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Austrian / Europe here. We are slightly more formal in business life when it comes to how we dress but certainly more relaxed that our Italian neighbors. I rem

Austrian / Europe here. We are slightly more formal in business life when it comes to how we dress but certainly more relaxed that our Italian neighbors. I remember well when I did my military service and ha to wear a uniform. At first I hated it but when I "disarmed" and went back to my civil life, the daily "burden" to decide what to wear was a distraction. Sure I quickly re-adapted but anyhow

FanaHOVA 9y ago
Yea Italians are a pain in the ass about dressing; people here are stuck in the 80s still when it comes to work so it only makes sense it works that way.
- Kurtz79 9y ago
  Italian here. I don't know what your experience is, but I have to call bullshit. Such generic comments applying to an entire population should be best avoided. I have worked in Italian, British, American and Spanish engineering companies and I have not noticed any significant differences in dressing code, with the UK probably being the more formal environment (we had "Casual Fridays", which meant that the rest of the week we had to wear shirts). In the rest I could get by with a polo shirt and jeans. Of course people with more contact with the outside tend to dress more formally, but this has been true for every company I have been.
  - FanaHOVA 9y ago
    My experience is being born and raised in Rome, working with people from different cities (Pi Campus here in Rome, H-Farm in Veneto, etc) and now working in Santa Monica. Not much to call bullshit on, if you don't see any difference between Cali and Italy I don't know what to tell you.
javier2 9y ago
I also noticed that after military service. In the service, I had two uniforms that were exactly the same that I wore every day. At first I hated the uniform, but after I finished, I realized how convenient it is to not ever have to think about your outfit at all. I sort of practice this now as well, with a well defined 'base' of jeans and a shirt that doesn't need ironing.

FanaHOVA 9y ago

Yea Italians are a pain in the ass about dressing; people here are stuck in the 80s still when it comes to work so it only makes sense it works that way.

Kurtz79 9y ago
Italian here. I don't know what your experience is, but I have to call bullshit. Such generic comments applying to an entire population should be best avoided. I have worked in Italian, British, American and Spanish engineering companies and I have not noticed any significant differences in dressing code, with the UK probably being the more formal environment (we had "Casual Fridays", which meant that the rest of the week we had to wear shirts). In the rest I could get by with a polo shirt and jeans. Of course people with more contact with the outside tend to dress more formally, but this has been true for every company I have been.
- FanaHOVA 9y ago
  My experience is being born and raised in Rome, working with people from different cities (Pi Campus here in Rome, H-Farm in Veneto, etc) and now working in Santa Monica. Not much to call bullshit on, if you don't see any difference between Cali and Italy I don't know what to tell you.

javier2 9y ago

I also noticed that after military service. In the service, I had two uniforms that were exactly the same that I wore every day. At first I hated the uniform, but after I finished, I realized how convenient it is to not ever have to think about your outfit at all. I sort of practice this now as well, with a well defined 'base' of jeans and a shirt that doesn't need ironing.