Show HN: I redesigned the Microsoft employee badge
* The circle makes it hard to see at a glance if the face matches the badge, this is a big deal.<p>* The employee number should be on the front, because this is often needed for identifying people who security cant stop (for whatever reason), but are doing bad things.<p>* Printing on the back is expensive, the badge printers that do this cost often twice as much.  Printing color is even more expensive, your talking increasing the cost of the badge by about a third.  This also leads to other problems like heavy head wear because of the smart card contact, having to define avoidance areas because of the same and jamming issues with the added complexity of using the card flipper.<p>* Employment classification (Employee, Intern, Vendor Name, Partner, etc) should be printed in text on the front.<p>* Smaller companies would be encouraged to avoid printing the company logo or name on the badge, as this tells people where it will work.<p>* Same with the address, and the cost of replacement and expedience means returning the badge is useless.  This wasn't true when Motorola Flexpass badges were first rolled out at MS, but its true now.<p>* Badge photos need to be standardized for various security reasons.<p>* Your current badge does already emphasize your first name, its not as prominent on yours as it was on mine, but it changes from time to time as they much with the access control software.<p>Where I'm coming from: I am a security engineer, I previously worked on physical security management and had started out in the industry at Microsoft.  I work on systems that print hard cards for a paying hobby.<p>PS, I was fired from MS for posting an image of myself online where my badge was clear enough to copy.  Might be something to check on.