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My office wants to put the receptionists (I'm one of them!) in uniforms. I work for a very large corporate law firm. W*T*F?! They did say that they would buy all our clothes for us and they would be in shades of blue from Land's End. Now I don't mean to offend any Land's End wearers, but those clothes are not for me. The colors are weird and the clothes are shapeless. They want us to wear a lot of sweater sets and blazers and the best part of all... the sweaters and blazers will be embroidered with our company logo over the left breast. This is the color they want us to wear, and this is the sweater set that they tried to sell us.



There's no point to this post other than to complain. lol! I just hate this place!

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Think of the bright side - you never have to worry about what to wear

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Posted by Lsorrent

Think of the bright side - you never have to worry about what to wear

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Thanks for trying! haha!

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oh...my...

hmm - yes, a good point is made in that you will never have to think about what to wear

but ouch...a boob logo?! yikes...

not much else to say besides LOLLLLL (sorry) and SORRY JILL...keep us posted on this one!

ps - I will confess...i actually laughed out loud at this one! oops!

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put a large, chunky belt in the middle of it to give it some shape .

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Posted by Byrne2Be

oh...my...

hmm - yes, a good point is made in that you will never have to think about what to wear

but ouch...a boob logo?! yikes...

not much else to say besides LOLLLLL (sorry) and SORRY JILL...keep us posted on this one!

ps - I will confess...i actually laughed out loud at this one! oops!

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At least you're honest. Yupp, a boob logo. Like the one I had on my sweater in highschool. I wore a uniform for 16 years of my life. I thought I was done!!!

I just showed my MIL the stuff and she's like 'Oh hell no, I wouldn't even wear that.'

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think of this way; you can spend the money on awesome clothes to wear to parties!!!

but yes, that is a bit bland.

i miss uniforms though because I am a terrible dresser.

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although i love blue, that is not going to be very flattering to everyone. couldnt they choose a darker color?

when i wore a uniform in school, i loved it cuz i never had to worry about what to wear!

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yikes while i wouldn't want to offend any Land's End wearers either, my company buys a logo'd shirt for our employees to wear on 'casual friday' and i never even do because it is so ill fitting. i have sweater from there too (because they wanted us to have a cold weather logo item too ) and it's just not cozy.

but the bright side, you will definitely be looking foward to dressing nice in your own clothes outside of work!

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the second i saw that pic i started laughing so hard and loud!!

so not your style

not gonna lie
i would love to have a uniform that my company would pay for

think of the money you could save by not having to buy work clothes

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Posted by cateydee

although i love blue, that is not going to be very flattering to everyone. couldnt they choose a darker color?

when i wore a uniform in school, i loved it cuz i never had to worry about what to wear!

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It's not very flattering on me. They said another option was burgundy which I would prefer but they really want us in blue to match the mailroom guys. Another blow right there.

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Posted by Rosalind_75

the second i saw that pic i started laughing so hard and loud!!

so not your style

not gonna lie
i would love to have a uniform that my company would pay for

think of the money you could save by not having to buy work clothes

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We were for the uniform idea, too... when they said they were getting it from NY & Co.!

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Sorry dude. That blows Although it is a good excuse to go out and buy a whole lot of accessories to bring a little more of your personality out.



I would kill someone or quit if they tried to make us wear uniforms.

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hahahhaha a twin set and pearls was my self imposed work uniform.

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how can they make you wear a uniform because you are an assistant? I feel like that is profiling or harassment or some form of unfair treatment or something along those lines.

Everyone should be forced to wear a uniform!


Although at least you can save money and no longer purchase work clothing...

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Crashing!
That sucks...
We dont have uniforms at work.. (i work in an office but in the call center dept) and NOW we are suppose to dress up profesionally... Like we aer seeing the clients!!! we never see clients! EVER!
they just switch us recently.. they didnt even buy us uniforms!!


At least U dont have to worry about clothes chica..

But u know what?
I thnk with uniform or w/o, Youwill still look good

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Posted by runnerbride1023

how can they make you wear a uniform because you are an assistant? I feel like that is profiling or harassment or some form of unfair treatment or something along those lines.

Everyone should be forced to wear a uniform!


Although at least you can save money and no longer purchase work clothing...

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they make them because they are the face of the company when people walk into the office..

i get it... even thought it sucks... if there was a male receptionist im sure he would have to wear it too... not the pretty cardigan combo lol but to wear a blue shirt with the logo...

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Posted by runnerbride1023

how can they make you wear a uniform because you are an assistant? I feel like that is profiling or harassment or some form of unfair treatment or something along those lines.

Everyone should be forced to wear a uniform!


Although at least you can save money and no longer purchase work clothing...

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I thought the same thing! It's like we're lower than the support staff. The mailroom has to wear uniform polo shirts but they always justified that because they are outsourced from Xerox and need to be easily identifiable while walking around on the floors. I'm at the reception desk. There is NO mistaking what I am. It's just so unnecessary.

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Posted by AngnShaun

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Posted by runnerbride1023

how can they make you wear a uniform because you are an assistant? I feel like that is profiling or harassment or some form of unfair treatment or something along those lines.

Everyone should be forced to wear a uniform!


Although at least you can save money and no longer purchase work clothing...

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they make them because they are the face of the company when people walk into the office..

i get it... even thought it sucks... if there was a male receptionist im sure he would have to wear it too... not the pretty cardigan combo lol but to wear a blue shirt with the logo...

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Well we are already held to a higher standard with our dress code. While the rest of the office is business casual, we're supposed to dress up more and we do. I'm prepared to blame my co-worker. She's wearing something that looks almost like a sweatshirt today. But then again, it's like 50 degrees in my office so I get why she's got it on.

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Posted by jilliibabii

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Posted by AngnShaun

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Posted by runnerbride1023

how can they make you wear a uniform because you are an assistant? I feel like that is profiling or harassment or some form of unfair treatment or something along those lines.

Everyone should be forced to wear a uniform!


Although at least you can save money and no longer purchase work clothing...

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they make them because they are the face of the company when people walk into the office..

i get it... even thought it sucks... if there was a male receptionist im sure he would have to wear it too... not the pretty cardigan combo lol but to wear a blue shirt with the logo...

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Well we are already held to a higher standard with our dress code. While the rest of the office is business casual, we're supposed to dress up more and we do. I'm prepared to blame my co-worker. She's wearing something that looks almost like a sweatshirt today. But then again, it's like 50 degrees in my office so I get why she's got it on.

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thats bizarre... what exactly are they trying to get across with this cardigan combo... not even the slightest bit dressy