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Yeah, to me it's basically just a vernacular peculiar to Indians that would be almost exactly equivalent to "take care of that". The one that blew me away in m
by hotpotamus 3y ago
Yeah, to me it's basically just a vernacular peculiar to Indians that would be almost exactly equivalent to "take care of that".
The one that blew me away in my first corporate job was referring to people as "resources". And I don't mean as in the human resources department which I begrudgingly accept. I mean saying things, like "let me get a resource" to mean get a person. I get that we're viewed as replaceable cogs in the machine, but there's no need to rub our faces in that.
I actually did have some success in persuading people that it was dehumanizing.
- howinteresting 3y agoSee, this is the correct take. Using "resources" for people shook me the first time I heard it in a high-level planning meeting. I'm being serious here that it kept me up all night.
- OldGuyInTheClub 3y ago"Headcount" strikes me the same way.
- SanjayMehta 3y ago“Resource” is an artifact of our services companies (outsourcing) and their project management training. Extremely annoying and frustrating as they would yank people off projects and replace them with junior “resources,” and expect no impact on the project.