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[-] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago

Freshers? That's a new word.

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 8 months ago

In my experience, it usually originates from India, but it's catching on in the UK too.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 10 points 8 months ago

It was at least common in (my part of) the UK when I was in university over a decade ago

[-] chewables@piefed.social 3 points 8 months ago

it's been used very commonly in the UK since at least the mid-2000s.

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Late 90s in Wales, from personal experience :)

[-] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

but it's catching on in the UK too.

Really? I thought it is a UK thing as well because we use the word here in Ireland.

[-] capcool@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago
[-] GorGor@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago

Is it refering to people in their first year of university? If so in the US they are referred to as freshmen.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I will say, my company has a three year Analyst Development Program that hires directly from college and rotates new hires through a handful of departments looking for where the candidate fits best.

I'll also note, we budget five years in advance and... five years ago, we had the worst layoffs in company history. So now we're picking up one ADP across the entire IT floor, when we normally bring in 5-8.

"But why didn't you adjust your budget when your company rebounded and you were flush with cash?"

Fuck if I know the deep magic of management accounting. I just know we're staring down a staff shortfall again, despite being fully flush with cash.

this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2025
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