Swiss Bank Has 43-Page Dress Code

Tasha26 writes "The HR of Swiss bank UBS AG came up with an innovative 43-page document (French) to establish fashion 'dos' and 'don'ts' in their retail branches. Among the rules are such things as: 'neither sex should allow their underwear to appear,' perhaps Dilbert was a bit ahead of them on that. The document also mentions smells and 'avoid garlic and onion-based dishes.'"

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Re:huh

[Hatta]

So uh a business whose employees deal with customers on a daily basis in an industry where projecting an image of professionalism is very important has developed a guide to aid their employees? This just sounds like common sense to me.

It is common sense. The interesting part is that common sense reigns here, but not in the actual operations of the bank. If they spent as much time ensuring that their employees were doing their job properly, and not just dressing the part, they may have avoided the financial crisis they find themselves in.

43 pages sounds a bit insane, until you actually look at it. Large print, lots of diagrams, lots of whitespace/formatting not 43 walls of text. It actually looks pretty clean and readable.

No fine print? Bet they don't offer their customers the same courtesy.

Even geeks like myself who cringe when they have to put on a tie tend to expect the people dealing with our savings to look the part. If the guy I'm greeted by has a nose ring, I'm out of there.

I guess if you look respectable enough, you don't actually have to act respectably. I'd be willing to bet that any UBS employee that got a nose ring would be shown the door much, much more quickly than any UBS employee that engaged in mortgage fraud.

A suit and tie are the colors for the most powerful gang in the world. Sure, a thug in a red bandana might steal your wallet. A thug in a suit and tie will steal your entire future, and get a million dollar bonus for it.