dsmith

Dress code ? Tie ? Shave ?

I'm confused

I've been to the office for last few days 'cos it has air/con and is a damn site more comfortable than the study at home

Deano

[Edited by dsmith - 8/5/2003 7:36:43 PM]

logiclee

My airconditioned office is nice.

Unfortunatly our engineers have to wear full overalls, refective jacket, boots, shin pads, helmets, goggles or safety specs, gloves, and when required ear defenders.

Lee

[Edited by logiclee - 8/5/2003 8:44:54 PM]

fuz

i want the outfit homer wore when he was working from home
that would keep u cool



TelBoy



[Edited by fuz - 8/6/2003 12:19:06 AM]

Drunken Bungle Whore

Just curious about how far dress codes could/ should be stretched at the mo. (Uniformed professions aside).

Does anyone work for a really draconian company that's not being flexible?

I work with loads of artisic types and the code is stretched to the limit - no tights/ stockings, open toed sandles & flip flops, no jakckets. Luckily HR Directer is on hols atm!!

Boys seem to have it worse - anyone managed to ditch their tie?

And does it really matter anyway?

Badger Stuffer

We wear whatever we want whenever we want. Always do. Absolutly no dress code all year.

Sometimes I don't shave for a week.

Mind you, I am in the process of joining the Police Force so that'll all change son.

Mr Gee

Financial Centre in London :- Very Very Old School

Must wear:

Full suit - Blacks and dark blues allowed only
Shirts - No button down collars - Blues / whites only
Conservative tie - No funky ties allowed
Blazers must be worn at all times on trading floors - You are fined if you dont have your blazer on on one of these floors.
You must adhere to the above in -5 deg or +110 deg

Bah Humbug !!!

Wurzel

iTrader: (1)

Can wear as much or as little as we want as long as your wearing something.

unclebuck

ditto BS - apart from the shaving bit. Ya scruffy herbert

UB

Drunken Bungle Whore

Poor Mr Gee

I know this is my favourite question - but Why?

Does the suit help you do your job any better? Unlikely in this weather. Does it make you more intelligent? Nope!

I know I have to conform, but people are people - why does it matter what they're wearing...?

ChrisB

Our Helpdesk Manager came in his shorts and polo shirt yesterday.

I'm stuck in short sleeved shirt and tie with visiting customers, although if it's a long term customer I can ditch the tie when it's cooking.

Thank god for climate control. The days of turning up on-site looking like you've just stepped out the shower are long gone!

what would scooby do

LOL - I work in advertising, we are not allowed to turn up naked or just in cheap underwear.

Drunken Bungle Whore

Chris - does the tie help you fix the computer any quicker...?

Tiggs

the joys of running your own company.....last year, sat in office with full suit dress code .....this year sat in my office, shorts T shirt and a fridge next to my desk full of Buds!

T

Gridlock Mikey

I've been working on dress codes alot lately with regards to my sales reps. I wanted to find out from customers, what was the purpose/point/relevence of a tie and would they be less likely to buy or be offended in any way if one of my reps turned up without one on.
I wanted the results because personally i don't think you need a tie to be a rep. They already get treated like crap anyway so the tie thing obviously doesn't work.
I think that dressing smart maybe with a corporate polo shirt or the like would probably INCREASE sales as it is far more relaxed. No briefcase, just a note pad, an informal chat, go away, come back propose a solution, ask for the business job done without any fancy sales tricks or patter Every one is happy
Anyway, we called 848 of our customers and guess what 424 said "Good on yer, ties suck," the other 424 said they expected a tie. EXACTLY 50%
Interestingly, when quizzed as to thier reasoning, most of the "Must have a tie" camp said "Well, that's the way it's always been round here" Get promoted often do they?

Mikey

Drunken Bungle Whore

Tricky one I know. There's this book of 'unwritten rules' somewhere with all this sort of cr@p in it - we should all be asking 'Why?' a lot more!!

We should dress smartly for work - WHY????

