Why do so many people here call divisions or departments "orgs"?

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pinkdino1

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pinkdino1
Apr 26 32 Comments

Orgs is shorthand for organization, which is the whole company. like the microsoft or disney organization. that's the highest part of the governance hierarchy

then you have dePARTments or DIVsions in them, or some chapters or sections or so. But I see people refer to things like "the gmail org", implying that gmail itself would be it's own organization

Why is that?

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  • Google
    Qf5B8sE

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    Qf5B8sE
    Because culture and expectations often differ so much between them that they're essentially different orgs.
    Apr 26 6
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      pinkdino1

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      I mean you are not wrong in the description and i agree, but i still think it makes it more hard to differ from the Gmail and google organization using the same word like that.
      Apr 26
    • Google
      Qf5B8sE

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      Qf5B8sE
      It's because nobody says "the Google organization", they say "the company, Google"
      Apr 26
  • You are simply mistaken. Org in a corporate context is synonymous with child nodes under a parent node in the tree of employees, which is why it’s also called the “org chart”.

    “Who’s org are you in?”
    “I’m in <name>’s org”
    Apr 26 3
  • Amazon
    F1 🏎

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    OP out here getting legit responses and still providing counter claims.
    Apr 26 1
    • New
      pinkdino1

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      OP
      That's what a discussion forum is for...?
      Apr 26
  • New
    mtp7lsq8

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    mtp7lsq8
    You know you’re a corporate drone when….
    Apr 26 0
  • Snap
    snapster 💻

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    Mostly because they each have their own P&L to manage.
    Apr 26 2
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      pinkdino1

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      how does a bank or a car company not have that? The service places and the engine research engineers probably don't share the same budget and have different goals

      I never saw someone talk about different "orgs" at Volkswagen or Ford
      Apr 26
    • Expedia Group / Product
      produxtBrah

      Go to company page Expedia Group Product

       produxtBrah
      Different companies have different org structures. Some are product (or service)-based whilst others are function based and cut across products / services.
      Apr 26