What's your euphemistic job title?

bigar

I was notified today that my job title has changed. My job is one that needs some expertise in my field but not one where I would make decisions that the whole company would rely on.

Now, my new job title is Senior Executive. I was a bit baffled as although I am the oldest one in my part of the business (covering the Senior) I do not really do anything remotely executive.

I heard from other companies where they do something similar. e.g. Citibank where, if you work there longer than 5 years in Customer Service, you are all of a sudden a Vice-President.

So what is your euphemistic title or ones you heard of from other people.

touts

Not my title but I've been involved in some work with startups. I love all the 22 year old lads sauntering in with some pitch and telling you they are the CEO and this is their Executive team made up of a COO a CFO and a CIO.

There is just the four of them in the company.

Gregor Samsa

I was a Web Developer. Then one day my title was inexplicably changed to “Experience Engineer”. When that boss left, I went back to being a Web Developer.

touts

Nigital Dative wrote: »

You sound like such a bellend.

Hit a nerve did I? Did someone like me tell you it had already been invented and you should go get a real job for a while.

whisky_galore

Some kind of manager.
Everyone's a manager of something now.

I do sums so that my boss will buy me chips.

endacl

Nigital Dative wrote: »

Well I'm a NEET so no. But thanks for generating my welfare money with your labour all the same.

Do us a favour.

At some point in the future, after your balls drop, you’ll look back on these early posts of yours.

Any chance you could take a pic of your facial expression and post it up so we can see what ‘Christ, I was some tool back then’ looks like?

Nice one. Thanks.

StupidLikeAFox

whisky_galore wrote: »

Some kind of manager.
Everyone's a manager of something now.

I managed to get out of bed today, does that count??

Potential-Monke

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

I managed to get out of bed today, does that count??

Rising Manager

You get these in call centres the whole time. Not just a call centre agent, you're a "Customer Experience Expert" or some other BS that hides the fact you do a thankless job run by idiots.

Wanderer78

I'm a FL, a fcuking legend, keeps the ego in check

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Sports Data Journalist. Used to be Analyst. There is no journalism involved, but then there's no analysing involved either.

whisky_galore

StupidLikeAFox wrote: »

I managed to get out of bed today, does that count??

Yes.
Yes it does.

krissovo

I work for an American company and was I was recently forced by the leadership to change the title of my Success Managers to Success Executives, there is even talk that they should be changed again to success directors but of course on the same salaries at either manager or senior manager level.

The US does not realize the term executive is used especially in UK as term to jazz up a relatively junior role mostly in sales in my experience

Most American companies I work with have titles that reflect 1 higher than European companies at the same real level so a director in the US would align to a senior manager in Europe.

Citi bank which was referenced in the OP would be one of my customers, while its not true that 5 years gives you a VP title once you get to senior manager or director the titles do go crazy and could easily be 2 steps higher than a European company. I deal with at least 6 VP's there who in a normal company would be directors or senior director level at most.

listermint

touts wrote: »

Not my title but I've been involved in some work with startups. I love all the 22 year old lads sauntering in with some pitch and telling you they are the CEO and this is their Executive team made up of a COO a CFO and a CIO.

There is just the four of them in the company.

Amusing as it sounds if you don't give people roles at the start then how do you know who's doing what going forward....

Oops!

Automotive technician..... Posh word for a mechanic.

Captain Havoc

I'm just Bob.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I'm just Bob.

I'm guessing something to do with Kilkenny. Catering for the pleasure-seeking visitors if I'm not mistaken - casual foot-based transportation, perhaps?

LimeFruitGum

A previous employer seems to be using the term Director for what would be fairly bog-standard program or tool manager roles. Seems a bit inflationary to me for what it is and for how poorly they pay.

Tallaght_Sale

Title inflation is definitely real! Quite annoying really.

ILoveYourVibes

I've been called an art director....a layout artist.....illustrator...art production manager

Also in a diff role ...copy editor ...editor ...(when i only checked for grammar and spelling mistakes)

Graphic pre press proofer ....Which was actually one of the most frustrating jobs i ever had. ..sometimes called a graphic production manager?? I had ZERO management duties.

Saturdays Child

Solver of problems.

Purple Mountain

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I'm just Bob.

Battery operated boyfriend?