Do you think knowing coworkers type would help??

rumblejaded

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So at my job we all have to display our personality types on our name tags so we can ideally be able to communicate better. Well as an I (introvert) I'd just rather not. Most of the I's avoid the E's (extroverts) so I honestly think it may do more harm than good. Has anyone else experienced something like this? I'm trying to find a way to get over it but I know some E's can be very aggressive and not understand the I's.
 

Regret93

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I've never heard of that. Sounds like an alright concept at first, but it also sounds like segregation. It's bad enough to try not to feel inferior for being introverted, now it's printed next to your name like your identity depends on it. I think it just gives people the opportunity to discriminate without necessarily having to judge.

EDIT: Forgot to ask, you don't need to say what company, but what kind of job is this?
 

GraybeardGhost

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I suspect most of the "I"s would avoid most of the "E"s whether they were labeled or not. It's usually not too hard to tell the difference. The other letters—S/N, T/F, and J/P, assuming you're talking Myers-Briggs here—could possibly be more useful. It might be helpful in certain situations, such as group projects or meetings or just plain getting along, to have that little extra bit of insight into how the other participants function. I'm no fan of wearing my innards on the outside in public, but this may not be such a bad idea after all.
 

Mehh

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I've been through something very similar to this. At my high school, every freshman had to take this "life skills" class with a teacher that was a *big* Myers-Briggs fan. On the first day of class, we all took the personality test and then had to introduce ourselves to our classmates by sharing our personality type. (A lot of middle schools fed into this high school, so there actually were quite a few strangers in the class.)

As terrible of an idea as it seems, I actually remember kind of liking it. It gave me a chance to quickly identify the other introverts and gravitate towards them :) I can see how it would be problematic, though.
 
Could you get away with putting somthing light hearted instead? I dont believe labeling of personality types is appropriate or even beneficial for any workplace...if it were me I would try demonstrate my contempt for such a rubbish concept by putting somthing stupid down like passive aggressive or whatever...if they wont allow that just say you think the whole idea will cause segregation...its not like they could force you to participate
 

Scury

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I think it could actually help in some ways. I am a very introverted female and like a lot of introverts, I absolutely hate small talk and try to avoid it. Many extroverts take it personally and have labeled me cold and snobby.

I feel that introverts lose out a lot in our culture. People are always trying to "fix" introverts by encouraging them to try to be more extroverted. If people were more aware of personality types, there could possibly be more harmony in some situations.
 
I think it could actually help in some ways. I am a very introverted female and like a lot of introverts, I absolutely hate small talk and try to avoid it. Many extroverts take it personally and have labeled me cold and snobby.

I feel that introverts lose out a lot in our culture. People are always trying to "fix" introverts by encouraging them to try to be more extroverted. If people were more aware of personality types, there could possibly be more harmony in some situations.

I reckon this correlates to percieved attractiveness in a lot of ways...if youre considered as
Attractive but dont contribute much socially you could be falsely cast type as snobby...if however you look like the crazy cat lady, then people probably wouldnt expect you to be a social butterfly anyway...this is the only scenario I would expect this labeling to be of any use to anyone
 

Scury

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I reckon this correlates to percieved attractiveness in a lot of ways...if youre considered as
Attractive but dont contribute much socially you could be falsely cast type as snobby...if however you look like the crazy cat lady, then people probably wouldnt expect you to be a social butterfly anyway...this is the only scenario I would expect this labeling to be of any use to anyone

I've never thought about it that way before.....that's a really interesting observation.
 

Livemylife

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So at my job we all have to display our personality types on our name tags so we can ideally be able to communicate better. Well as an I (introvert) I'd just rather not. Most of the I's avoid the E's (extroverts) so I honestly think it may do more harm than good. Has anyone else experienced something like this? I'm trying to find a way to get over it but I know some E's can be very aggressive and not understand the I's.

...Are you sure you're not participating in some sort of elaborate social experiment? Lol but seriously.
Sounds a bit pointless. I highly doubt an extrovert would see a tag labeled as introvert and happen to know the best way to communicate with that person. If anything, the extrovert would probably just completely avoid the introvert. And vice versa. Unless of course everyone at the job has a degree in psychology or something.
 

rumblejaded

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I responded to this yesterday and apparently the moderators didn't like what was said so it never posted. So I'll guess I'll make another one.

It's a customer service call center and yes I am talking about the Myers-Briggs they have a bunch of stuff through cpp.com and have full descriptions of each. @Mehh I never thought about doing that (intentionally gravitating towards the other I's), we're so busy just trying to make sure we don't offend any of the E's.

@skins yes segregation is the perfect way to describe it and the word I'll think I'll use when I get the guts to confront someone about it. (Hey I'm an I okay). @livemylife I sure hope not! lol that's creepy.
 
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