This company wants to project an image and a message. Each employee is part of this projection. If the employee doesn't feel he/she can project this image without sacrificing their "self-esteem or self-worth", then they need to find a more compatible company.
If my company establishes a dress code again, I will adhere to it.
This juvenile game of "it doesn't matter how I look as long as I do my job" is ending. The adults are back in charge, kiddies!
This juvenile game of "it doesn't matter how I look as long as I do my job" is ending. The adults are back in charge, kiddies!In other words, symbolism over substance.
This is news because its one company bucking an overwhelming and probably irreversible trend that's already completely taken over manufacturing as well as the high-tech world. In the last five years, I've seen precisely one facility that included manufacturing and had a "business attire" dress code. Even headquarters-only facilities have mostly gone casual due to the influence of the plants. These days, too many "suits" in manufacturing indicates a disconnect between management and production.
I work for a Tier 2 automotive supplier. We're usually jeans and golf shirts unless customers are visiting, and its only certain customers. We don't dress up for our largest because their rep doesn't.
So-called "business formal" attire is pretty much limited to those organizations dominated by the 50+ crowd, or those who have dealings with the public, particularly the older portion. Banks, certain other financial institutions, and government.
-Eric
I think you have a point, and that's where I'm torn. On the one hand, you have people that probably need to be dressed up -- White House staff, some executives, etc. On the other hand, one can define professional dress as meaning something other than a dark suit, white shirt, and tie for men. Bush shouldn't come on TV without his suit, and I wouldn't dare go in front of a jury without one, but the typical office job doesn't necessarily require it.