I really hate the word 'should'

Getting married soon and everyones fussing about dresses and hats - WHY??? If everyone turned up in bikini's would we be any less married...? And don't say its about respect because then I'll have to ask WHY the way I dress in anyway should reflect how much I respect someone - surely that should be down to actions....

It's amazing how much stuff we do for no other reason than someone thinks we should .

</temperature induced rant>

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

What gets me is that it is "expected" for men to wear a shirt and tie but women can turn up in little more then vests...... great some of you lads are thinking.......well it may be if all the women I work with weren't a bunch of mingers!!

ChrisB

No, especially not when it gets caught in one of the fans

I guess it comes down to presenting a professional image. Mikey's results are very interesting...

unclebuck

I think it's just 'convention'(though less so these days). A hangover from a bygone era. Time was when *everybody* wore suits and ties and *hats*

It all starts in school with school 'uniforms'.

Why women seem to be exempt puzzles me though.

UB

D6ale

iTrader: (1)

smart casual wear here.

Richard Askew

This week I shall mostly be wearing company polo shirts, three quarter lengths and Nike Airs

As for shaving - razor? wassat then?

Sack me if you want me to conform No please do, it'll save me the bother of resigning

Leslie

Very bad form not to shave though!

Les

ChrisB

Rich couldn't look smart if his life depended on it though

Da Booga

I'm with Tiggs on this one, thank god for beig self employed & working from home. Sat here in a pair of shorts only

Just cut some vinyl so going to go and sit in the garden with a cold beer weeding and prepping it

Have fun

Gareth

mel

I work outdoors along Rivers, so most of the time i wear scruffy clothes, walking boots or wellies We haven't got a dresscode i dont think

The farmers dont take too well to people turning up in suits and will treat you as a 'townie' with no idea about farming or the countryside (not saying they all will ofcourse).

Today however I'm based in the office so flip-flops and summery skirt are on today

TelBoy

Mr Gee - where is that, can i ask?

Didn't realise there was *anywhere* in the City like that any more..

ScoobyJawa

And theres me thinking this thread would be about the low cut tops and short skirts on girlies in this weather with accompanying pics

C

riles me now end this does!

My boss ribbs me for wearing a company polo shirt to work with smart trousers & shoes

But hes the one swaeting like a pig 5 meteres from me as our a/c has packed up again!

Stuck in a time warp this place - I would prefer to sit here in shorts & a co polo short, and I would probably get more work done without the fear of passing put in this heat

Scooby96

Dress down for all of August - whoooo hooooo!

Brendan Hughes

In 1991 (hot summer) I worked at a computer reseller. Downstairs was the non-cooled warehouse where I shifted boxes (manual labour), upstairs was the aircon’d open plan sales office. I mentioned coming in in shorts, but was told we in the warehouse weren’t allowed to wear shorts, as customers would occasionally be shown through as part of a sales pitch. Yet jeans, even pretty scrappy ones, were fine.

As the temps hit 30C, I’d had enough of doing sweaty work in long trousers, and came in one day in a smart pair of khaki shorts and clean plain t-shirt. Sure enough, I was summoned to the office, where I was quietly informed that we were not allowed to wear shorts at work, due to uniform policy.

“How long has this rule been around?” I asked. “Is it new?”

No, I was told it was there for as long as anyone could remember.

“Well how come the girls have been wearing shorts and no-one has complained?”

Sort of mumbled, throwaway line of “Because they’re girls”.

“Oh really. And have you ever heard of the Sex Discrimination Act?”

Embarrassed pause, meeting called to an end earlier than expected.

Next day an email went round saying that women were no longer allowed to wear shorts of any kind in the offices. They were furious.

A week later, a few girls started wearing smart shorts again. No-one commented.

The next day, I wore my shorts again.

About 3 months after that, the company went bankrupt. Nothing to do with the above, but a satisfying end to the story nevertheless

Oh yeah, Badger Stuffer
…nice to see you’ve got the patronising in already, sonny jim