Bank dress code scrutinises staff underwear

Thrugelmir

pupsicola wrote: »

Do adults really need to have what should be obvious about personal appearance in a proffessional workplace, pointed out to them.

Yes, as dress down has reach lows in many working enviroments.

Take a trip into John Lewis and see how well the staff dress there. Its reflected in the entire performance of the organisation, including customer and employee satisfaction.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Cleaver wrote: »

Yes.

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Wouldn't a red tie do it for you then?

olly300

Thrugelmir wrote: »

Yes, as dress down has reach lows in many working enviroments.

Obviously not seen how IT people dress.

Though in large corp some refuse to let you wear jeans/tracky bottoms when you are crawling under desks or spending a entire day lifting stuff.

On the other hand I got annoyed in one organisation when they didn't bother telling us that visitors would be coming to the offices and we would have to talk to them. :mad:

Caroline_a

What does this mean??

Using tie knots that don't match your face shape and / or body shape

N1AK

THE_GHOULISH_CODPIECE wrote: »

One reason why I'd never work for a bank.

The other being that you wouldn't get through an interview for a serious job one presumes.

THE_GHOULISH_CODPIECE

N1AK wrote: »

The other being that you wouldn't get through an interview for a serious job one presumes.

You class a bank teller as a serious job. Funniest thing I've read in ages.

[Deleted User]

ILW wrote: »

Cufflinks are considered rather louche these days. Are you an estate agent or window salesman by any chance?

lol, not really, IT consultancy.. although I'm in the 'technology' arm, not consultancy, so i have to be an IT geek AND presentable in front of clients (who can be anyone from the hospital IT bods, up to government ministers).

In the office, we can get away with a shirt and trousers.. go out to a client site (or see them in clients area of the office) and you're meant to dress 1 level above them..

What often surprises me is that corporate dress code doesn't actually help you dress well. It won't stop you putting a patterned tie with a stripped shirt. What some of the investment bankers wear might cost a fortune but reeks of terrible taste.

We also have a dress code for 'jeans' days

olly300

ringo_24601 wrote: »

We also have a dress code for 'jeans' days

After I worked for company who decided to do a no jeans and no trainers/walking shoes dress down day, I decided there was absolutely no point in dress down days.

So I more or less wear the same clothes to work every day regardless. If I want to smarten up then I wear a suit.

[Deleted User]

Sadly, our 'jeans days' dress code still says 'no trainers' - you are sent home and made to change, with the travel time taken from your annual leave. I ended up buying some new shoes just for those days.

But.. we do look smarter than some of the other firms we share our building in - and it's hardly a 48 page manual on what to wear. My job before it was working in a uni - the idea of a dress code there would be hilarious. In the summer i'd go in flipflops and shorts. Ahh happy days.