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> the strange people in the office What made them strange, other than the fact you didn't know who they were?
by GalenErso 4y ago
> the strange people in the office
What made them strange, other than the fact you didn't know who they were?
- pclmulqdq 4y agoIn a 100-person company full of T-shirt wearers, ~4 random men walking around the trading floor in the middle of the day (a big no-no for any sort of guest) in suits is strange.
- johannes1234321 4y agoWhen I was in a bank we were asked to dress up in times when BaFin (German SEC) was expected in the campus.
- justinclift 4y agoThat probably happened the first dozen or so times, until staff got over it. ;)
- bboygravity 4y agoNot if it was Deutsche: they actually have things to hide and an appearance to keep up.
- pclmulqdq 4y agoAs I understand it, the bankers and regulators who came around and knew the territory usually dressed down for the occasion (polos and slacks). Asking people to dress up would never have worked at this firm, and the SEC never went past the "investigation" phase anyway, so it wasn't a big deal. People who worked there were never told there were visitors - it apparently was actually a frequent occurrence, but they were using a different conference room that one day. The guy who handled the regulators wore button-down shirts when they were around, and any traders/engineers who had to talk to them often were told to wear a button-down, but that was it. People from "real Wall Street" who joined usually had a phase of dressing up before they adopted full casual dress. One person lasted months before showing up in a t-shirt. I kind of assumed that they were all buying new wardrobes during that period, but there may have been a culture shock of sorts.
- kortilla 4y agoYes, that is the definition of “strange”.
- DiggyJohnson 4y agoThe fact that they were strangers is what makes them strange… For some reason this question is geeking me out, what sort of answer were you expecting?