Questions tagged [terminology]
Questions relating to clarification of terminology, or the proper name to use for a given situation.
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What's the term for a pay scale where pay is directly (and only) related to time in service?
Some employers (for examplethe US government American Airlines) have a pay scale where:
The pay scale is transparent (either published to employees or made available to the general public)
Pay is ...
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Does the Term “Release” Carry Positive or Negative Connotations in Employment Termination?
In a workplace communication, if a external contractor is described as being “released” on a specified date with the option for an earlier release, and a change order is to be issued to document this ...
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What does "salaried" vs. "hourly" mean in a European (?) context?
I am confused about the meaning of "salaried" vs. "hourly" payment, when it comes to matching it up with work life as I know it.
I think I know the abstract definition; to ...
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What is 'working for somebody who works for somebody else' called?
I am stuck on how to describe this position on my resume.
A friend of mine works for a company. The company did not hire me, but he paid me (over the table) to do some of the work.
What is this called?...
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How do you diplomatically call a situation 'very bad' in a resume-like document?
I need to list in a resume-like document how a system I've worked on was so misconfigured as to be ludicrous (like I cannot describe the level of incompetence that led it its state when I found it), ...
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What's it called when a manager changes narrative to employees in the wrong?
What's it called when a manager changes an employee issue with the organisation into the employee doing something wrong?
Example 1: Consider this as an example: employee reports a problem (say some ...
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What's the term for a company email address containing the employee's name?
What do you call an email address like [email protected] that contains the employee's names, rather than a collective email like [email protected] or [email protected]?
I need the ...
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What is a "USC resume"?
I saw a job posting from a company called Radiant Digital. The title of the position is "Senior Cloud Engineer- Need USC resumes only". Now, I am pretty tech savvy, but I can't find any ...
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Are empty/misused buzzwords harmful? [closed]
I work in a very small company, but I've seen this phenomenon before, to some degree even at all companies I've worked for:
Officially, we work in a Scrum framework, including common planning meetings,...
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What do you call it when a small team sequesters itself away to make progress on a project?
In software development (and I imagine in other fields) it is reasonably common for a small team to temporarily relocate into a single office or conference room for a few days in order to make ...
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What does DU stand for in term of a ladder level? [closed]
I was reading on some answers on quora discussing about an IT company, their reviews.
They mentioned CFO, CTO, CEO, COO, DU Leads.I think I've never heard the DU before. What does it stand for and in ...
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What does non-competition and non-solicitation involve?
I am in Japan and I am going to sign a new contract that stipulates confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, nothing else is specified. I know what that means but I don't really know what ...
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What is the difference between being "fired" vs "let go"?
I saw somewhere on here that was a comment about the original post that said something like “the OP was let go, he was not fired.”
With that being said, is there a difference between being “let go” ...
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"We care more about results than hours worked" - is this code? [closed]
I see this kind of phrase used pretty often. While it sounds nice on the surface, my impression is that there might be a more toxic hidden meaning here.
Should I interpret this as meaning "We expect ...
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"permanent line position": what does it mean in the US?
Question: What is the meaning of "permanent line position" within a large organization (+10K employees) the US?
I have searched online for a definition but have failed to come up with one.
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