Comments by "Christian Baune" (@programaths) on "This Company Unknowingly Interviews the Guy They Just FIRED!" video.
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@katekilgannon3567 When I started in consulting, we were "swappable". So the uniform helped in that regard. It also removes all personal identity, which is a good thing in the workplace. You don't want politics to get in the way, you want untainted communication. It's also helps to blend as it removes all biases based on appearance. In the end, what matter is what you do.
You get to know people during breaks, that's were you get your emotional bond. Also, when you have to work with someone you never saw, you also know there is a basic framework that everyone had to learn. So you know what to expect and what is expected from you.
This was really dystopian for slackers, of course. So the first weeks, a lot of people resigned. From time to time, few people departed because they saw they couldn't leverage politics to avoid work. (Anything not being KPI is worthless)
Today, I work 100% remote, so I dress as I want (decent though, still have calls from time to time ^^). I strongly signaled I am against politics in the workplace, so I am shielded from it and just do the technical stuff.
In private life, though, I sponsor OSS and before going back to studies, I volunteered a lot. Still, none of my coworker know about it. Only my boss when I had to take a day off for a special event, not even sure he remembers.
That's really important that people can work together regardless of their financial success, past, origin, beliefs... Uniforms helps a great deals. (And well established processes and protocols)
And to top it, it helps in the morning too, you don't have to think about your outfit. It also makes a clear cut between private and professional life.
And to make it easier, the company offered a cleaning service free of charge! You just had to hang your suit next to your desk and next day it was there, but cleaned!
The only way to know that my boss was my boss at that time was looking at where he sat (next to the team) or looking at the "who is who" where the role was indicated. The only ones that were different were the pink shirts (top level management that you only see when going to eat and with which you've no business outside team-buildings).
The negative side is that you can't signal. I find that a positive though.
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