Comments on: Younger Workers Not All Sold On Casual Attire; But Their Bosses Are http://www.ere.net/2008/07/31/younger-workers-not-all-sold-on-casual-attire-but-their-bosses-are/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:03:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sylvia Dahlby http://www.ere.net/2008/07/31/younger-workers-not-all-sold-on-casual-attire-but-their-bosses-are/comment-page-1/#comment-6294 Sylvia Dahlby Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:26:17 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=3416#comment-6294 I have visited some companies (and been at some job fairs & trade shows) where "casual clothing" means tattered tank-tops and rubber slippers (you may know them as flip-flops). So, perhaps the idea of "casual wear at work" has gone too far, and that's why younger workers prefer to get dressed -- they want to take their jobs more seriously, and who can blame them? Business casusal should still means business IMHO, and this means being well groomed and business-like when dealing with the public, otherwise you look like you just don't care. For example, some restaurants have a wait-staff "uniform dress code" and that makes them look cleaner than their counterparts with no dress code. At Target, where the employees all wear their own khaki pants and red shirts, they look neat and it makes them easy to identify which I also appreciate. This simply "dress courtesy" makes for a more pleasant shopping & dining experience. BTW, I work at home, so "casual attire" means bunny slippers and not bothering to brush my teeth. I have visited some companies (and been at some job fairs & trade shows) where “casual clothing” means tattered tank-tops and rubber slippers (you may know them as flip-flops). So, perhaps the idea of “casual wear at work” has gone too far, and that’s why younger workers prefer to get dressed — they want to take their jobs more seriously, and who can blame them?

Business casusal should still means business IMHO, and this means being well groomed and business-like when dealing with the public, otherwise you look like you just don’t care.

For example, some restaurants have a wait-staff “uniform dress code” and that makes them look cleaner than their counterparts with no dress code. At Target, where the employees all wear their own khaki pants and red shirts, they look neat and it makes them easy to identify which I also appreciate. This simply “dress courtesy” makes for a more pleasant shopping & dining experience.

BTW, I work at home, so “casual attire” means bunny slippers and not bothering to brush my teeth.

]]> By: Alex Cantu http://www.ere.net/2008/07/31/younger-workers-not-all-sold-on-casual-attire-but-their-bosses-are/comment-page-1/#comment-6278 Alex Cantu Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:48:40 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=3416#comment-6278 Thats a tough call. It depends on the business's reputation and the social environment at the office. If you're a huge, successful advertising firm, odds are your workers don't dress up. I have to dress business causal because I'm in HR and its demanded by the companies dress code. But I don't deal with people at all because I'm a marketer in the HR firm. Sometime I wonder if its a role you play in the company rather then the company itself. Thats a tough call. It depends on the business’s reputation and the social environment at the office. If you’re a huge, successful advertising firm, odds are your workers don’t dress up. I have to dress business causal because I’m in HR and its demanded by the companies dress code. But I don’t deal with people at all because I’m a marketer in the HR firm. Sometime I wonder if its a role you play in the company rather then the company itself.

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