At least a first name if family name is too much administrative hassle.
Hello, my name is Marc S, i’m the head of the Macrodata Refining department.
I need that report on my desk by 3pm, xX_pu$$y_de$tr0yer_Xx. Otherwise that promotion you’ve been working for might go to JoeMomma69.
Severance
I think they covered pretty clearly why that was a bad idea.
Thought this as well, lol.
But I guess the way OP means, it would be kind of the opposite. Me knowing everything about both worlds, the employer not knowing who I am in personal life.
Also, kind of a different story, but in my university town I’m mostly known by a different but similar name than my actual name, because one of my first friends forgot my actual name in the first days and just called me by that other name, and somehow everybody adopted that other name. But it’s only in that town and context, because the social circles are quite separated.
Do you work for ice?
I have always told work people that I prefer to be called a different shorting of my name then the one I do prefer. Like if I was Robert I would tell work I prefer Bob instead of Rob.
So you’d go by Bob instead of Rob but only at your job?
Maybe Bob is a slob at his job, but Rob has a knob on his hob at home.
And for his hobby he goes by Bobby
In his yurt he prefers Bert
Huh. After decades of working with the public, I wish I’d thought of this years ago. If I encounter someone in public and they say hey Bob! I’d instantly know it was someone I met through work, so I should probably stay mildly professional.
For a long time I went by my full name at work but family and friends were always by nickname. Now I work with someone who was a friend and was used to calling me my nickname and would introduce me to others by it, so it started to bleed.
However at work, I still refer to myself by my full name with people I don’t like or trust as much. If anyone ever figures out my system they’ll realize how I feel about people in the office very quickly hahaha.
Sex workers: Am I joke to you?
Or even better, lets change society and work to something that just fits well together and where work is not slavery with extra steps.
Bwahahaha
You can just ask people to call you by a nickname in your private life.
Or your professional life. My grandma spent her entire career going by the less catholic nickname she used with her first husband’s family.
There’s a few people I know in real life, who I originally met online, and who call me “Chozo” more often than by my real name. Names are weird.
Same with me, and a few people who call me ‘Tira’
I am perfectly happy to have it that way - just like OP suggested it’s a nice separation. And while I have nothing against my given name and actually quite like it, Tira is a name I chose for myself.
Yeah, same, my d&d group calls me by my first character’s name :)
I did that a few times, it was worst when the character name was just a standard name with one letter difference from the player’s real name. I only found out that I had gotten the two confused after I looked more closely at the sheet a week of talking every day.
I go by a different name at work and I do think it helps with the separation at times. Idk why people in this post are thinking it’s weird to do this??? Do you all believe ppl at work are your friends? So many people must love their jobs I guess. lol
I am really sorry to hear that you haven’t experienced an enjoyable workplace yet.
I like my job. It’s annoying but likable.
Especially the colleagues make it bearable and I’ll stay for a cold one after work on a friday to chill in the corner or on the balcony (during summer).
If you go into porn that’s pretty much a prerequisite
Just imagine this in the James Bond world. “Jennifer? That’s just my stage name. My real name is Pussy Galore.”
Not always… I knew a girl once…
What’s her full name and social security number
Pet of the month from the 1980s… lost track of her in the 90s, pretty sure she looks different now.
I have 3 first names and I’m legally allowed to use any of them.
Can you use any of them on a credit card?
I’m not 100% sure but I don’t see why not if that’s the name you gave them when registering as a customer. They all read in my ID as well.
Any time I have tried using my middle name as the name printed on my credit card, the banks 100% consistently refuse to do it.
I genuinely use my third name for anything professional.
The idea reminds me of superheroes going by different names as superheroes than their personal names. Traditionally this is because of secret identities but in the MCU, most of the heroes don’t have secret identities.
“Oh we’re using our made up names. I’m Spiderman”
Aliases have already existed for a long time. I go by my middle name out of work and by my first name at work. I also work with a guy who does the opposite. There’s no reason to really have it be so official.
This is like Minecraft YouTubers who go by their usernames in their videos, which is their job.
