Does anyone understand what the titles used in USA companies mean? Seems everyone has a fancy title like 'director', 'vice president', 'senior vice president', etc.

In particular, I'm wondering what the equivalent of a 'director' in a USA company would be in an AUS company?

Thanks,
Harrow.

This might help...

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director(business)

Manager? [Area] manager.

I would of thought the equivalent Australia title would be Ceo!

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gavnwend said..
I would of thought the equivalent Australia title would be Ceo!

Nope, it's very different. The title 'director' seems to be dished out to quite a number of employees. (Not to be confused with the Board of Directors).

Seems to work something like this from what I can tell.

CEO,
President,
Senior Vice President,
Vice President,
Director,
Manager,
Plebs.

Mast Bender, Magic Ride, maybe you can help?

Okay, found this to answer my own question. Seems to be consistent with my earlier observation.

Director - a manager of managers within an organization who is often responsible for a major business function and who sometimes reports to a vice president. Often used with name of a functional area; finance director, director of finance, marketing director, and so on. Not to be confused with a member of the board of directors, who is also referred to as a director. This is a middle management and not an executive level position, unless it is in the banking industry. Alternatively, a manager of managers is often referred to as a "senior manager' or as an "associate vice president", depending upon levels of management, and industry type.

I guess what we would have called a Group or Branch Manager in my old company.

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Harrow said..

gavnwend said..
I would of thought the equivalent Australia title would be Ceo!

Nope, it's very different. The title 'director' seems to be dished out to quite a number of employees. (Not to be confused with the Board of Directors).

Seems to work something like this from what I can tell.

CEO,
President,
Senior Vice President,
Vice President,
Director,
Manager,
Plebs.

Mast Bender, Magic Ride, maybe you can help?

I'm pretty sure Harrow that that is not quiet right. My understanding is that a CEO is the British term equivalent of the American President

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Harrow said..
Mast Bender, Magic Ride, maybe you can help?

Would be willing to help but I haven't a clew, oops, clue as to what a director is in Aus. you never explained that part.
A director of traffic? A movie director? A simple sign post? What?

Ceo-top dog
Country head- answers to ceo in global company
Vice president - generally sales top guy
Director of-engineering-r&d or other is the department head of a subsection.
If you want to really break it down google org chart of different big companies, ie mining or beverage..

Harrow
Where I work the family tree starts at corporate down to projects
Corp:
Chairman
ExecutiveManaging director
Exec General Manager
General manager
Managers
Project directors (I think the US director may fit here - pulling the strings of the puppets below)
Site based:
Manager
Superintendent
Supervisor
Then blue collar..those who actually do the work

The producer!

Big 4 Accounting Firms. Goes like this.

Graduate (40 hours a week) 50k (All including super)
Analyst (50 hours a week) 56k
Experienced Analyst (60 hours a week) 63k
Senior (70 hours a week) 75k
Assistant Manager* (80 hours a week) 85k
Manager (80 hours a week) 90-100k
Senior Manager* (90 hours a week) ??
Director (90 hours a week) 150-200k
Partner (?? hours a week) 210-????
Equity Partner. (?? hours a week) Share of Partnership.

You don't really want to go much further than Experienced Analyst. Get you CA and get out.....

The bloke with a top of the range mercedes

1. CEO
2. Director
3. Manager
4. Coordinator
5. Senior (whatever)
6. Supervisor
7. Plebs..................

BHP:

Chairman (of the board)
CEO
Presidents
VP's
General Managers
Managers
Superintendents
Supervisors
Floor

I've seen Director used when referring to a company owned by that person and not on the stock exchange.

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cauncy said..
The bloke with a top of the range mercedes

You are so right there.the fat cat with the expensive car & all the perks that go with it.