bert harbinson said:

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Aston04 said:

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Same time Walmart employees became "associates."

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Was thinking Home Depot started this, but you may be right.

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Circuit City had associates at least back to 1989 - a fat lotta good that did them.

HEB has partners.

Comrades will be being used shortly.

Ag with kids said:

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There's no "I" in team.

Of course, there's no "I" in employee, either...but there's a "Y" and that sort of sounds the same.

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But there is a "me" in both of them, if you look real hard.

When HR and recruiters became "talent acquisition specialists"

TxElsie said:

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Ag with kids said:

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There's no "I" in team.

Of course, there's no "I" in employee, either...but there's a "Y" and that sort of sounds the same.

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But there is a "me" in both of them, if you look real hard.

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The Wonderer said:

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When HR and recruiters became "talent acquisition specialists"

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Back in the day, the word for that was "pimp".

Dammit

BostonAg74 said:

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I was reading the statement from American Airlines about the incident where one of their employees hit a woman with a stroller, and every time I read the term "team member" I cringed. The first time I heard it might have been as long as fifteen years ago, and it doesn't get any less annoying. If they insist on calling their employees team members, then the the COO needs to change his title to "team captain", and the CEO should agree to be called "coach".

...and get off my lawn.

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They started that stupid team member talk about two years ago where I work. Every time I hear that I roll my eyes and ask if the person wants fries with their order. Been verbally counseled for not being a "team player." So freaking stupid. I know we are part of a team, but you don't have to make it sound like we work at McDonald's.

queso1 said:

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The funny thing is that:

doctors are still doctors
lawyers are still lawyers
engineers are still engineers
Accountants are still accountants

It's the rubes that need the constant high five.

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Teachers became "educators"

I'm willing to bet there is a good chance that the phrase originated in either Massachusetts or California for the snow flake liberals that can't be just garden variety labor.

Sometime in the 80s I believe. At least where I worked.