I don't know why, but PC terms for job titles annoys the crap out of me. For example, how secretary is now administrative assistant.

What are some other PC job titles out there these days?

9/1/2011 4:20:49 PM

flight attendant; air host

9/1/2011 4:23:22 PM

police officer
fire fighter

9/1/2011 4:23:47 PM

Director of Quality Control

9/1/2011 4:23:57 PM

Corporate Administrative Assistant for our receptionist.

9/1/2011 4:24:38 PM

Escort Service

9/1/2011 4:24:57 PM

Executive Assistant
Exotic Dancer

[Edited on September 1, 2011 at 4:27 PM. Reason : eh... I'll take off Receptionist]

9/1/2011 4:25:07 PM

sanitation engineer = janitor

9/1/2011 4:29:43 PM

^ being an engineer that one really pisses me off

9/1/2011 4:31:14 PM

or just adding engineer to the end of everything in general

9/1/2011 4:31:57 PM

not in my industry, we got fucking javascript ninjas and scalable architecture rockstars

9/1/2011 4:31:59 PM

Sandwich Construction Engineer

9/1/2011 4:32:56 PM

Sales Associate

9/1/2011 4:38:09 PM

Afro Engineer

9/1/2011 4:39:07 PM

NCBELS could sue people who have the word "engineer" in their title if they're not licensed. However, I think they would spent too much in legal fees for it to be worth it.

9/1/2011 4:48:05 PM

Delivery Specialist

9/1/2011 4:49:52 PM

^^That's dumb. If someone is concerned about whether or not an "engineer" is licensed, they can just require proof that the engineer is licensed. I don't see why anyone should be able to sue for that.

9/1/2011 4:57:46 PM

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"Afro Engineer"

more details please.

9/1/2011 4:58:05 PM

^^you have no problem with someone not a doctor being called a doctor?

9/1/2011 5:00:40 PM

I'm actually involved in a class action lawsuit against Dr. Dre right now.

9/1/2011 5:06:50 PM

maybe dr dre is a real doctor then

9/1/2011 5:08:16 PM

is that his legal name/title?

9/1/2011 5:09:50 PM

Nope, but in the case of an engineer that wasn't actually licensed, I don't think their legal title would be "Engineer" either.

For the record, though, I don't think there's anything wrong with someone providing a service, even if it's unapproved by some state entity. Inter-discipline licensing will pop up regardless, and customers can check to see if the person/business they're looking to hire is licensed by a trusted third party.

9/1/2011 5:16:00 PM

"operating engineer" for a machine operator. there's more engineering involved making a sandwich i think.

9/1/2011 5:27:10 PM

Civilian Under Naval Training

[Edited on September 1, 2011 at 5:33 PM. Reason : a]

9/1/2011 5:33:29 PM

I don't think anyone is going to confuse a sanitation engineer with an electrical engineer anytime soon.

9/1/2011 5:33:33 PM

it's the concept.

9/1/2011 5:54:37 PM

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"sanitation engineer = janitor"

I've heard custodial engineer for that one too.

9/1/2011 6:02:17 PM

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"scalable architecture rockstars"

God, I hate the word 'rockstar'

9/1/2011 6:08:25 PM

I'm taking a huge shit at work right now engineer.

Did I do that right?

9/1/2011 6:20:59 PM

I can't stop reading "pussification" in the thread title

9/1/2011 6:21:57 PM

looking for engineering jobs.... the proliferation of sales engineer and shit like that is absolutely infuriating. it makes shit difficult.

9/1/2011 6:22:02 PM

somebody at a call center = Support Technician or Marketing Associate

9/1/2011 6:32:04 PM

are process engineers legit?

9/1/2011 6:51:17 PM

yes most of the time they are chem eng

9/1/2011 6:57:01 PM

^^^What do you think they should be called?

9/1/2011 7:09:11 PM

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"flight attendant; air host"

they're called stewardesses

or, if you are talking to one directly, "hey yo bitch"

9/1/2011 7:13:26 PM

HAHA. They just hired 5 telemarketers to work under me (which I have no idea why - I'm just the guy who setup the phone system.) Call them telethoners.

My title is "Project Guru". I basically do what the boss tells me; from networking to custom telephone systems, to laser etching brass coins. Fun

9/1/2011 7:14:28 PM

what are sales associates supposed to be called? i never knew there was another name for them. *shrug*

salesperson? clerk?

9/1/2011 7:15:36 PM

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"are process engineers legit?"

yeah, it's typically a chem-e. but in support of the actual process of batching and filling and not say.... utilities (which can be filled with a chem e or an ME, depending on the type of facility).

and process engineers are in the engineering department.

manufacturing engineers, this can be different. sometimes it can be industrial engineering, ME, etc, but often times the job itself is in the manufacturing departments where the packaging and material handling activities happen (this is at least the case in pharma)

9/1/2011 7:29:37 PM

stay at home mom = domestic engineer

9/1/2011 7:38:25 PM

I thought that was covered by sandwich engineer

9/1/2011 7:43:10 PM

I have seen "home maker" for SAHM before

9/1/2011 8:00:16 PM

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"I thought that was covered by sandwich engineer"

*sammich

9/1/2011 8:04:08 PM

I was a process engineer at a gold mine. I would probably call it a control system engineering position but that's what they called me.

9/1/2011 8:12:08 PM

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"I can't stop reading "pussification" in the thread title"

That would also be an acceptable title for this thread.

Asset Security Specialist for security guard
Customer Service Specialist for cashier

9/1/2011 9:03:35 PM

a process engineer may be involved with:

Creation of block flow diagrams, equipment lists, heat and material balances, Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, process schedules, sizing and specifying equipment not limited to: reactors, columns, heat exchanges, pumps, and all interconnecting piping and instrumentation, providing a functional narrative for control strategy.

9/1/2011 9:35:03 PM

"PCification of job titties"

9/1/2011 9:37:48 PM

I, too, keep reading pussification

9/1/2011 9:38:20 PM

^Dammit, that's what I came here to post

9/1/2011 9:39:18 PM