When you start in a new company, people usually throw jargon around and if you haven’t been in the field or haven’t had much training these words can seem quiet confusing, so I thought of all the words people would probably find a bit strange that we at Rentokil find perfectly normal.
PNOL – If someone sends you an email that contains this expression – do not get alarmed it is not a dangerous chemical nor is it a tablet that you need to take. It stands for Pest Net OnLine – which is an advanced online reporting system that helps clients better manage multiple business sites and is a perfect solution for our higher dependency client such as food factories and pharmaceuticals.
ICABS – If you’ve ever heard someone say “let me account on ICABS” or “ICABS will help us to see that” what ICABS actually stands for is: International Administrative Contract Branch Systems, which is the administration system we use to process contracts and generate customer invoices, etc.
Technician – I don’t know about you, but if I phoned Rentokil and asked them to come sort out my bedbug problem I would feel slightly concerned if they told me that a “technician” would come to see me – so if a person that sorts out pest control problems is called a technician – what is a person that fixes technical issues in factories called? I’m confused – Let’s clear this up – At Rentokil we sometimes refer to Our Pest Control Operators as technicians.
Pestie – If you are ever called or hear someone refer to another person as a “pestie” you do not need to lodge a deformation of character case – at Rentokil being called a “pestie” is actually an honour and merely means that you work for the pest control division of the business.
LUM – This word confused me when I first started working at Rentokil – if you are ever told “you need three LUM4’s …” or “let me show you our LUM range…” it refers to our Luminos fly unit range – the name is quiet fitting as “Lum” is derived from Latin for the word light and that is exactly how the units work – using light to attract flies
KAM – Have ever heard the word “KAM” being thrown around and wondered what it stood for…?
In South Africa, if Rentokil manages a large pest control contract for you, you’ll be assigned an accounts manager to make sure that your are provided with exceptional service and that every need is looked after – these managers title are called KEY ACCOUNTS MANAGERS (KAM)
WOW the only one I have ever heard was Pestie and that’s because I visited Australia. Thanks for the info
Imagine hearing all your words when English is not your native language!
I hear the term EFK (Electronic Fly Killers) far more often than LUM, even though they are refering to the same range of products
@ Brigitta: Yeah: that is another abbreviation you hear often “EFK” 🙂 more from clients though? There are so many little acronyms that get coined you must have lots working with the web? SEO, SEM…
@ Belen: It will definitely be scary to hear all those foreign terms !! I really admire people working in a language that is not their first language
@ Keith: I thought it was only South Africa that was using the word “pestie” glad to find out that you heard it in OZ 🙂
Indeed a relevant piece of information.
Pestie sounded in novel for me.