Preposterous job titles

[dogsdinnerlady]

Someone sent me an email today and signed off with their job title 'Behaviour Change Training Practitioner'. What is that? Whose behaviour needs to change? Seem to be a lot of pseudo titles around these days. Anyone seen anything worse?

Assistant Director of Oxygen

Actually I just changed my mind, I would love to be H&S Bear.

People who work at subway are "sandwich artists" apparently

Domestic Violence Co-ordinator.

(Job was actually about preventing dv/protecting victims but the job title made it sound like it was to encourage it.)

I used to work for a travel website. I worked with a lady whose title was Head of Air.

Just because you don’t understand something it does not make it “preposterous”

I actually know quite a few behaviour change training practitioners because it is closely related to the field I work in. It’s obvious to me what they do, but if you don’t understand you could always give it a google and learn something new.

My council have some "interesting" staff titles.

We have a "Director of Place". When I got a letter with that title on it I presumed they had been watching W1A and 2012, and googled to see what other crap they come up with. They have Head of Healthy and Resilient Neighbourhoods who is under the Director of Healthy and Safe Communities.

@bee222

'It’s obvious to me what they do, but if you don’t understand you could always give it a google and learn something new.'

Is that how you get people to change their behaviour, Bee?

I feel bad for posting this because the person who had this job title was actually pretty fucking cool but I knew someone who was Head Of Winning Behaviours at a sports team...

The worst i came across for a whole firm was a pr agency called Gorgeous - their poor receptionist used to have to answer the phone "hello, Gorgeous"

@serenada
I’m not a behaviour change training practitioner.

I am a ‘Senior Enterprise Fellow’

I contemplated applying for a job entitled ‘head of storytelling’ (for a multinational drugs company, not a library)

I have worked with the ‘Vice President of ice cream’ at Unilever. Best job title ever.

@serenada

Hygiene technician - toilet attendant

Customer Happiness Expert

Seriously. All the call centre staff for this web tool had that job title

My daughter’s friend works part time in a snack shop ( well she did)
and her job title is “ sandwich artist “.
She finds it ridiculous 🤣

Someone I know is a Client Enablement Manager. 🤪

I was a Provisions Replenishment Assistant in my teens. Shelf stacker

you could always give it a google and learn something new.

That's my Saturday night sorted!

@killerofmen

Good for you! Learning is fun.

I work with Scrum Masters.

Geniuses. Not, you're a shop assistant.

I've got a ridiculous job title. Seven words and a dash. Not one of them gives you any clue what I do for a living.
I have worked with colleagues who got rebranded as "Family Prevention Workers". I pointed out the obvious but management went ahead with it.

DH is a programmer and once worked for a zany boss who described them as "Digital Craftsmen".

Oh, how I mocked him.

Similar to Ellmau's above, an ad in our local paper was for a 'Teenage Pregnancy Coordinator' . Dread to think what that might entail.