[jawns]

I have been advocating within my org to replace "fungible" with "flexible" or "generalist."

"Fungible" implies they are a commodity, easily swapped for someone else. In other words, they are so low-value that they are interchangeable.

"Flexible" or "generalist" instead connotes that they are so high-value that they can operate well in multiple domains, easily shifting to where they are needed most.

[akutlay]

“Flexible” would work if Amazon prioritized moving people around when the priorities change instead of laying off and rehiring.

You can easily call the typical Japanese life-long employees as “flexible” or “generalist” but not an employee of a company with median tenure rate of 1-2 years. That’s fungible.