Organisational stigma is a growing topic of interest for study. There has been a long history of exploring stigma applied towards individuals and more recently how stigma is applied to organisations. Little is known about the effect on employees whose options are restricted to continue working in organisations which have become stigmatised. The process and effect of organisational stigmatisation may present a disruption to the workplace identity of employees who might previously have believed they worked for a prestigious or at least legitimate organisation. Employees may have to construct a new sense of identity within the organisation if they are unable to transfer their employment easily to another organisation. This study examines the effect of organisational stigmatisation on healthcare employees working in an acute NHS hospital. The findings suggest that members of recognised healthcare professions can tactically construct permeable identities to offset the negative evaluations associated with organisational stigma. There is less opportunity for those healthcare employees who are not members of a profession with institutional and regulatory standards to reconstruct identities that can soften the impact of organisational stigma.