[Info-vax] [OT] People, not resources, was: Re: What would you miss if DECnet got the chop? Was: "bad select 38" (OpenSSL on VMS)

[Simon Clubley]

On 2016-10-08, Kerry Main <kemain.nospam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Again, resources is a interchangeable term used for decades.
>

It's the context that matters.

Calling a department "Human Resources" isn't great but that isn't
what I'm objecting to here.

It's when people start saying "Tom has 5 resources working for him"
in everyday conversion instead of saying "Tom has 5 people working
for him", or in your case how you said you talked to a support
resource instead of a support person which is really dehumanising
regardless of whether you realise it or not.

>
> First - yes, there is a lot of corruption at the C / BOD level in
> many companies, but wow - associating the term "resources" with the
> above is really out there conspiracy stuff.
>

No, it's not.

You might want to do a few searches around dehumanising the workplace;
it's a really big issue in some quarters.

I'm a bit disappointed that you don't see this Kerry.

Simon.

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