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Hello, my name is Marc S, i'm the head of the Macrodata Refining department.
The work is mysterious and important.
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
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.
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.
Fun fact, you can use whatever names you want. All names are made up. Your "legal name" is just what the government calls you, but you can ask other people to call you something else entirely. The same goes with pronouns.
A guy I used to work with went by the nickname of "Womble", his name was actually Raymond.
One day I was poking through work orders in our system and discovered that it also officially knew him as "Womble <last name>" and there was no sign of Raymond in there.
That's the thing: if he went by Womble at work then that was his name. The fact that the government called him Raymond doesn't make that his only name, they are both valid.
Our IT intake asks "is there another name you prefer to be known by" - and I have gone by my middle name since I was 12, so I told them, and they cheerfully complied.... on half the things in their system, the other half use my first name - things like the name under my picture during Teams calls. But, my e-mail address uses the middle name, so that's nice.
Yeah, police background checks for your job work better when you give them a fake name 🧐
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"
Which one is the real identity and which one is the secret identity: workName or homeName?
In my opinion, Batman's true identity is Batman and Bruce Wayne is the disguise, but for most heroes their personal name is their true self and the superhero is the disguise
Also true for Superman. He can't change who he is, a superhero. However, he can disguise himself as Clark Kent.
But back to the original question. If you're Robin at work and Samantha at home, which one is the secret identity?
In my opinion, the name you use at home would be your true self and the name you use at work would be the disguise because most people put on a professional persona at work and don't behave naturally. It would ultimately depend on the individual though, some people might feel more like their true selves at work than outside work
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.
Sex workers: Am I joke to you?
I've done this! highly recommended
My brother-in-law goes by his first name at work and his middle name with family and friends
I think someone in my team does that with family. I'm not sure if hes a fan though
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
Work/life separation is propaganda from the Capital class that wants Workers to each be uniform machine parts.
Some compartmentalization is fine, but don't forget to also be holistically you sometimes, and never substitute your employer's (or anyone else's) judgement for your own.
I'm totally over having a "professional self". I don't go around swearing as much at work but other than that I'm pretty much just being me. People still respect me and I don't feel as exhausted by masking every single day.
I'm also over corporate lingo and just call people/things out when they're overloaded with BS jargon. Its an accessibility issue and people need to learn to communicate in plain language.
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.
We're at work, you can just call me "Big Tuna".
Severance
I think they covered pretty clearly why that was a bad idea.
You can.
I changed my name before starting my current job for this reason.
Sounds a bit like Severance.
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."
Or even better, lets change society and work to something that just fits well together and where work is not slavery with extra steps.
this post was submitted on 16 Jul 2025
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