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Why are workers increasingly being called “talent,” especially among tech and HR types?

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MiraculousMM [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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At my workplace (and a few other places I’ve worked) workers are called “resources” and it makes me want to pull my hair out every time I hear it

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sovietknuckles [they/them]@hexbear.net
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Calling workers resources or talent satisfies the same purpose, which is to dehumanize workers and remove the expectation of necessarily receiving benefits (at my workplace, contractors are referred to as resources).

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TreadOnMe [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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My favorite part is when they call them resources, but then when I suggest that the reason they can t get workers is because of basic supply and demand (basically, you gotta pay more) suddenly all kinds of justifications come up.

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