Why Force Employees to Wear Suits to Work?

Posted on January 23, 2007
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Here’s a topic that always stirs debate, but that debate seems mostly one-sided. Most of the discussion comes down in favor of making business formal dress the exception instead of the rule. Yet company dress codes are amazingly slow to change.

So why do these seemingly outdated rules linger? If you talk to the employees of most companies that still require suits, coat & tie, dresses, etc., you find they would much prefer switching to a business casual, if not totally casual dress code for everyday work.

It’s actually pretty hard to find anyone to speak for the nebulous “they” who are the mysterious proponents of business formal dress policies. Oh sure, you can talk to someone in HR, but they’re just spouting the company line – they don’t actually make the policy.

I came across a post by Mark Cuban on blogmaverick, where he’s ranting about this very topic. In it he makes several observations, and asks some pointed questions:… continue reading….

Not So Breaking News

Posted on January 15, 2007
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I never cease to be amazed at what some network media outlets deem newsworthy.  Here’s the lead-in to an “insightful” report heard just this morning on one of the major news shows.

“Service men and women that have been overseas in Iraq are experiencing more ‘post traumatic stress syndrome’ than those that haven’t been stationed there”.

Well duh! That sure is a surprise – Gee, I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the ones in Iraq were actually in a war zone. continue reading….

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