Is it unprofessional to wear your previous agencies merch on camera at your current job for internal meetings (not client)? It’s just a long sleeve with the logo on the shoulder. Do people care/notice?

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These replies are a reflection of what could happen. Some people might not care, while others could see it as disrespectful. Personally, I wouldn’t do it. I’d rather play the corporate game and show love to my current agency instead of repping where I used to work.

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I would if that was WK merch. Like "I made it to the pros before coming here".

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It is. It's like yeah we all in the mud now but there was a time when I wasn't... and you all still were hahah.

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I personally wouldn’t do it, feels weird to rock a competitor’s logo at your job. You really don’t have another shirt to wear? Lol

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Just make a joke of it and say well new agency needs to send me a new wardrobe.

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I mean…I wouldn’t do it

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At least pretend to drink the kool-aid. That’s all that matters these days and takes very little effort. Wearing a previous agency’s tee gives off IDGAF about this place, which isn’t a good look in front of decision makers. But you do you.

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Unless I work for Nike, Vans, North Face, or any other company that makes clothing, I'm not wearing my employer's logo anything.

Any kind of swag I'm given goes straight to a homeless person.

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Tell them it’s laundry day

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Why antagonize yourself and have it work against you if you don’t need to

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How about wearing merch from an older iteration of your agency several mergers ago?

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I miss Young & Rubicam 💔

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I have done it. It’s part of your trajectory and it’s in no way unprofessional unless you used to work for a direct competitor haha like, I wouldn’t wear a pepsi shirt to my new job a coca cola HQ

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Honestly, unless they are paying you extra for company loyalty, wear what you want. It’s not like you’re going to stay at the new agency/company forever either . Also, it’s just clothes at the end of the day lol

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I wear my Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce sweater on zoom all the time.

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Stick a post-it note over the logo featuring a badly drawn attempt at your new company logo

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Not at all

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I've done it, with pride, especially since that old agency isn't in existence any more, sadly

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I had a coworker who used to wear it in the office lol

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I think the biggest point was - you really don’t have another shirt to wear?

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Don’t do it. Bad vibes

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Only if it's Enron

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