Poll... how many of you have to wear some sort of uniform for your job?

[decay]

we have talked briefly about getting company logo polo shirts to wear onsite at clients.

[Speedy]

No.

[C(-)ris]

decay wrote:
we have talked briefly about getting company logo polo shirts to wear onsite at clients.

That is what we have to wear.

[RAMd®d]

Those of you who work, and work outside the home

Maybe that should have been in all caps.


Dress like a professional, act like a professional.

This. And when you examine someone's uniform, you can *usually* tell who is more professional and acts like they care.

I'm also a fan of school uniforms (not for the same reason as jimmypoo!). A teacher I knew years ago used to say "Dress for work, you work. Dress for play, you play." I can't believe the all the cleavage, ta-tas, and muffin tops that are part of school couture. Another teacher told that the "whale tail" was pretty popular for a while until a local school board finally got off of theirs.


I do like being comfortable, but respect feels pretty comfortable too.

Indeed!

And when people know you mean business, it can save a lot of time and energy.

[Chakravartin]

C(-)ris wrote:
I'm surprised you still have to wear ties and button down shirts. It has been years since I have had to do that for an IT job. Polo shirts and khakis is the norm around here.

My company is a full-featured consulting firm. I can go from swapping drives in a hot server room to setting up a new server in a residential basement to setting up a backup drive for an executive in a penthouse suite to a sales meeting with a new client to troubleshooting Adobe apps and desktop RAIDs for a bunch of designers all in the same day.

I take off the tie when I know I'll be parked someplace hot or doing a lot of heavy lifting, but otherwise, the tie stays on during work hours just in case I have to meet with a high-muck-a-muck.

We have dress shirts with logos over the breast pocket and we have logo-jackets, but they're optional.

[Speedy]

Chakravartin wrote: We have dress shirts with logos over the breast pocket

What, no pocket protector?

[qdog2]

Yes I do it helps separate me from the inmates.