不知道大家注意到?jīng)]有，這兩年各個(gè)公司的“總”忽然多了起來(lái)。似乎是個(gè)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)就得叫“總”，以至于有些同姓的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)經(jīng)常被搞混。其實(shí)，這種現(xiàn)象好幾年前就有了，叫“頭銜通脹”，只不過(guò)這幾年更普遍了。

Title inflation is the practice of assigning a more impressive-sounding name to a job position, usually without providing additional responsibilities, resources, or benefits.

Title inflation指給某個(gè)工作崗位定一個(gè)聽(tīng)起來(lái)很厲害的名字，而工作職責(zé)、資源及待遇均沒(méi)有變化，即“頭銜通脹”。

A “manager”, for example, is anyone who heads up a project or department, no matter how small and insignificant it may be. A “strategist” is anyone who plans tasks. Anyone who holds the title “senior” has had five-plus years experience in the job. Nothing special about the job but the title makes it sound so grand and important.

比如，某個(gè)項(xiàng)目或部門(mén)的負(fù)責(zé)人都可以叫“經(jīng)理”，無(wú)論這個(gè)項(xiàng)目或部門(mén)有多小或多么微不足道。規(guī)劃任務(wù)的人都可以叫“策略師”。入職5年以上的都可以在頭銜中加上“資深”二字。工作本身并無(wú)特別，只是頭銜顯得很高級(jí)很重要。

Title inflation has been around for years but it seems to have become more prevalent since the financial crisis. There’s a good reason for that. A fancy job title is cheaper than a pay rise or big salary. It’s all about promotion without compensation. (Source: about.com)

頭銜通脹現(xiàn)象已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)好幾年了，不過(guò)金融危機(jī)以來(lái)似乎有愈演愈烈的趨勢(shì)。原因很明顯。給一個(gè)好聽(tīng)的職位頭銜比出高薪或漲薪都省錢(qián)。其實(shí)就是光升職不加薪。

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