Non-gendered collective title for a group of people in a business context
In a work context, what is a good word for addressing a mixed-gender group of people?
Currently, "guys" seems to be fairly popular, but does have male overtones." Is there a really nothing better?
A few examples where your suggestion should fit:
- "Guys, who's working on the .."
- "Which one of you guys broke the build"?
- "We should ask the IT guys"
I'm after a fairly informal, everyday, word, but "peeps" is probably too informal.
Solution 1:
It's very simple. Good morning everybody! Can you check with the IT department? Did you just call someone on the IT team? How do I get in touch with an IT professional? How do I get in touch with the IT person? Let's get this over to the engineering group. Will make sure that we communicate that to the sales team. Let me check with the product development team and get back to you. How are you all doing today? Or more grammatically correct, How are you doing today?
To answer the specific examples I'd say,
1) "Who is working on the…" 2) "Which one of you broke the build?" 3) " we should reach out to the IT team/ department/crew/people." Or simply, "You should reach out to IT."
Fill in the blank… Check with the engineering ____ Did you contact the HR _______
Solution 2:
How about folks?
Folks
(informal) People in general.
y'all (very informal)
you (used to refer to more than one person).
For example: "Listen up y'all!"
Everyone/everybody
every person.
For example: "Hello everyone", "Hello everybody!"
People
For example: "Good morning people!"
Solution 3:
It's only 'gendered' since you are specifically making it so. Have you considered simply removing the 'gender' nouns rather than replace them?
"Hey everyone, who's working on the .."
"Which one of you broke the build"?
"We should ask someone down in IT"