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and so on. The list is nauseatingly endless.
Having said that I know for a fact, that
people would not like to be called Marketing
Officers. Somehow it seems junior to Brand
Managers or Marketing Managers. With the
addition of the word Chief however, the title
would seem exalted and desirable to most
people I would imagine.
In the Merchant Navy the top post on the head sweeper by something more
the executive/navigational side is Chief responsible like Chief Hygiene Officer? And
Officer also referred to as the Mate. The we could call the guys who wash dishes in
people who report to him are called, Second our pantry Chief Cosmetic Maintenance
Officer (second mate) Third Officer and so Officers.
on. Similarly, the Second Engineer, Third Anyway, now is the time to change your
Engineer and so on report to the Chief job title. If your job title doesn’t do anything
Engineer. The Chief Engineer and the Chief for you, don’t just live with it. Try to get
Officer report to the Master who is usually it changed. According to one research I
addressed as Captain. So, while the head of came across, 70% of people would choose
strategic planning might want to be called a more motivational job title over a pay
Chief Strategic Officer I doubt very much rise. I am not sure about that one, because
if the strategic planners would like to be people are eternally unhappy with their pay
graded as in the Mercantile Marine system, rise! Unless the real reason is that they are
and be called Second Strategic Officer, Third unhappy with their title. I am sure the HR
Strategic Officer and so on according to their specialists will have logical and scientific
seniority? I would think not. answers to all my questions.
Well, someone whom I know is now being And for any reason if you like the title of
called the Chief Learning Officer. Another Officer, you should take it quickly. Because
friend prefers to be called Chief Knowledge these days it does not come bundled with
Officer and still another is being called the burden of having to be a gentleman, as in
Chief Information Officer. I frankly thought that 1982 film classic where Lou Gosset won
they were all in the same kind of job. Best an Academy Award for Best Supporting
of all I can’t quite understand what they do! Actor. For those of you who don’t know,
Or how about this one? By the same logic Section 933 Article 133 of the General
I wonder why we never called our filing Military Law of the United States Code on
clerks when they were around Data Storage the conduct unbecoming of an officer and a
Specialists? Wonder why the head of the gentleman says ‘Any commissioned officer,
dispatch department is not being called cadet or midshipman who is convicted of
Chief Logistic Coordinating Officer? I know conduct unbecoming of an officer and a
of one Senior Administration Assistant who gentleman shall be punished as a court-
takes umbrage at being called Senior. martial may direct.`
He feels it doesn’t reflect his level of It’s a pity we don’t have code like that.
responsibility. He says it makes him sound Because while we have many more Officers,
old rather than able. How about calling the Gentlemen are fast becoming extinct!
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