{"id":2880,"date":"2004-10-14T05:17:36","date_gmt":"2004-10-14T19:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/14\/different-companies-different-standards\/"},"modified":"2019-12-11T11:33:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T19:33:07","slug":"different-companies-different-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/10\/14\/different-companies-different-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Different companies, different standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10053,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/secure.utilikilts.com\\\/catalog-denim-index.htm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20060329124650\\\/https:\\\/\\\/secure.utilikilts.com\\\/catalog-denim-index.htm&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 00:09:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 08:24:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 08:24:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>One of the few disadvantages of my current job situation is that I&#8217;m bound by the rules and regulations of the company I work <em>for<\/em>, rather than those of the company I work <em>at<\/em> (the print shop is a contracted deal, where my company has an on-site shop that does the internal print needs for a local telecommunications company).<\/p>\n<p>I just spent a few minutes chatting with a gentleman sporting a <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.utilikilts.com\/catalog-denim-index.htm\" title=\"Denim\">denim Utilikilt<\/a>, one of seven that he owns (one for every day of the week). Unfortunately, while the company I&#8217;m working <em>at<\/em> obviously has no problem with kilts in the workplace, the company I work <em>for<\/em> is far more strict with their dress code.<\/p>\n<p>I actually looked into the official company dress code when I first got my kilt, and while the corporate policy merely states &#8220;black slacks or skirt&#8221;, regional and district managers have the authority to fine-tune the dress code policies, and our district manager has decreed black slacks across the board (and thus preventing any possible discrimination charges).<\/p>\n<p>A shame, really, but that&#8217;s just the way it is. Someday I&#8217;ll manage to land myself a dream job (good hours, good pay, something I enjoy, <em>and<\/em> a decent dress code), but until then&#8230;well, the bills do need to get paid.<\/p>\n<p>\\&lt;\/whine&#62;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just spent a few minutes chatting with a gentleman sporting a denim Utilikilt, one of seven that he owns (one for every day of the week). Unfortunately, while the company I&#8217;m working at obviously has no problem with kilts in the workplace, the company I work for is far more strict with their dress code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2043],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-2880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","tag-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}