^^^^^My beards pretty much max'ed out right now,
My beard grows really bushy, It doesn't seem to grow down, It's covers my chin and seems to stop 3/4 inchs under, I have trimmed it from time to time aswell, so theirs also that
work hasn't said anything about it and i'd like it too stay that way,
so it all works out, It's funny though because it's gingy and my mates like to make jokes about it, but the jokes on them, I bet on a horse called ''red beard'' and it won,

but too answer you're question, my beard hasn't got noticeably hot or itchy when im working, so that's why i'm not getting rid of it, My hair on the other hand is long and gets in the way, I need to get my hair cut either way and I figure if im going to cut my hair short why not go all out ? it'll grow back soon enough and in the mean time ill be bald in the hottest part of summer and you're head is a huge heat source, so it should work out pretty well, I wont be doing this next summer though,
I like my hair, this is simply a once of thing I've never been bald nor have I had short hair in years, so the change will be nice