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I really dislike the trend of calling employees by some nickname. "Googler" may have been cute back in the day. Zoomies is pure cringe.

by mertd 4y ago

ActionHank 4y ago
I've seen a few using "Xoogler" on LinkedIn after being laid off and it just smacks of Stockholm syndrome.
- endtime 4y ago
  I don't think so? My current employer has a #xoogler Slack channel, so named because that's what people will look for. You can say it's uncool if you like, but that's the word people use.
- stagger87 4y ago
  Does it also bother you when people have bumper stickers of the college they went to?
- hbn 4y ago
  I think in the case of FAANG (or whatever the acronym is these days), if you worked for one of the big guys in the past it's worth making it obvious if you're looking for work. If not only to stand out from other applicants, also to set an expectations for higher desired salary.
2b3a51 4y ago
For people in my age group (old) Zoomie sounds very close to Zoonie... https://gerryanderson.fandom.com/wiki/Zoonie https://gerryanderson.fandom.com/wiki/Zoonie Good luck for those looking for work now as a consequence of this
Spivak 4y ago
Ah yes, cringe: the act of doing something you don’t like with sincerity. You mean you actually like your job and your company and aren’t a cold cynic who thinks that being emotionally detached from the thing you do for the majority of your waking hours and deciding that anything cute and fun is childish makes you somehow superior — haha criiiiiinge.
resource0x 4y ago
"Googler" may sound cute for the 7-year old. Calling an adult person "googler" is weird IMO.
- crazygringo 4y ago
  What's even weirder is Googlers being given rainbow propeller beanies during orientation week that they're expected to wear. Between that and the Lego bins and slides, it can be kind of hard to tell if you've joined an elite engineering org or a kindergarten.
  - compiler-guy 4y ago
    Slides have been closed for almost a decade.
    - erik_seaberg 4y ago
      It wasn’t the same since https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/traveling-by-zip-line.html https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/traveling-by-zip-lin....
- martyvis 4y ago
  Internal cute nicknames is nothing new - I was a "Digit" when I started at DEC in 1997. 25 years later I'm just a boring old HPEer.
deltree7 4y ago
Ah, but as a pro-union crowd, you love terms like Teamster, Brotherhood, right?
- kylestlb 4y ago
  the union is literally called 'the international brotherhood of teamsters'. what else do you expect them to be called?
- deleted 4y ago
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- JohnFen 4y ago
  "Teamster" was actually a job title, not a cute nickname.
- PantaloonFlames 4y ago
  per wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Brotherhood_of_Teamsters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Brotherhood_of_T... ...the international brotherhood of Teamsters was founded in 1903. The term teamster pre-existed, since the 1840s, referring to people (men usually) who drove teams of horses. And in 1903, it still referred to those people, since motor-powered trucks did not yet exist on a large scale and teams of horses were still used to deliver most goods. You are probably aware, but, ... "brotherhood" was a self-chosen term, intended to imply mutual support and protection among the members, _against_ the employers. In contrast the demonyms that companies choose are chosen BY the employers, and there is no mutual support intended. In fact many large companies (Amazon, Google) actively resist labor union efforts. In summary, your comment is sort of off-base for a couple reasons. and members chose to join that
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naillo 4y ago
Especially in the context of getting fired. I doubt google would call them 'googlers' in the very email they're getting laid off in.
JohnFen 4y ago
I was around back in the day. "Googler" wasn't cute then, either.

I really dislike the trend of calling employees by some nickname. "Googler" may have been cute back in the day. Zoomies is pure cringe.

by mertd 4y ago

I really dislike the trend of calling employees by some nickname. "Googler" may have been cute back in the day. Zoomies is pure cringe.

ActionHank 4y ago

I've seen a few using "Xoogler" on LinkedIn after being laid off and it just smacks of Stockholm syndrome.

endtime 4y ago
I don't think so? My current employer has a #xoogler Slack channel, so named because that's what people will look for. You can say it's uncool if you like, but that's the word people use.
stagger87 4y ago
Does it also bother you when people have bumper stickers of the college they went to?
hbn 4y ago
I think in the case of FAANG (or whatever the acronym is these days), if you worked for one of the big guys in the past it's worth making it obvious if you're looking for work. If not only to stand out from other applicants, also to set an expectations for higher desired salary.

2b3a51 4y ago

For people in my age group (old) Zoomie sounds very close to Zoonie... https://gerryanderson.fandom.com/wiki/Zoonie https://gerryanderson.fandom.com/wiki/Zoonie Good luck for those looking for work now as a consequence of this

Spivak 4y ago

Ah yes, cringe: the act of doing something you don’t like with sincerity. You mean you actually like your job and your company and aren’t a cold cynic who thinks that being emotionally detached from the thing you do for the majority of your waking hours and deciding that anything cute and fun is childish makes you somehow superior — haha criiiiiinge.

resource0x 4y ago

"Googler" may sound cute for the 7-year old. Calling an adult person "googler" is weird IMO.

crazygringo 4y ago
What's even weirder is Googlers being given rainbow propeller beanies during orientation week that they're expected to wear. Between that and the Lego bins and slides, it can be kind of hard to tell if you've joined an elite engineering org or a kindergarten.
- compiler-guy 4y ago
  Slides have been closed for almost a decade.
  - erik_seaberg 4y ago
    It wasn’t the same since https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/traveling-by-zip-line.html https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/traveling-by-zip-lin....
martyvis 4y ago
Internal cute nicknames is nothing new - I was a "Digit" when I started at DEC in 1997. 25 years later I'm just a boring old HPEer.

deltree7 4y ago

Ah, but as a pro-union crowd, you love terms like Teamster, Brotherhood, right?

kylestlb 4y ago
the union is literally called 'the international brotherhood of teamsters'. what else do you expect them to be called?
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JohnFen 4y ago
"Teamster" was actually a job title, not a cute nickname.
PantaloonFlames 4y ago
per wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Brotherhood_of_Teamsters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Brotherhood_of_T... ...the international brotherhood of Teamsters was founded in 1903. The term teamster pre-existed, since the 1840s, referring to people (men usually) who drove teams of horses. And in 1903, it still referred to those people, since motor-powered trucks did not yet exist on a large scale and teams of horses were still used to deliver most goods. You are probably aware, but, ... "brotherhood" was a self-chosen term, intended to imply mutual support and protection among the members, _against_ the employers. In contrast the demonyms that companies choose are chosen BY the employers, and there is no mutual support intended. In fact many large companies (Amazon, Google) actively resist labor union efforts. In summary, your comment is sort of off-base for a couple reasons. and members chose to join that

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naillo 4y ago

Especially in the context of getting fired. I doubt google would call them 'googlers' in the very email they're getting laid off in.

JohnFen 4y ago

I was around back in the day. "Googler" wasn't cute then, either.