Great, powerful and terrible Russian language, borrowing foreign words. Many terms that came to us from abroad were adopted and digestibly adapted in the life and structure of Russian life. However, there are freak words that have normal and adequate replacements that have taken root in our slang due to some circumstances. So is the word "manager". Who is this or what? Let's get it right.
Origin
Historically, in Russian there are many words borrowed. For example, all words ending in double vowels or starting with the letter "a". Moreover, if initially the geography of borrowing was wide enough, then then the circle began to decrease? and now, ninety percent of a hundred, new concepts come to us from English. So the "manager" is a manager, or manager, manager, manager, director. In fact, this concept refers to any person responsible for something. We can say that this is a completely responsible position and the people who occupy it have status and respect, but everything is far from as rosy as it might seem at first glance.
Realities
So, "managers" - who is it? If we talk about modern society, tolerance and respect for each other, then everyone wants to hide their status and appear higher in the eyes of others. Of course, everyone will know perfectly well what is at stake, but they will prefer to turn a blind eye to the true meaning of the position. For example, a cleaning or moving manager. Sounds better than a janitor and a loader? The ongoing replacement of concepts allows people to amuse their own pride. You have not achieved anything in life and at the age of 30 you wash floors in some state institution? But you can say to those around you that you are a "manager", just don’t specify in which area. It is to such people that the dismissive "manager" often refers. This is a kind of mockery of people who engage in self-deception.
Sarcasm
In addition to the above meanings, the term "manager" is used in a slightly different sense. The principle remains the same. The term continues to make fun of people, but in a slightly different aspect. "Managers" - who is it? So it is customary to call failed careerists. People get jobs in various enterprises, institutions in the hope of receiving a higher salary and imaginary career growth. Why imaginary?
Employees of such structures are strongly convinced that they are important for others and that they benefit people, although in fact, the services they offer are not needed by anyone, except for a certain number of people and managers who are often involved in banal money laundering. In such firms, workers are "managers". Who is it? Fully zombied by corporate ethics and career growth, people who do not have their own goals and desires. A sort of impersonal crowd of identical, carbon-copyed people with their own specific values, worldview and social culture. Of course, any social stratum of the population has its own rules and norms, but in this case, some prefer to give a negative assessment. So the concept of "managers" appeared.
Network
There are a large number of different posts with the prefix "manager". These include the Internet "manager". It is hard to say how correct it is to call people working via the Internet “managers”. On the one hand, it can be the same corporate gray mice, which was described above, on the other hand, it can be freelancers who sit quietly at home and do what they like. In any case, the work of the Internet manager consists in filling the sites with content, processing orders in the online store, or simple online customer consultation. Is this work important? For the employees themselves - absolutely. Whether online stores are needed in such a huge amount is already a question for another article.
Technology
Of course, the term "manager", like "manager", can refer not only to people. In various spheres of life, there are their own "managers", but unlike people here, this term is just slang, and not an insulting and mocking form. For example, a computer program is a "manager". Such applications, as the name implies, are responsible for controlling a computer or anything else in the operating system. Depending on the area of use, various managers can be distinguished. For example, the well-known Windows Media Player. The most common program for listening to music and watching movies, if only because it is preinstalled on any operating system produced by Microsoft. It contains part of the functions inherent in any manager - sorts, filters lists of all audio and video files stored on your personal computer, allows you to manage them and configure their contents (description). It is in this that the main tasks of any “manager” program lie.
OS
Continuing the theme of "manager" programs, we can give an example that is fairly close to reality and people. As you know, the ongoing disputes between computer users about which operating system is better often lead to people dropping to insults, forgetting about the true topic of conversation, however, this allows us to conclude that not all products are " Microsoft is equally helpful. For example, there is a "Windows" manager, aka Windows Manager. A program that serves to control the entire computer. The strange thing is that in any operating system, and so there are all the functions that this application performs. But the developers, apparently, thought that in a normal situation only a professional could cope with a PC, and created an application that would simplify this process. Now even the most uninformed users who are unable to find the registry can “clean” and “configure” it, often just killing their own operating system as a result. After that, on all forums and sites where it was proposed to download this program, new disputes begin about whether this program is good or not ... Here is such a "manager". It seems to be needed, it works, but whether it is beneficial to others and whether its work is important is a big question, the main thing is that the creators of this application did not doubt it.
Games
Speaking about computer applications, you can not ignore the game. Developing computer technology was supposed to push the world towards a technological breakthrough and force spacecraft to plow the expanses of the universe. In fact, the marketing of global corporations is clear and simple. They do not need distant stars, they need money. So with the development of computers, more and more sophisticated toys appear. These include the "Fifa-manager." This toy allows you to create your own new football team or choose an existing one to manage. You have to deal with the transfer of players, their training, as well as hold football matches. In general, this is a full-fledged simulator of the life of a football manager.
conclusions
In general, despite everything written, we can conclude that the concept of "manager" is a negative assessment of someone else's activity by the rest of the population. It is difficult to judge how justified it is, because it is not in human nature to criticize oneself, which means that any opinion will be subjective. The only thing that could be advised if you were suddenly called a “manager” is to think carefully about what is behind the motives of this act.