# Coordinator as a job title? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 16, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coordinator-as-a-job-title/674044 "2013-11-16T04:27:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coordinator-as-a-job-title/674044/21 "2013-11-17T16:57:32Z")
Around here, “coordinator” is pretty low-level. It’s a nice way of saying “assistant.” At the last place I worked, “coordinator” meant that the holder of that title had all the responsibilities of a manger, but none of the authority. ---
**Author:** ![SpeedwayRyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SpeedwayRyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpeedwayRyan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coordinator-as-a-job-title/674044/22 "2013-11-18T15:38:56Z")
It’s the term that means “entry level” at my company. Manager and Director are the steps up from there. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coordinator-as-a-job-title/674044/23 "2013-11-18T16:38:57Z")
I once had a much younger and very minor colleague who was appointed coordinator of some project I was involved with. He immediately started acting as if he was the head honcho, capo di tutti capi, whatever. I was not particularly impressed and did my best to ignore him, much to his dismay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coordinator-as-a-job-title/674044.md?page=1)