On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 07:10:29 -0700, "Matt Barrow"
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"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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In the end, the point isn't what I like, or what you like -- it's what
the employer likes. If the FAA decides that it wants you to wear polka
dot clown suits every day, so be it.

I will wear whatever my employer wishes, provided they also provide it.

In that case you quite likely would find yourself pursuing other
opportunities.

I require my project managers to wear slacks and at least a "golf" type
shirt when meeting clients/contractors in their offices. When entertaining
them in a restaurant, for example, a suit/sport coat and tie are mandatory.

I haven't had to buy anyone a suit yet, and I doubt I ever will.

I was a project manager in the CS department for a large multinational
corporation. The only time I ever wore a suit was at my interview.
After that I wore what I do now; slacks and a good shirt albeit I
could wear fitted shirts then. I guess I could now too, but they'd
have to let the middle out instead of taking it in.:-))
When they had a business lunch I wore the same thing and I had
one rule. I either did business or ate lunch but never both at the
same time. It's not good for the digestion.
As long as the person takes proper care of their personal sanitation
(you don't have to open the windows when they walk in a room of turn
away when they smile) I don't care what they ware. The co-ops that
were sent home for *almost* wearing a skirt too short should have been
in our departments instead of the office areas. They probably would
have still been sent home but it would have been because the guys
weren't getting any work done.

OTOH I view restaurants and hotels as a different world than computer
geeks and Air Traffic Controllers. Even then you are only talking
about neat, clean, and wearing the company logo. As far as name tags,
since I was 21 I've never worked any where that didn't require a
security badge.

I also had a job where I did wear a work uniform if you want to call
it that. I worked in industrial instrumentation for 26 years before
going back to college and I was glad they not only provided the slacks
and monogrammed shirts, coats, jackets, and even coveralls, but did
the laundry. It was not exactly an environment that was friendly to
what you wore. We all gladly put our personal clothes in our lockers.




Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com