First Quiet Quitting, Now Loud Job Titles? Umm, No.
Renaming stuff is one of the great joys in life.
Why trash your kid’s 2nd grade art project when you can place it in the circular file?
Were you puking your guts out last night, or worshiping the porcelain god?
Are you and your boss both short, or are you the mini marketing mavens?
So why be the company’s receptionist, when you can be “Director of First Impressions”?
It should be no surprise that Gen Z – leaders of the Great Resignation and Quiet Quitting (puke!) – is now leading on job title inflation.
So even if I’m just a Senior Executive Rookie right now, I’m working toward a quickie promotion to Chief ‘This Place Would Fall Apart Without Me’ Officer.
This Business Insider piece hits 4 factors driving job title inflation, and warns on damaging after-effects.
Give it a detailed perusing – I mean, read it – and let us know what you think.
4 factors (besides ego) driving job title inflation, plus its damaging after-effects for employees, recruiters, and customers.
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Check It Out:
– How Gen Z and the Great Resignation created a wave of overinflated job titles