What are the benefits of having employee photos on a company intranet? Any articles on this?
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I work for a very large American multinational.
A couple of years ago they put all their "organograms" , complete with photos, on their intranet, however they did not bother to include photos of the guys who work OUTSIDE the office, the technical or production workers if you will.
The rumour was that the production guys were all too ugly!
The only time we look at the pictures is, we look at the office girls to see what ones we would like to "hump" ( as if).
I agree that a picture speaks a thousand words, I wonder how many people have been passsed over for a job because in their photo they were ugly, or the wrong ethnicity.
I know of one guy whose parents were european but he was born in Kenya. So on his company Cv it says "Kenya" as his place of birth. He was applying for overseas postings but getting nowehere. Then the pictures started appearing on the intranet and suddenly he gets offered postings. Because he looks European.
Many of the office staff put a lot of effort into getting their intranet photo "just right" becuase they know how important it is to have the right image. They will ask to "vet" the photo before it goes on the website.
What I'd say is, if you are going to do this then include EVERYBODY, from the top right down to the office cleaner. And allow them to vet their photos first.
We do not have photos on our website... and as example of why not..
The local credit union has removed the pictures of the board of directors from the office They still have the names listed... but due to safety concerns they were advised to take the pictures down.. Their explanation was... if someone wanted to rob the credit union they could identify someone by their pic and use them as a hostage...
seemed far fetched to me..
Now the local bank is doing the same thing... also the hospital has removed the pic of the board of directors...
I guess it is just a precaution..
Maybe a solution for your idea:
Pics on a company website.. Let the employees login to a members only area.. the pics could be available there without causing any chance of threat to the employees... also give the employees an opportunity to opt our of the picture posting...
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