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>Culture can be defined as “people like us do things like this.” I once contacted for a company that renamed their human resources department to "People and Cu

>Culture can be defined as “people like us do things like this.” I once contacted for a company that renamed their human resources department to "People and Culture" to make themselves seem more approachable. I thought it was fairly patronizing. Maybe human resources will eventually become a forbidden job title that will continue to require euphemisms like secretary and janitor.

pjc50 4y ago
Ironically "HR" is already a euphemistic / bizspeak title, originally it was "Personnel" or simply "Payroll".
- piaste 4y ago
  Odd. I would not have any particular reaction to talking to the "payroll department". But "human resources" gives me the creeps and makes me think of Soylent Green.