Do you wear a tie for a business casual dress code?
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Lifer
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It varies from place to place. Law firms/accountants tend to be dressier in their definition of casual. But for most businesses I've seen, casual means khakis/dockers-style pants and polos or casual button-up shirts without a tie.
business casual is usually anywhere from slacks and a nice polo to slacks and a dress shirt with jacket, no tie.
Don't be the moron in the polo shirt. Even if it's biz casual, wear a nice (hugo boss, etc) button down shirt and decent slacks, without a tie. Look at what your CEO and top management wear, unless you work for a small or redneck company they'll be wearing similar.
ummm...that's not true at all. i work at Ford (not for Ford) and even the managers wear polo's. in most places engineering has a pretty laid back dress code.
with the amount of clothes ive gotten dirty working on cars, hugo boss stuff would get expensive.
Well obviously if you're a mechanic then you arent going to be wearing business casual anyway. It's just from personal experience, if you want to see the dorks in a company look outside for the smokers or the ones wearing polos.
ummm.... i'm a mechanical engineer. in fact, i happend to graduate from the school you still seem to be attending.
you're probably an in-stater, aren't you?
depends on the outfit honestly. where exactly are you going? my brother had an interview at a big advertising agency in manhattan. He wore a Canali dress shirt along with trousers and a white BR blazer. Most of the people actually working there were wearing jeans and sport shirts (button ups as people call them).
i agree, but boredhokie, goes to virginia tech and is posting in ATOT, so im assuming he is in engineering or IT, not advertising.
Fingolfin269
Lifer
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You don't actually work in an office do you? If you do then please tell me which office you work in so that I can be sure to never interview for a job there. Obviously they only hire the most pompous people to walk through the door and I don't think I could compete on your level.
to the OP's original question, no tie = business casual.
my workplace is business casual, but it varies from business professional attire to t-shirt and shorts. it just depends on the department you work in. Executives tend to wear business professional clothing (which includes suit and tie), all other managers and supervisors wear business casual, employees in R&D and manufacturing wear anything from t-shirt/jeans to business casual (whatever they are comfortable with), and warehouse people tend to wear t-shirt and shorts because the nature of the work.
my workplace is business casual, but it varies from business professional attire to t-shirt and shorts. it just depends on the department you work in. Executives tend to wear business professional clothing (which includes suit and tie), all other managers and supervisors wear business casual, employees in R&D and manufacturing wear anything from t-shirt/jeans to business casual (whatever they are comfortable with), and warehouse people tend to wear t-shirt and shorts because the nature of the work.
Uh, Polos are NOT business casual. Polos are casual.
Business casual = slacks or khakis, with a nice button down shirt or dress shirt. No tie.
Business casual = slacks or khakis, with a nice button down shirt or dress shirt. No tie.
so the other night we had a banquet... dress was business casual, so I wear khakis and a nice button down shirt.... everyone there was in a damn suit... I was quite pissed off at being so underdressed, especially after I talked w/ our pr lady who specifically said "no, a tie is way too much for this dinner" so then why was everyone in a suit damn it!
At my Fortune 500 company, a lot of engineers wear dockers and a lot wear jeans, but almost everyone wears sport shirts and very few wear polos. The business people almost universally wear suits.
Depends on the field of work and the occasion. If you don't see clients or vendors, a polo will probably pass. That's especially the case if you're in a technical field, it seems. If you do have to see clients/vendors, plan to go to a work-related "business casual" event or or just don't want to "risk" being underdressed at a new place, stick with a long-sleeve dress shirt and pants. But, no, a tie is not necessary.
At most of the business casual work events (networking events and such), I see that many people still come in formally dressed.
At most of the business casual work events (networking events and such), I see that many people still come in formally dressed.
Business casual means no tie. I wear khaki's, a polo shirt, and soft shoes.
Dave
Edit: Dumb typo.
Dave
Edit: Dumb typo.
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