[lenaitch]

The dress standards even for the Bay St law firms are lower today than they were 15 years ago, though they are probably still the most formal of any workplace. But 15 years ago, a tie was generally expected pretty much every day, and that certainly isn't the case now.

No doubt, but every profession has its 'uniform' and it is often situational as well as fostering an image they like to establish or maintain. Not many Hawaiian shirt and sandals in Osgoode Hall or the Legislature. Heck, it's even the norm for NHL players to show up 'well dressed'.

I get what you are saying, it can be expensive. The last 12 year's of my working live were suit-and-tie. It ain't cheap, but I often took solace in the fact that it cost me a whole lot less than my female counterparts.

 

[T3G]

To hell with business formal. It's in the past.

Everything George Carlin said here applies equally, if not more so, to work uniforms and dress codes.


I don't know if I've ever rolled my eyes harder than when I found out the TTC was redesigning their uniforms. What a pointless, self serving move. Spend that money on improving service!

 

[Jonny5]

Definitely saw the RTO mandates kicking in today. Downtown was crowded like it was 2019 this morning. I did leave for work later than normal, around 8:30, but traffic of both cars and pedestrians was completely like pre-COVID, if not heavier.

I took a taxi (old-school Beck taxi) to get to the office and I actually got half way there to Adelaide and Yonge and there was no movement at all for three light cycles so I got out and paid there and walked the rest of the way. The sidewalks on Bay Street were so crowded. People had to slow down into a queue to get past those going in opposite directions at some choke points.

 

[evandyk]

The bixi stand at Bay and King had a lineup of 30+ people trying to drop off bikes at 9 this morning. Downtown is back, and I love it!

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

The bixi stand at Bay and King had a lineup of 30+ people trying to drop off bikes at 9 this morning. Downtown is back, and I love it!

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Meanwhile it is a bike desert in Midtown every morning.

 

[evandyk]

You don’t have to tell me. My wife commutes to midtown and likes to do the last mile by bixi and has been foiled this week.

 

[afransen]

The bixi stand at Bay and King had a lineup of 30+ people trying to drop off bikes at 9 this morning. Downtown is back, and I love it!

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Toronto's favourite pastime: lining up for something that shouldn't require lining up!

 

[gabe]

Interesting development at the bank I work for here in Toronto, which is a small outpost of a foreign bank. The Canada CEO has said he will begin enforcing the three days per week policy, and was clear that it's only three, but it was because so many employees simply weren't following it and coming in only once per week.

More interesting to me was another line in the email, which added employees will also have to wear "proper business attire" at the office. I do agree standards had fallen beneath even "business casual" around the office, even by those who do come in every day, but on some days, especially Friday, it's like people dressed as they were going to the beach, or going to a night club.

I was waiting for my friend outside her TD office downtown yesterday for lunch. i was rather surprised how casual everyone was dressed at her office. And not business casual, it was comfy casual. Like guys with plaid shirts, dark denim pants and even some in merrell hiking shoes. They were dressed like they were ready for camping not work.

I remember my first fine dining job back in 2007 or so downtown. Every single office worker was dressed in business formal attire. Even us restaurant servers had to wear dress shirts and ties everyday.

 

[gabe]

Definitely saw the RTO mandates kicking in today. Downtown was crowded like it was 2019 this morning. I did leave for work later than normal, around 8:30, but traffic of both cars and pedestrians was completely like pre-COVID, if not heavier.

I took a taxi (old-school Beck taxi) to get to the office and I actually got half way there to Adelaide and Yonge and there was no movement at all for three light cycles so I got out and paid there and walked the rest of the way. The sidewalks on Bay Street were so crowded. People had to slow down into a queue to get past those going in opposite directions at some choke points.

I have noticed on the GO train on the Kitchener line after work is standing room only some days, until you get to Brampton. I dread getting a taxi or Uber when the weather is bad. My Uber driver said the other day, because of the nice weather it's been really slow lately, he's looking forward to the winter.

 

[afransen]

I was waiting for my friend outside her TD office downtown yesterday for lunch. i was rather surprised how casual everyone was dressed at her office. And not business casual, it was comfy casual. Like guys with plaid shirts, dark denim pants and even some in merrell hiking shoes. They were dressed like they were ready for camping not work.

I remember my first fine dining job back in 2007 or so downtown. Every single office worker was dressed in business formal attire. Even us restaurant servers had to wear dress shirts and ties everyday.

Thank goodness.

 

[Jonny5]

I don't know if I've ever rolled my eyes harder than when I found out the TTC was redesigning their uniforms. What a pointless, self serving move. Spend that money on improving service!

I don't understand what you mean here. Uniforms physically wear out over time and have to be replaced, and conditions change for wearing them. A new design is not some massive expense which could be used to improve service. It's not an international design competition. A redesign probably costs the equivalent of paying to operate one extra bus somewhere in the City for a year.

 

[JJTheJetPln]

I was waiting for my friend outside her TD office downtown yesterday for lunch. i was rather surprised how casual everyone was dressed at her office. And not business casual, it was comfy casual. Like guys with plaid shirts, dark denim pants and even some in merrell hiking shoes. They were dressed like they were ready for camping not work.

Part of me wonders if this was a concession made by the employer to get people to commute to the office. I.e. if you're not customer facing, you don't have to dress all professional.