I always hated wearing the company T-shirt - I felt like a drone. Also at Sun they never gave women sizes - 8 years - not once. Tons and tons of night shirts for me.
Plus the damn logo is right across the chest - yeah that is exactly where I want people to look when talking to me.
My husband wears his as yardwork clothes especially the long sleeve ones since they are made of poor material and look crappy after several washings.
At another company the receptionist (a woman) bought extra tight shirts for the women - all 3 of us decided to throw them away - no way in hell were we wearing that. It was degrading. Then we were taunted by everyone why we were not showing company spirit.
If you want to give swag - give something useful like a electrostatic-free strap. That always comes in handy.
For something to display - how about a baseball hat. Sun gave jean jackets and other jackets - all too big - can not wear but at least it was different. I love the PR suggestion - put your benefit statement and then your logo and your URL.
here is an idea for all those people who only write across the chest of t-shirt which make some women uncomfortable wearing.
Why don't you write the company name on the bottom center of the short - and then everyone can stare at your crotch - this at least will make both sexes uncomfortable. And if you are guy and did not understand the above, perhaps you do now. Before anyone gets upset - I am trying to be funny.
That is funny... but it's a valid point.Upper chest (e.g. towards the top edge of a high-necked shirt), shoulder or arm might be more workable, no?
The worst company t-shirts have two lines of text, one on the upper chest ("FooCo...") (typically on the upper parts of women's breasts) with a second, smaller font, tag-line of text ("leveraging X for Y") below - so people who read the text (kind of reflexive) look like they are giving someone a good, comprehensive ogling. I saw a lot of shirts like that at the last tech conference I was at...
Add "booth babes" (at a business-to-business oriented show, yet) to the mix and you've got the perfect environment for making women in tech feel real comfortable... :-<
Plus the damn logo is right across the chest - yeah that is exactly where I want people to look when talking to me.
My husband wears his as yardwork clothes especially the long sleeve ones since they are made of poor material and look crappy after several washings.
At another company the receptionist (a woman) bought extra tight shirts for the women - all 3 of us decided to throw them away - no way in hell were we wearing that. It was degrading. Then we were taunted by everyone why we were not showing company spirit.
If you want to give swag - give something useful like a electrostatic-free strap. That always comes in handy.
For something to display - how about a baseball hat. Sun gave jean jackets and other jackets - all too big - can not wear but at least it was different. I love the PR suggestion - put your benefit statement and then your logo and your URL.