[nailer]

I agree re: your second point, but when I worked at IBM it was explicitly discouraged to use the term 'resources' to refer to people.

Personally I find the people that use this outdated term stop doing so when continually referred to as 'Outlook resources'.

[rbanffy]

> Personally I find the people that use this outdated term stop doing so when continually referred to as 'Outlook resources'.

I use to call them "Powerpoint resources", but I think I'll adopt your designation.

[gaius]

I think you're being unfair - some of them are "Visio resources". Tho' they call themselves "architects".

[hopeless]

Really? IBM refers to layoffs/redundancies as "Resource Actions", which is surely one of the most mealy-mouthed corporate expressions

[nailer]

Yes, really. PMs would publicly mock new-to-IBM PMs who used mid-90s business speak. When I was there they also referred to layoffs as 'getting rid of people'. It was a pretty good environment - honest and respectful. Perhaps your office was different.

[gruseom]

That's extraordinary and not at all what I would have expected from IBM. I wish there were more places where people ditched corporate doublespeak. Especially that vile phrase "human resources". Soylent Green is human resources.

[iuyfgtrghjk]

Any place that has any kind of "employee valuation policy" doesn't value their employees.