When did Job titles become so unfathomable?

[erikbloodaxe]

I'm old and remember when a job title informed anyone ( in that profession or not) of what they did. I've had to write DS's job title down and Google it (yes he explained but I was non the wiser ). So, in the interest of fun, will you say what your job title is and see if anyone can guess what you actually do (if you don't mind that is).

My job title, plus other information I've posted would be outing.

We have job titles that are slightly different across the organisation but make it easy to determine someone's level, which is helpful, so if someone has manager in their job title they'll be on the same pay band regardless of which directorate/department/team, same goes for senior manager, head of, assistant director, director etc. Job titles can be a bit long but there's a formula and some consistency.

How does this structure actually work? I'd assume that the president is in charge of the organisation and there's only one of them. And vice-president is the step below that. Is everyone in this place only one promotion away from running it?

I was a Collateral Management Consultant in my last job more than 10 years ago.

Meant copy-editor, basically.

Mine's self-explanatory: Quality & Regulatory Affairs Director.

There's one chap at work whose title is 'Head of Cockpit', which delightfully shortens in the Teams phone app to Head of Cock... Despite my fancy title, I'm definitely childish enough to snigger when I see it. He's perfectly nice and does project management.

At my old place it went:

President & CEO
Senior Vice President
Vice President
Senior Director
Director
Manager
Associate Manager
<Role>

The President & CEO and SVPs were the senior leadership team.

Yeah but that stuff is just the tools of any desk job. Presumably you don't think they're all one job!

What does a relationships manager do? I seem to be pretty out of touch.

Meetings, emails and some writing? 😉

Ah, same as me then

Mine is (xx) service data coordinator. (Leaving out the xx to retain some anonymity).

It tells you nothing of what I actually do 😂

My job title sounds descriptive but actually doesn’t describe what I do at all well. In fact, people tend to assume I do something slightly different so I spend more time clarifying and managing expectations than seems sensible.

Not on mn, everyone earns 70k plus, works full time, has a nanny. Goes on three holidays a year and never leaves their children with anyone except paid childcare. They go to the gym every day and shower 3 times a day. They never wear the same piece of clothing more than once.

Joking aside this is just not true. Not even in a loose sense; it's way less middle-class dominated here than it seems to have been in the beginning. I read so many posts from working class people on Mumsnet and from people of all backgrounds who are hard up, as many of us are, you shouldn't dismiss them like they're not there.

What a nasty ageist attitude you have.

Branding someone as spotty because of their age is insulting.and ignorant.