What does f/m or m/w mean?

[el duder]

have seen a few job postings for consultancy positions advertised in europe,

france, germany, switz etc

they all have f/m or m/w at the end of the job title.

Senior Consultant f/m

Enterprise Consultant m/w

Is this full/time part/time ?

anyone shine the light?

[PRC1964]

They want to know what radio stations you listen to.

HTH

[tim123]

Do you really not know?

The is European PC gone OTT.

The company are making it clear that either sex may apply.

In the UK this is, of course, taken as read, but apparently not in Europe.

tim

[AlfredJPruffock]

Do you really not know?

The is European PC gone OTT.

The company are making it clear that either sex may apply.

In the UK this is, of course, taken as read, but apparently not in Europe.

tim

What about eunuchs , or is it Unix ?

[el duder]

get away!

so if m/f is male/female, what the **** is

m/w ???

it cannot be man/woman no ******* way!

[expat]

so if m/f is male/female, what the **** is

m/w ???

it cannot be man/woman no ******* way!

male/whatever.

[bobhope]

weiblich

weiblich = female in german

[sasguru]

m/w = male/ w anker

The latter is for when they want contractors.

<<gets his coat and ducks the ensuing missiles >>

[Jakes Daddy]

m/w = male/ w anker

The latter is for when they want contractors.

Or if they specifically want el duder

(JD in "Getting the hang of making jokes at other peoples expense" mode )

[BlasterBates]

Ah this looks like a translation.

In England everybody is a Developer, but in Germany there are male developers and female developers a bit like waiter and waitress. So the translator probably puts on m/f to translate this.