Regarding the word mentee, you can subject yourself to my rant in the earlier discussion in the Recommended topic section entitled "What words do you hate?" ('nuf said?) I won't bother to copy it here.
I hate mentee
I enjoyed that the second time as much as the first, Glenn!
Grant Barrett said:
Whip up a big batch of pistachio pudding, then add pineapple, walnuts, Cool Whip, and marshmallow bits, and what do you have? A Los Angeles woman says her grandmother used to make a dish with those ingredients that she called pooflapoo pie. Is that just her family's name for it, or do other people refer to it that way? Other people call it Watergate salad or ambrosia.
The family of my former girlfriend used to serve that or something much like it at every big family get-together. They all just called it "the green stuff".
I too am keen to hear of any suggested alternatives to the awkward and passive Mentee. At the organization where I am the head of Talent Management, we have a Development Manager (DM) responsible for guiding each Mentee's professional development. We'd love to come up with something more collaborative and catchy than Mentee, but have yet to find the right word. The name of the firm is Dominion Digital and we're in the habit of referring to each other as DDIGers (DEE-dig-ers) after the nickname for the firm, DDIG. We'd be happy to go with a made up name for the mentee role. Suggestions welcome and greatly appreciated.
I too am keen to hear of any suggested alternatives to the awkward and passive Mentee.
How about "protege"?
Emmett