well, i stand on concrete for 8 hours a day and these are not the shoes to do this in..i guess ive gotten used to sketchers sport for work..the best so far for standing on concrete.. the soles on these salomons seemed thin to me although they did seem to have more arch support than most tennis shoes..but they look great and am not apposed to ffuture purchases of salomons. i do seem to have a problem with the lace adjuster thingy..kind of hard to loosen it to take shoes off...