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.
(Score: 1) by Bogsnoticus on Monday July 27 2015, @03:47AM
I think and perform better when I am not hampered by brainfarts from middle management. The more middle management tries to micromanage, the worse performance they get from pretty much everyone.
Besides, if the brain requires oxygen, why wear a tie?
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