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IMO "worker" has some dignity but "human resource" implies I'm on a spreadsheet somewhere alongside the depreciation schedule of the physical plant.
by ElevenLathe 4y ago
IMO "worker" has some dignity but "human resource" implies I'm on a spreadsheet somewhere alongside the depreciation schedule of the physical plant.
- formerkrogemp 4y agoWe're all on a spreadsheet or database elsewhere.
- ElevenLathe 4y agoAbsolutely, so "human resource" has at least the benefit of being true even if it is baldly insulting to us.
- sokoloff 4y ago“Human” being an adjective in that phrase, rather than a noun…
- SoftTalker 4y ago"Worker" in the economic context is a socialist term. It doesn't sounds dignified to me. Employee is a better word.