To think employers shouldn't force staff to wear name badges? *title edited by MNHQ at OP's request*

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I can see benefit on the one hand. It creates a personal touch and if customer wants to identify an employer either to complain or show gratified then the name badge easily identifies them.

That said, in this day and age with social media and everything just one click away, should wearing a name bag de be a choice rather than compulsory?

It’s so easy to find people on social media these days, even just with a first name, it makes me uncomfortable that we are made to wear them. I’ve had friend requests off clients from my company, that wouldn’t know my surname, so I assume they’ve put I my first name and recognised me. (One guy sent me a request 7pm on the evening I seen him at 3pm at work) One of my colleagues has had this happen several times.

Even if they didn’t purposely search with the first name, if they came across a social media profile they wouldn’t necessarily know for sure if it was a particular staff member or not, but if the staff member wears a name badge that corresponds with the name on social media then it would make them identifiable.

Some people won’t mind but does anyone else not feel comfortable wearing a name badge at work?

I also notice a lot of people don’t use their real name on social media (or use a nick name so to prevent clients, customers, etc finding them)

Thoughts?

@ParsleySageRosemary

I think it is important that anyone customer/client/patient know who is dealing with them and I don’t see why women should be treated differently regarding this.

Why is it important? If you were training staff adequately, informing them of policies and ensuring adequate supervision of staff, as used to be the norm, then they would know what to do. It is actually very easy to pick out staff who don't.

Women are different to men. They are in the lowest paid positions, they are treated like garbage, any industry that consists of women pays lower wages. They are sex objects who are sold and marketed everywhere around the world so that men can get their kicks, both sexual and power, through their helplessness. Name badges were asking for trouble. They enable any strange men who walk in to a building to believe that they know the woman in question and have rights over her.

If you insist on a name but don't require it to be actual name, why not issue a staff number and unique identifier instead?

With regard to nhs staff, as you must be aware, there are not enough staff to allow for supervision, therefore senior staff have to trust that more junior staff are competent to do the job they are trained to do, whilst obviously being able to step in should they ask for help. It is patients and visitors who rely on name badges to know who has given them relevant information etc., which is very important.

With regard to your comment “ Women are different to men. They are in the lowest paid positions, they are treated like garbage, any industry that consists of women pays lower wages.” I think this comment is absolutely appalling and in most cases completely untrue. In the nhs, for instance, women and men are paid exactly the same wages for the grade they are!

In fact I think these comments, plus your comments about women being helpless, sex objects and men getting kicks and power over women are in most cases completely untrue. We are able to stand up for ourselves. I always wore name badges and didn’t feel uncomfortable doing so. I can however think of 4 colleagues who were attacked by patients, and 3 of the patients were women.

Your comments seem to come from a place of hurt, so you have my sympathies for whatever has happened to make you feel this way. Take care.💐