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What's with this seemingly-new use of 'staffers' instead of 'personnel' or 'staff?' 'Staffers' to me always meant personnel in a political context, i.e. White
by Dan_Sylveste 4y ago
What's with this seemingly-new use of 'staffers' instead of 'personnel' or 'staff?'
'Staffers' to me always meant personnel in a political context, i.e. White House Staffers or, in a commercial context, recruiters, i.e. people responsible for providing staff.
Does anyone else concur? I did check with the dictionary which is telling me that 'staffers' is a synonym for 'staff' but... I've not seen it used that way commonly until very recently.
- yieldcrv 4y agoYou will never beee president You will never beee president So that's one less thing to worry about, one less thing to worry about I imagine that song from Hamilton plays on Zuck’s bidet
- Dan_Sylveste 4y agoYou think they're using the term specifically because of its political-staff connotations? Interesting...
- yieldcrv 4y agohe had some delusional political aspirations before so I could see him trying to internalize it
- npteljes 4y agoAren't staffers the ones who work in hiring, talent acquisition, etc?
- Dan_Sylveste 4y agoYes, to me 'staffer' means 'recruiter' as in, a person responsible for providing staff. In the context of a political organisation it is used to mean 'team members' (because they're not always formally employed staff) but I've not encountered it being used that way to refer to staff/consultants employed by a private company, hence my questioning.
- andsoitis 4y agoIn the North American context, a "staffer" is a member of staff of an organization, especially of a newspaper. I think reporters are using staffer because that's what they call employees at their organizations, even though the organizations they talk about doesn't use that nomenclature.