Transparency

August 10, 2019

Transparency: when is it important, and when is it wrong to be transparent? How do you be transparent in the right way? It is not always easy to know which information is the right information to be transparent about. In my strip below we meet one of the first situations where you have a chance to be transparent: recruitment. What do you think a good recruitment process looks like? In the strip I have chosen to include the employees in the first panel, to show that it is not only the manager who has the opportunity and the responsibility in a recruitment.

Comic, panel 1. A manager in a red tie shows a new employee around: “… and here we have our relaxation area …” Behind them a pool with a rubber ring, where two figures sunbathe in deck chairs.

Panel 2. The manager: “You will get the best possible conditions with us.” The new employee: “Yes, it really seems so.” The manager: “So what do you say, shall we sign the contract?” The new employee: “Yes, absolutely! This almost seems too good to be true.”

Panel 3. Caption: “First day at work”. The manager points towards two doorways marked HVN and HL: “Welcome! Your workplace is through that door.”

Panel 4. The new employee walks down a dark spiral staircase: “We didn’t come here last time.”

Panel 5. The new employee enters a gloomy hall full of desks where figures sit writing: “Where am I?”

Panel 6. An angry supervisor in a blue tie points: “Quiet! Sit down at your desk and get to work now!”

Panel 7. The new employee: “But the relaxation area and …” The supervisor, holding a pointer: “That was just for recruiting, get going!”