What about indirect reports?
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ZeroTemp@lemmy.world 5 days agoI recently was recently reprimanded for using the term “subordinates”. I was informed that term has fallen out of favor. Direct Reports is the proper way to say it these days.
Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 5 days ago
toddestan@lemm.ee 5 days ago
That’s who you are to all the people who aren’t your boss but think they can tell you what to do anyway.
Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Or just your direct reports’ direct reports.
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
Honestly calling someone a “direct report” sounds even more dehumanising. At least calling someone a “subordinate” acknowledges that you’re belittling their existence. A “direct report” sounds like a piece of paper.
Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 4 days ago
Fair enough. Subordinate is the term I've always heard used. Direct reports just sounds like the sugar coated version to me.
ZeroTemp@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Oh yeah it’s totally the sugar coated version. It’s funny because I was only using the term “subordinates” because that is what the software platform I was training on calls “direct reports”.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Sounds good to me, I’ve never gotten in trouble for indirectreportination.