Uber-important law firm Jones Day, which has a strong presence in Cleveland, would like its young lawyers to dress better, and if not, the bosses are prepared to send offenders home to change.
“Business casual” is a murky category of dress. Does that mean no tie? Does that mean no underwear? It’s a broad spectrum to navigate. Apparently, enough young lawyers and staff at Jones Day have egregiously offended the “business casual” fashion policy over previous summers that the firm will now only allow it on Fridays.
Above the Law has the internal memo:
This article appears in May 25-31, 2011.
BRAVO. Jones Day has set the bench mark others should follow. What is typical of our medias poor taste, is the negative and offensive comment, by the author of the post. The tag line reflects the lack of professionalism that is corrupting our society.
Their policy assumes that fashionable and comfortable clothes are unprofessional. The United States has long lagged behind the rest of the world in shedding stodgy, antiquated practices like dress codes. Others include, flex hours, more vacation days, working from home and other practices that leave people clamoring for their humanity. Keeping good workers from leaving is hard enough without inundating them with more pointless policies. Grow up Jones Day. Otherwise, your talented help will solve the problem for you… by leaving.