has specific titles as well, which may not be what they refer to themselves on their business cards/at conferences/Linkedin/etc.)
- genocidicbunny 5y agoWith your company, if a potential employer called up and asked what my job title was (and lets assume your company would give out that info) would they say what my job title was, or would they say I'm an associate?
- ghaff 5y agoI have no idea what our HR would give out if someone called to verify I worked there. I would actually have to look up my official HR level anyway as it's something I never use and wouldn't put on a resume anyway.