ID Cards For Employees, Good Idea?

'The modern work environment' could mean anything these days. Companies exist from sole traders to multi-national corporations employing thousands of people worldwide. As a result of the numbers of staff a company could potentially employ, it is commonplace for ID cards to be in use. In a world where our identities seem to be scrutinized to the finest detail, are these ID cards really a good idea? Or are they just another way for us to feel more 'on display' than we would like to be?

Personally, I feel that ID cards inside or out of the work environment are perfectly acceptable. I'm sure there are many of you out there who might disagree and I'm sure there are many that agree, the fact is that, in this so called 'big brother' society that we live in, this is always going to be something that people have an opinion on. The way I see it is that perhaps we need to have a little more of our identity 'on show' in an environment such as the work place. An ID card for an employee can have a different effect on the individual to whom it belongs depending on exactly what kind of place it is that they work in. An employee of a large business which employs a great number of staff may be of the opinion that an ID card allows them to feel less like a cog in a machine and more unique. After all, what can we truly claim to be our own if not our identity.

OK, so it's just a piece of plastic. It's a very functional item without much of a 'wow factor'; but is this a bad thing? Like I said, it's functional. It has uses other than being an image of the owner with their name on it. An ID card could have a whole variety of information on it. Maybe, if you wanted to buy some id card printing systems you could print cards for an employee for example. You might just stick with their name and their image but think of the benefits of other information you could put on it. If someone is diabetic for example, this information could be on the ID card. If they we're to collapse at the work place, colleagues would have a good idea why by reading the ID card and may be able to help. I'm not trying to say that ID cards should definitely be used in the work place because they save lives, I'm just saying that they can be of benefit; if not for others then for the individual who uses it.