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posted by takyon on Sunday July 26 2015, @01:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the suit-up dept.

R&D teams within HP Enterprise Services received memos this week reminding them about the company's rules regarding workplace fashion. "If you aren't dressed like the models in the posters that HP displays around its locations, then your appearance is sapping the productivity of the workers around you," was one summary of the memo by an anonymous source. Many employees have become comfortable wearing t-shirts and shorts on a regular basis, and it is believed that "scruffy-looking" engineers might alienate visiting customers.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Sunday July 26 2015, @03:21PM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday July 26 2015, @03:21PM (#213875) Journal

    Easier solution - don't take your customers to the engineers

    Sorry, can't do. If you read TFS really-really careful, you may note it's about R&D teams within HP Enterprise Services.
    Now, put this together with the fact HP isn't an enterprise for some time: you'll suddenly understand why those customers need to come in contact with those engineers - otherwise what could the latter use to research and develop?

    (deep down, you know it makes sense - grin)

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