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A couple things I've seen on work improving: - Much less reliance of physical papers and filing. Email, as much as people complain, is a much better record and
by mathattack 10y ago
A couple things I've seen on work improving:
- Much less reliance of physical papers and filing. Email, as much as people complain, is a much better record and easier to search than paper memos.
- No more suits and ties. Dress for comfort. (For most of us, at least)
- Much more flexibility on hours.
- No more smoking in the office. (Yes, that was a thing)
These don't apply to 100% of the world, but to some extent or another they impact most of us.
- Chris2048 10y agoNice clothes are better than when you can do it right. Which means on the odd occasion.
- mathattack 10y agoI'm not sure I follow you, but I agree that nice clothes are great for some occasions. But I don't miss situations where I was forced to wear a tie when I was staying up to the wee hours coding. (I didn't stay there, but just point this out to say that such jobs existed.)
- Chris2048 10y agoThe point is, it's hard to maintain a high standard when you have to do it all the time.
- mathattack 10y agoYes. Maintaining 6 or 7 expensive suit combos is a lot more expensive than casual-wear.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoAnother advantage of a more relaxed dress code is that it costs less. Five t-shirts and two pairs of jeans is a lot more affordable than a couple of suits, three dress shirts and enough ties to rotate through. (And that's before the cleaning costs.)
- mathattack 10y agoYes - and you wind up needing 5+ dress shirts for the dry cleaning rotation.
- Chris2048 10y agoI also note nice shirts don't last so long, before looking a bit worn. Worn/faded t-shirts can actually be better looking.
- rev_bird 10y ago>No more smoking in the office I'm glad this is a rule now, but for the opposite reason: If I could smoke at my desk, I'd probably be dead now. What a wonderfully convenient way to satisfy my (former) addiction. Now, where did I put my coffee...