Is this North Face jacket acceptable for office work?
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But why not? Shouldn't make a difference what you where on your commute, that's your business. As long as you look smart for all company related business
Office dress code was invented in times when without it people would turn up to work in their only pair of daily baggy trousers and a dress DIY'ed out of last year's Xmas table cloth. Why is it still entertained in this day and age though? Not only is the whole suit and tie/penguin belly with a belt hanging around their neck look about 50 years out of place, not only is it super impractical and time consuming to maintain (washing and ironing) but also doesn't really add anything to the business - who cares if the guy selling you insurance over the phone or analysing your stocks is wearing a pink shirt and a tie?
Who cares if the guy selling you insurance over the phone is doing it from their house. Work practices will change once the people who entered the workforce in the 1980s and learnt how to manage people from their bosses back then retire or die.
For some managers the only way they see staff working hard is if they are in on time and don't take a long lunch, and the only way they feel staff care about their job is by looking at what they wear.
For some managers the only way they see staff working hard is if they are in on time and don't take a long lunch, and the only way they feel staff care about their job is by looking at what they wear.
Problem is for every person who can effectively self regulate to something that is appropriate you get a couple more who without a dress code would lower the tone
while some practises are hideously outdated there needs to be some degree of professionalism to it in many places.If only it were possible to individually address those issues should they arise, as is done with literally every other problem that might come up at work.
"Sorry guys, Rroff slacked a bit this afternoon and didn't hit this project deadline, you're all going to have to stay behind afterclass work to get it done" - a thing that doesn't happen
"Sorry guys, Rroff slacked a bit this afternoon and didn't hit this project deadline, you're all going to have to stay behind after
Problem is for every person who can effectively self regulate to something that is appropriate you get a couple more who without a dress code would lower the tone
Lower the tone of what though? If the guy at the desk to the right of you was wearing shorts and Magnum P.I. hawaiian shirt and the guy to the left was in cycling lycra and arctic jacket - would it make your bookkeeping services poorer, would it make their IT support less knowledgable, would the clients stop needing new car to take kids to school if the salesman was in Bench pullover instead of badly fitting Primani suit and trimmed down bib hanging off his collar? What would be the impact on majority of businesses if their staff stopped dressing up as mid last last century Mad Men?
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It's generally blue Rab jackets, I see them everywhere! On the plus side.. I now fit right in when I wear my blue Rab belay jacket out in the city!
I agree
Wearing a Yellow or Orange Hi-Vis jacket is the modern office casual look these days...
What does it say in your employment contract, unless there's a line in there that states only pink leotards can be worn from your residence to your office, then wear what you like. Of course if such a line does exist, then maybe you should have read your contract a bit more carefully before you signed it. 
But I remember life before the internet, does that make me old?
No, it makes you an independent thinker...