Uniforms For the Help Desk?

An anonymous reader writes "I am an IT worker in a mid sized company with approximately 500 employees. There are 30 people on the IT staff, 6 of whom are on the help desk. Our help desk does have significant visibility in the company, and most people know us by face (some by name). Recently the idea has been floated up the management chain to have these help desk workers wear IT department branded shirts. The idea is to promote visibility and unity. Wearing of these shirts would be mandatory Monday through Thursday. The shirts would not be identical (there would be several styles offered). We would be the only department with specific garments outside of the normal business casual dress code. Is management out of line with the industry in promoting this sort of policy change? Is the singling out of 6 employees as 'the IT guys' a step in the right direction, or does it detract from the professionalism that we are trying to display as a department?"

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Re:Oblig.

[ground.zero.612]

WOOOOOSH to whoever modded parent troll

Re:I once worked helpdesk, during university

[glrotate]

"during university"

What about now that your have a wife, two kids, a mortgage, two car payments, etc.

A helpdesk person's job is to facilitate the business that the organization conducts. They are a necessary evil, not the reason the organization exists.