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I was literally referred to as "a resource" by a big company client at a previous job. Like, "once your resource [i.e., me] is on site, let's...". This was year
by coldpie 4y ago
I was literally referred to as "a resource" by a big company client at a previous job. Like, "once your resource [i.e., me] is on site, let's...". This was years and years ago and it still stands out in my memory.
- brookst 4y agoI hear this a lot and it really doesn't bother me. It's just an abstraction over the concepts of employee, contractor, seniority, team, etc. One resource is roughly equal to one person, but can also be half time each from two people, so "person" doesn't work. It's a little odd to use the abstraction when you know exactly the person you're dealing with, but like any jargon, people who live it all day end up using when vernacular is called for (e.g. the electrical engineer who tells their spouse that the dishwasher's heating element has become too resistant).
- coldpie 4y ago> people who live it all day end up using when vernacular is called for I think it's probably that, yeah. Just felt like a very de-humanizing label, for someone who isn't used to that world. Beep boop, I am resource, here to provide service until ready for replacement with like kind, boop beep.