theexorcist
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Post by theexorcist on Apr 17, 2009 14:26:22 GMT -5
Free advice time - if part of your office is business casual, or you have a "casual except for specific clients" rule, keep a jacket, pants, shirt, tie, and nice shoes (or equivalent for women) in your workspace. Every so often, someone from your office will have to talk to the boss or the big client, and you don't want to be disqualified.
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SoCalHoya
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Post by SoCalHoya on Apr 17, 2009 14:36:57 GMT -5
My office is business casual, with jeans being OK on Fridays. I may be the only person in my entire office that prefers khakis or lined trousers to blue jeans. If it is above 70, blue jeans are too warm for me.
I think our generation (20s, 30s and 40s) does not know how to dress appropriately. But I must say that wearing a suit or business attire for more than 6 or 7 hours a day is dreadfully uncomfortable. And in this day and age, my friends and I are routinely at the office for 10 or more hours per day. If I could wear a suit from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. and then khakis or shorts and a t-shirt thereafter I would be a happy man.
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nodak89
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Post by nodak89 on Apr 17, 2009 14:46:03 GMT -5
There are some days when I wear drawstring pants and an untucked shirt to work.
They're called "scrubs."
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Apr 17, 2009 15:21:04 GMT -5
I think I can count on one hand, when I've worn a tie and jacket to work in 30 years. That is after having worn a tie and jacket every school day from 1st grade through graduation from Georgetown.
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Post by Coast2CoastHoya on Apr 18, 2009 9:37:47 GMT -5
Nevada, you wore a tie and jacket everyday at Georgetown? Egads.
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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Apr 18, 2009 12:01:40 GMT -5
I work in a fairly conservative environment, perhaps to the horror of avid readers of the B&G board. We do have a DC-area corporate casual policy which rolls unofficially into a dress for a weekend BBQ policy but with long pants policy during the summer. My experience is that older folks generally dress as they want - suit/tie - regardless of this exciting opportunity to dress casually, and younger folks will take advantage of the opportunity and "dress smartly."
My experience has also been that way too much attention is paid to workplace dress even within my office than is needed, and the people paying attention/making comments might be well-advised to focus on other things, like their work. If the rule is out there and well-defined, people will follow it in this economy.
On a related note, too many people make money off of "studies" of how much is gained or lost if people are wearing khakis instead of suits and the like. I would suspect/hope that older generations would be just as astonished at the focus on these superficialities as at the underlying attire issue.
I'm sure Andy Rooney will have done a fabulous segment on dress policies.
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TC
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Post by TC on Apr 22, 2009 12:06:38 GMT -5
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Apr 23, 2009 17:57:27 GMT -5
Nevada, you wore a tie and jacket everyday at Georgetown? Egads. Yes, dress rules in my days at Georgetown, both for class and for meals. I guess it balances out, since, as I said, I haven't worn a tie and jacket at work for more than five times (except for some conferences) in 30 years.
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