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When did "secretary" become "administrative assistant"?

NFS4

NFS4

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See title, and for that matter, when did "janitor" become "custodial engineer"? I'm assuming its a 90's invention, but I've been known to be wrong from time to time 🙂

For those of you that actually have a secretary, what's her/his official title?
 
When women got mad about it.

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I don't work for the help desk, I'm a "desktop support technician"... I didn't even ask for that title but I'll take it...
 
Originally posted by: Sea Moose
Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf
There is a difference between a secretary and an administrative assistant if you are a bureaucrat .
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I was an admin assistant for a bank - I did teller stuff, CSR stuff, and whatever else needed doing...more a jack-of-all-trades than a secretary.
 
the technical name for my qualification: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Electrotechnologist

you all know i am a dumb arse hvac mechanic
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
See title, and for that matter, when did "janitor" become "custodial engineer"? I'm assuming its a 90's invention, but I've been known to be wrong from time to time 🙂

For those of you that actually have a secretary, what's her/his official title?
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right about the same time garbage man became santiation engineer.
 
Yeah I would say 90s when people decided the contemporary titles were demeaning and we needed to create new ones with multiple words to make the position sound important.

My friend got out of school and his first job was "Senior Internet Analyst". He was a programmer.
 
Originally posted by: NFS4
See title, and for that matter, when did "janitor" become "custodial engineer"? I'm assuming its a 90's invention, but I've been known to be wrong from time to time 🙂

For those of you that actually have a secretary, what's her/his official title?
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Ever since liberals decided everyone has to "feel good" about their title.
 
Originally posted by: 4Christ
Originally posted by: NFS4
See title, and for that matter, when did "janitor" become "custodial engineer"? I'm assuming its a 90's invention, but I've been known to be wrong from time to time 🙂

For those of you that actually have a secretary, what's her/his official title?
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Ever since liberals decided everyone has to "feel good" about their title.
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stop trolling.
 
Originally posted by: polarmystery
Originally posted by: 4Christ
Originally posted by: NFS4
See title, and for that matter, when did "janitor" become "custodial engineer"? I'm assuming its a 90's invention, but I've been known to be wrong from time to time 🙂

For those of you that actually have a secretary, what's her/his official title?
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Ever since liberals decided everyone has to "feel good" about their title.
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stop trolling.
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how is it trollling if it's merely a statement of fact? 😉

i prefer to call them "progressives", however.
 
Originally posted by: JDub02
Originally posted by: polarmystery
Originally posted by: 4Christ
Originally posted by: NFS4
See title, and for that matter, when did "janitor" become "custodial engineer"? I'm assuming its a 90's invention, but I've been known to be wrong from time to time 🙂

For those of you that actually have a secretary, what's her/his official title?
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Ever since liberals decided everyone has to "feel good" about their title.
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<------------ P&N

stop trolling.
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how is it trollling if it's merely a statement of fact? 😉

i prefer to call them "progressives", however.
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Man, it must be nice living in a world where you can blame everything on someone else. Seriously, go to P&N and spout that shit, don't bring it here.
 
Originally posted by: BeauJangles
Originally posted by: JDub02
Originally posted by: polarmystery
Originally posted by: 4Christ
Originally posted by: NFS4
See title, and for that matter, when did "janitor" become "custodial engineer"? I'm assuming its a 90's invention, but I've been known to be wrong from time to time 🙂

For those of you that actually have a secretary, what's her/his official title?
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Ever since liberals decided everyone has to "feel good" about their title.
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<------------ P&N

stop trolling.
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how is it trollling if it's merely a statement of fact? 😉

i prefer to call them "progressives", however.
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Man, it must be nice living in a world where you can blame everything on someone else. Seriously, go to P&N and spout that shit, don't bring it here.
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i'd prefer to live in a world where there is individual responsibility ... but we've moved quite far from that in the past 100 years.

 
Originally posted by: Aikouka
Our secretaries are called administrative assistants.
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my ex is an executive admin assistant (assistant to a VP) and she has a secretary. but her secretarys actual title is administrative assistant. creative titles to make people feel better about their jobs are nothing new. for a long time i was "senior programmer", yet i was the only programmer on staff. now there are 5, and im the only senior. lol.
 
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