Forget casual Fridays. In many workplaces, it's casual everyday as corporate dress codes have gone the way of fedoras and white gloves.
Office workers, from executives to receptionists, now wear pretty much what they want, sometimes baring more cleavage, tattoos and body fat than co-workers care to see.
It took awhile for Casual Everydays to kick in at my workplace, but when it did I sang "Hallelujah and Praise the Lord" for a solid month. I agree with most people who, as the articles says, would not consider a job where business dress (suits, ties, skirts, etc) are a requirement. Not only are they expensive to buy, they're expensive to maintain. And unless the salary is substantially more than the job with the casual workdays, I wouldn't consider it. Assuming, of course, guys, that it's not my dream job. But then again my dream job wouldn't require me to wear anything with the word "suit" in it—including jumpsuits, track suits, bathing suits and gorilla suits.
The article started to touch upon the corporate dress code but didn't go into any detail about what companies are doing about it. And I was curious to know.
Maybe it will become like schools, where some are more strictly enforced than others—perhaps depending on the neighborhood. Can you imagine the corporate work environment where you are not allowed to wear certain colors because they might be associated with gangs? I like to imagine the cubicle conversations going something like this:
"Oh my God, did you see Bob came in the other day wearing a yellow Livestrong bracelet?"
"Gasp!"
"Do you think he's a member of the 17th Street Kings?"
"Whoa...I don't know! Just don't look him in the eye when you pass him. I heard he carries an automatic stapler!"
It took awhile for Casual Everydays to kick in at my workplace, but when it did I sang "Hallelujah and Praise the Lord" for a solid month. I agree with most people who, as the articles says, would not consider a job where business dress (suits, ties, skirts, etc) are a requirement. Not only are they expensive to buy, they're expensive to maintain. And unless the salary is substantially more than the job with the casual workdays, I wouldn't consider it. Assuming, of course, guys, that it's not my dream job. But then again my dream job wouldn't require me to wear anything with the word "suit" in it—including jumpsuits, track suits, bathing suits and gorilla suits.
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