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Subject:Re: Another term for Manhours From:"Wilcox, John (WWC, Contractor)" <wilcoxj -at- WDNI -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 8 Jun 1998 14:19:19 -0700
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> From: Kathy Ellis[SMTP:kathy -at- TIBINC -dot- COM]
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> I've convinced the programmers that _man-hours_ is a term
> that we need to exterminate. They are all for it, but we've run
> in to a problem. In the screen design, we have space
> limitations that restrict us to nine characters.
>
Way to go, Kathy. Another evil dragon bites the dust. Sheesh.
I believe the commonly accepted term for the last decade or two has been
FTE hours (for full-time employee).
John Wilcox, Documentation Specialist
Timberlands Information Services, Application Delivery Group
Weyerhaeuser, WWC 2E2, Box 2999
Tacoma, WA 98477-2999 USA
253-924-7972 mailto:wilcoxj -at- wdni -dot- com
(I don't speak for Weyerhaeuser, and they return the favor.)
