Ridiculously overblown job titles.
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VeeDubBigBird said:
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician
Zappos Ceo & Chief Happiness Officer of Delivering Happiness
http://deliveringhappiness.com/team/jenn-lim/
The first one I think is overblown and the second was definitely invented by someone on drugs.
Zappos in general are, they take Amazon's version of customer satisfaction and pump it full of crack and steroidsZappos Ceo & Chief Happiness Officer of Delivering Happiness
http://deliveringhappiness.com/team/jenn-lim/
The first one I think is overblown and the second was definitely invented by someone on drugs.
PurpleTurtle said:
I work in a large blue-chip organisation, you don't have to be a graduate (the MD is my age and started quite literally sweeping the floor, but has worked his way up) but I'd say over 60% of people have been through higher education.
We have one bloke amongst 400-odd people who puts "BA Hons MBA" on his email signature. He is generally regarded as a dick and gets "promoted" into a series on non-jobs with little or no influence. Yet to read his LinkedIn profile you'd think he'd make Bill Gates feel inferior.
Yep, we have those too and the are, generally speaking, the tosser that nobody likes.We have one bloke amongst 400-odd people who puts "BA Hons MBA" on his email signature. He is generally regarded as a dick and gets "promoted" into a series on non-jobs with little or no influence. Yet to read his LinkedIn profile you'd think he'd make Bill Gates feel inferior.
nick s said:
Sheepshanks said:
mybrainhurts said:
Personal Assistant...what's that, secretary who wipes her boss's bum...??
Someone who probably holds your career in her hands....I think another problem is that there is such a difference I what PA's do, as all assistants have that title. Granted there are some low level PA's that do basic diary management, but it all depends on who you're working for and how senior the role is?
1) What is an ILT?
2) Couldn't you raise a similar argument about any job title? In fact I think this thread proves that most job titles don't accurately reflect the role in question.
3) How large a tech company are we talking? Basic diary management as you refer to it is a real skill for a big cheese in a big multinational and along with related admin, easily a full time job.
(P.s. I have no axe to grind either way just making the observation)
Axionknight said:
PurpleTurtle said:
I work in a large blue-chip organisation, you don't have to be a graduate (the MD is my age and started quite literally sweeping the floor, but has worked his way up) but I'd say over 60% of people have been through higher education.
We have one bloke amongst 400-odd people who puts "BA Hons MBA" on his email signature. He is generally regarded as a dick and gets "promoted" into a series on non-jobs with little or no influence. Yet to read his LinkedIn profile you'd think he'd make Bill Gates feel inferior.
Yep, we have those too and the are, generally speaking, the tosser that nobody likes.We have one bloke amongst 400-odd people who puts "BA Hons MBA" on his email signature. He is generally regarded as a dick and gets "promoted" into a series on non-jobs with little or no influence. Yet to read his LinkedIn profile you'd think he'd make Bill Gates feel inferior.
Our old planning manager was very jumped up. He changed his job title to 'Planning, Allocation and Delivery Manager' and put that on his desk to demonstrate his 'importance'.
The other managers just let him have his '10 minutes of power every day' as they put it.
We got taken over by quite a large company, who saw straight through him and suddenly his title reverted to 'Planning Manager'.
Needless to say, he was a complete t
t.
The other managers just let him have his '10 minutes of power every day' as they put it.
We got taken over by quite a large company, who saw straight through him and suddenly his title reverted to 'Planning Manager'.
Needless to say, he was a complete t
t.nick s said:
I don't think people truly realise just what a good PA does. Everyone assumes they make tea and book meeting rooms. My GF is EA (executive assistant) to the MD of a large tech company. Sounds overblown, but really, really isn't. She presents to the ILT on his behalf, puts proposals to the board and is currently restructuring the UK function and reporting structure. She's also implemented a new KPI & bonus structure for all the sales guys without any input from her boss. He didn't even ask her to do it, She just identified it as something that needed improving and started working on it. She came up with it and he will just approve it. She does these things all off her own back. She thinks for her boss and eases his workload massively. Huge responsibility. Yet most people we know make assumptions based on what the old image of a PA/EA does.
I think another problem is that there is such a difference I what PA's do, as all assistants have that title. Granted there are some low level PA's that do basic diary management, but it all depends on who you're working for and how senior the role is?
I think another problem is that there is such a difference I what PA's do, as all assistants have that title. Granted there are some low level PA's that do basic diary management, but it all depends on who you're working for and how senior the role is?
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