Scruffy

[threemonkeys]

Is there is anybody reading this out there who works in a corporate environment? What I want to know - are casual Fridays a thing of the past? Have people been losing them or is it as strong or stronger than ever?

I really want to know. The reason is that we have just lost ours. Not a big thing on its own maybe, but it certainly wound me up. Should I really be so annoyed or is it an inevitable trend in the workplace. Of course it may be all the things that have gone before that have wound me up.

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[cricketk.livejournal.com]

Corporate gear all the time for us.

Occasionally some of the staff who never work with clients wear tops without collars!

I have retaliated by wearing quirkier and quirkier 'corporate' stuff. I just bought a pair of pants that are still very definitely mean 'business', but are made of heavy, draping material with mutiple vertical folds in a wrap around style.

[threemonkeys.livejournal.com]

Ihave retaliated by wearing quirkier and quirkier 'corporate' stuff.

Good for you! This seems to be something women seem to find easier to get away with than men - a generalisation I know, but it is an observation made to me by a number of women I have worked with over the years.