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> non-Automattic employees non-Automatticians. Yes, they literally used this term in TFA.

munificent 2y ago
I know this really bugs some people but every tech company these days has a demonym for its employees. It doesn't mean that employees have some cultlike adoration for the company. It's just very convenient inside the company to have a single short word to refer to all employees of the business.
- rchaud 2y ago
  Just say "all employees" then. Lots of companies use contractors who don't have employee benefits, do they count as "Googlers" or whatever the stupid stand-in moniker is?
- jihadjihad 2y ago
  I get it, it's just kind of a meme at this point after a couple years of these boilerplate RIF announcements. Cmd-F for "difficult decision" + whatever the demonym is and you're basically guaranteed hits.
- tylerrobinson 2y ago
  > a single short word > “Automattician” The word you’re looking for is employee.
  - munificent 2y ago
    I checked my list, and the fact that employees of Automattic are called "Automatticians" did not make my list of things to be outraged about. Maybe next week.
    - pseudalopex 2y ago
      Pointing out the error in your claim implied nothing about outrage.
      - munificent 2y ago
        "Employee" is ambiguous because it doesn't convey which business someone is an employee of. A company-specific demonym is short and precise.
- ithkuil 2y ago
  Some companies even have a name for people after they left the company, like "xooglers" for Google and "outfluxers" for InfluxData
  - eppsilon 2y ago
    get hired back to become a refluxer, train as a hardware engineer to become a flux capacitor...
- dylan604 2y ago
  > It doesn't mean that employees have some cultlike adoration for the company No, but it does mean that the company wishes that employees had some cult like adoration. The line between proud of the company one works for and being cult like is not rigid, and moves depending on the company
  - squiggleblaz 2y ago
    I've never taken it as wish that employees have some cult like adoration, but as a team building exercise. I don't like it, it's cringe, but it's nothing worse than a bit of meaningless cringe. I have heard the theory of the fine line between a CEO and a cult leader, but I've never worked at a company that came anywhere near that fine line. Every CEO I've worked with has known that we're there due to a mutually beneficial agreement.

I know this really bugs some people but every tech company these days has a demonym for its employees. It doesn't mean that employees have some cultlike adoration for the company. It's just very convenient inside the company to have a single short word to refer to all employees of the business.

rchaud 2y ago
Just say "all employees" then. Lots of companies use contractors who don't have employee benefits, do they count as "Googlers" or whatever the stupid stand-in moniker is?
jihadjihad 2y ago
I get it, it's just kind of a meme at this point after a couple years of these boilerplate RIF announcements. Cmd-F for "difficult decision" + whatever the demonym is and you're basically guaranteed hits.
tylerrobinson 2y ago
> a single short word > “Automattician” The word you’re looking for is employee.
- munificent 2y ago
  I checked my list, and the fact that employees of Automattic are called "Automatticians" did not make my list of things to be outraged about. Maybe next week.
  - pseudalopex 2y ago
    Pointing out the error in your claim implied nothing about outrage.
    - munificent 2y ago
      "Employee" is ambiguous because it doesn't convey which business someone is an employee of. A company-specific demonym is short and precise.
ithkuil 2y ago
Some companies even have a name for people after they left the company, like "xooglers" for Google and "outfluxers" for InfluxData
- eppsilon 2y ago
  get hired back to become a refluxer, train as a hardware engineer to become a flux capacitor...
dylan604 2y ago
> It doesn't mean that employees have some cultlike adoration for the company No, but it does mean that the company wishes that employees had some cult like adoration. The line between proud of the company one works for and being cult like is not rigid, and moves depending on the company
- squiggleblaz 2y ago
  I've never taken it as wish that employees have some cult like adoration, but as a team building exercise. I don't like it, it's cringe, but it's nothing worse than a bit of meaningless cringe. I have heard the theory of the fine line between a CEO and a cult leader, but I've never worked at a company that came anywhere near that fine line. Every CEO I've worked with has known that we're there due to a mutually beneficial agreement.