Since I am so obviously disturbed at the way some firms operate with regards to employees’ freedoms and individuality, I decided to look this issue of dress code up. I googled it and I found this particular page that interested me the most, and made perfect sense.
The article did not add to my former arguments much, save for the “professional” influence it could have on those who have not as yet seen me as conveying that image. I could have appeared to be a typical angry employee to some’s perception. Therefore I resort to an article not composed by yours truly, and posted online for everyone to read. I suppose this step should back my points up, I quote the article now:
” There is one strong argument against casual clothing at work, and it only applies to specific employees. Certainly, employees with client contact should wear business attire, as should those who can be seen by clients in the course of everyday business. Casual dress codes only should apply to employees who cannot be seen, or who rarely are seen, by clients. Professionalism is paramount when it comes to client contact.
It is difficult to find a strong argument in favor of non-client-contact personnel being forced to wear formal business attire. The success of companies such as Microsoft, who have casual dress codes, shows that formal dress is not necessary for success.
If management allows casual attire, it may be viewed as being more caring about employees. Allowing employees to wear casual attire at work may send one or more of the following signals to employees:
Flexibility on the part of management,
A willingness to do things the “new way,”
Management does not seek to “control” employees,
There is a system of promotion in place that does not favor those who have had the good fortune to be born in the more affluent classes. “
What’s new, eh?
Okay, so you went out of your way to fetch an evidence showing that the trend is veering toward casual dressing in the work place, still, your very own situation tells a different story.
This shows you that your hands fingers don’t have the same length, some employers will continue to require dress code irrespective of what the trend and fad call for, while others will bend and streamline their rules so it can meet with the mainstream.
In other words : To each its own.
I failed to understand what you meant by “your very own situation tells a different story.”. Could you please explain this?
Indeed, to each his or her own. This is precisely why I am expressing “my own” opinion in my box. The folks upstairs may not wish to listen to what I have to say, but I will shout it out to the world, so help me God. That’s one point why the box is running :)