Casual Day Chaos: How One Company's Dress Code Experiment Spiraled Out of Control

zenobia_a
A company decides to adopt Fridays as Casual Day and they issued a memo to all departments intimating the same.

Week 1

Memo 1: Effective this week, the company is adopting Fridays as Casual Day. Employees are free to dress in the casual attire of their choice.

Week 3

Memo 2: Spandex and leather micro-miniskirts are not appropriate attire for Casual Day.

Week 6

Memo 3: Casual Day refers to dress only, not attitude.

Week 8

Memo 4: A seminar on how to dress for Casual Day will be held at 4 p.m. Friday in the cafeteria. A fashion show will follow. Attendance is mandatory.

Week 9

Memo No. 5: As an outgrowth of Friday's seminar, a 14-member Casual Day Task Force has been appointed to prepare guidelines for proper casual-day dress.

Week 14

Memo 6: The Casual Day Task Force has distributed a 30-page manual entitled "Relaxing Dress Without Relaxing Company Standards." A copy has been distributed to every employee.

Week 18

Memo 7: Company is providing psychological counseling for employees who may be having difficulty adjusting to Casual Day.

Week 20

Memo 8: We are no longer able to effectively support or manage Casual Day. Casual Day is discontinued.
ranjana_hp
It's been two weeks since I started my project in an IT company where Friday is a casual day. I hope it does not end up like this. 😂 😂 😂
RegalEagle
Every one has their own take on what casual dressing is all about.

You do need to follow up, and in case someone is going overboard, then they do need to be guided.

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