The parent company of my employer recently hired a new CEO. In his inaugural address, he mentioned, among many other things, that the company as a whole was dressed too casual.
In our arm of the company, dress is business casual, and we have casual Fridays. Occasionally, we will have a "casual week" and for a modest donation of usually $5 (often to a notable charity like Big Brothers, Big Sisters, or similar), one can dress casually for the entire week. Since few if any of us in the building see clients here, there is never a problem.
Now, folks in sales in my department travel occasionally to visit clients. When we do, proper attire is strictly adhered to.
Well, wouldn't you know it, there was a memo from HR this week, advising us to not be "too casual." They have banned t-shirts (from the looks of it, even for casual days). One coworker pointed out to me that, as a female, t-shirts were part of a normally acceptable business casual attire. Now, she says, half her wardrobe is out of the question.
I hope she starts a blog - we have interesting conversations. Though we do not always see eye-to-eye politically, it's never any hard feelings - just difference of opinions.
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