What’s the wankiest job title you’ve come across?

[Funcamper]

I’ll start:
Forest bathing practitioner
Auxiliary dining consultant ( in a very posh hotel)
Head of talks (what??)

@fluffygreenmonsterhoody

The Scottish Government advertised for a Head of Potatoes a while back. Although tbf that sounds amazing.

Isn't that....

Deputy Team Leader. In a team of two.

Technology Champion

DH has been Experience Architect, Experience Strategist, and Head of Experience at various times.

Chief unicorn.

@TawnyPippit

I complained to one of those woke-y chocolate places when my Easter egg didn’t have any accompanying chocolates, as advertised. They sent a faux-matey response along the lines of “Awww, don’t you just hate it when that happens - not surprised you are sad, I definitely would be too..” etc, etc. The person sending it was styled “Chief Happiness Officer”. It proper gave me the rage. Next time I’m going to cut them out and go straight to the Dail Mail, complete with my SadFace.

My God. Do they want to piss their customers off even more? I’m surprised they didn’t throw in a ‘babe’ or ‘Hun’ 😡

@Ouchiebum

Best one I saw was director of fun. They worked for a contract catering company and took people to posh events to win contracts

I know someone who was director of fun for a major company. They were paid high six figures to schmooze. Loved the job and lives a fabulous life style all for being his sociable, affable self.

@Keepyourdistance000 love this 😂😂😂

Talent acquisition partner....... Recruitment in old job titles.

"Soft drink consultant" = Coca Cola sales rep

Vision Technician.Window cleaner.

A good friend of mine is 'Scotland Director'.
Best not tell the First Minister.

@MrsSchadenfreude

Deputy Team Leader. In a team of two.

:o

Anyone calling themselves a “bod”.
Makes my teeth itch!

@Funcamper

Forest bathing is what we used to call ‘going for a walk in a wood’. Apparently you can now ‘train’ to help people do this right and become a ‘ practitioner’ (!)

Do people pay to be trained how to walk in woods properly? Do they get a certificate to prove they've mastered this notably difficult endeavour?

I once read an article on strange job titles which stuck in my head - a couple that made my mind boggle were Muggle Studies Professor and AI Evangelist. The weirdest one in my employer is Scrum Master.

Chief Envisioner. For Bing, the search engine. And yes, he had a ponytail, square glasses and a sports jacket over a turtleneck

Chief Impact Officer.

Clearly made up pile of tosh.

Also I know what a social prescriber does. They prescribe social activities and interactions to people with health / mental health concerns instead of medications. For example, dance classes, exercise, volunteering etc.

The most wanky ones are the quite normal and perfectly fine jobs that are spiced up. So something like "Cleanliness supervisor" for a cleaning job or "Beverage artist" for someone who presses a button to make a coffee.

@VienneseWhirligig

I once read an article on strange job titles which stuck in my head - a couple that made my mind boggle were Muggle Studies Professor and AI Evangelist. The weirdest one in my employer is Scrum Master.

Muggle Studies Professor

Was it at Hogwarts?

@FlyingBattie it was some sort of community outreach job iirc. Nothing to do with wizards

Subway calling staff “sandwich artists”.

@outdooryone

A good friend of mine is 'Scotland Director'. Best not tell the First Minister.

Along similar lines, a friend once worked for the Head of Scotland.

I very briefly worked for a Life Support Manager - insurance company, not healthcare!

Anything Tsar.

Chief Executive Assistant
Chief Happiness Officer
Chief Impact Officer
Sandwich Officer
Vice Dean of Recruitment
Vice Dean of Professional Development