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Sign up with Google Sign up with FacebookQ: What's in a name?
I've just picked up my medical report and while waiting for my number to be called, this young lady sauntered over to me and handed me her card. Her job title is Special Assistant to the Assistant to the Assistant Registrar. So many assistants to an already assistant? When I asked her what her job was, she told me that she is specifically employed to attend to foreigners and seek feedback on service levels. Her English was passable, albeit a little jittery. Has anyone come across such job titles? Or any job titles you wouldn't normally see back home?
10 years 4 weeks ago in Business & Jobs - China
I looked into it. Well i had my assistant do it. She asked her assistant's assitant who said it was completely valid.
But really titles here are thrown around like nothing else. When I was teaching I had a lot of engineers as students. They were entry level technicians in the factory. I was given the title once of manager when I didnt do anyhting but manager my position, and my director didnt actually direct anything.
This is the more about the phenomenon of the face culture. Giving titles build up people who can then say there are whatever position. It works for them I guess.
Its the same as someone from any country that labels themself an entrepreneur or CEO of their start up... they arent wrong, but any successful entrepreneur is a CEO and any successful CEO isnt running a startup
I hereby name myself: Grand Admiral General President Saladeen - Chief of Naval Sailing and Aircraft Flying - including things that do not fly and the other things that do.
Kneel before me peasants !
Scandinavian:
hey, but I'm the Junior Grand Admiral General President Saladeen - Chief of Naval Sailing and Aircraft Flying - including things that do not fly and the other things that do. My title is longer, hah.
Yeah yeah, maybe the title Emperor Bossman would suffice?
Chinese love the businessworld, and there have been loads of long, overemphasized titles appearing for pencil-pushers in the west, too.