Some companies have uniforms for their staff which must be worn at all times. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this.

Some
companies
require their
employees
to wear
uniforms
at all
times
. The advantages of
this
are, it helps promote the
company
and helps customers distinguish the roles of
staffs
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staff
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.
However
,
employees
may find it difficult to wear
uniforms
at all
times
and most
company
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companies
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do not provide enough sets of
uniforms
. Having staff wear
uniforms
at all
times
helps distinguish a
company
. It promotes a
company
’s identity to help customers differentiate it from other entities. Another benefit is that
companies
can better classify their services by the type or
color
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colour
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of
uniforms
they wear which helps improve the customer experience.
For example
, in my hospital workplace, all patients are able to better distinguish which is a nurse or a doctor, because all nurses are only required to wear a blue scrub suit,
meanwhile
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all doctors wear maroon scrub suits.
On the other hand
,
employees
may find it uncomfortable to wear a uniform. Some
uniforms
are uncomfortable and poorly fitted that it adds to an employee’s unhappiness. Another disadvantage is that most
companies
do not provide enough
uniforms
for their
employees
. It becomes a financial burden for the employee because he may need to purchase a new set of
uniform
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uniforms
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.
For example
, my brother who works twelve hours a day and six days a week, paid two thousand pesos to a local tailor just to make him three sets of
custom fit
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uniforms
because his employer only gave him two sets. In conclusion, having a staff
to
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apply
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wear
uniforms
at all
times
is a great way to promote a
company
and helps their customers distinguish their
employees
.
On the other hand
,
employees
may find it distracting to wear a uniform and
companies
may pass the burden of expense to their staff to buy extra
uniforms
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • uniforms
  • staff
  • advantages
  • disadvantages
  • promotes
  • belonging
  • team spirit
  • professional
  • cohesive
  • image
  • security
  • identification
  • reduces
  • expenses
  • employees
  • decide
  • wear
  • fosters
  • equality
  • minimizes
  • differences
  • individuality
  • self-expression
  • uncomfortable
  • restrictive
  • body types
  • sizes
  • maintenance
  • cleanliness
  • control
  • restriction
  • personal style
  • fashion preferences
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