Hi Paul,
You said: "...Just remarking that "man number" is conspicuously
gender-specific. ..."
True, but, you have to remember the historical context for it.
You said: "...IBM has over 300,000 employees. Are the numbers required
to be unique? ..."
AFAIK, my number was unique in Canada.
My Retain ID had to be changed because someone else (probably an
American) already was using my Man Number to LOGON.
Regards,
David
On 2023-07-14 09:45, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Fri, 14 Jul 2023 06:43:49 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
EEOC is an American thing. In Canada, we have an equivalent.
Just remarking that "man number" is conspicuously gender-specific.
Please explain: "... Five digits isn't enough. ..." Enough for what?
IBM has over 300,000 employees. Are the numbers required to be unique?
(I think you're confusing employee number with SIN (equivalent to
American SSN).
On 2023-07-13 22:53, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 21:56:55 -0400, David Spiegel wrote:
When I worked at IBM Canada full time (1994-2002), our TSO Userids were
XXnnnnn, where nnnnn was a person's "man number" (aka employee number).
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