Swiss banking giant UBS is looking to improve its public image. In that sense, the company has decided that everything needs to change at their branches, starting with the dress and conduct of the employees. UBS has announced a new company dress code to be tested at several locations in UBS’s Switzerland homeland. We’re not talking a simple dress code, either; we’re talking a complete guide to grooming, fashion, and even food choices. It’s one of the most comprehensive and amusing dress codes I’ve ever read.
Employees are encouraged to wear dark gray, navy blue, or black clothing, because those colors “symbolize competence, formalism, and sobriety.” Female staff members are being told to wear knee-length skirts, not short skirts. Men are told not to have excessive facial hair. Staff are encouraged to have clean, stylish hair cuts. Everything, from the shine of the shoes to the unobtrusiveness of the underwear being worn, is covered in this exhaustive potential dress code. Even employee language and lunches are covered, with employees being told to avoid garlic and onions at lunch!
“The goal is for clients to immediately know that they are at UBS when they are entering the bank,” said UBS spokesman Jean-Raphael Fontannaz. “After the test phase we may implement the dress code, or adapt it, or not use it at all.”
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