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http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_20/b4228064581642.htm
Excerpt:

Go into the kitchen of a Taco Bell today, and you'll find a strong counterargument to any notion that the U.S. has lost its manufacturing edge. Every Taco Bell, McDonald's (MCD), Wendy's (WEN), and Burger King is a little factory, with a manager who oversees three dozen workers, devises schedules and shifts, keeps track of inventory and the supply chain, supervises an assembly line churning out a quality-controlled, high-volume product, and takes in revenue of $1 million to $3 million a year, all with customers who show up at the front end of the factory at all hours of the day to buy the product."

What's interesting about this story is the way it spins fast food work as something that takes skill. That's not how it's usually spun, but it makes sense to me.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/jul/01/harrods-dress-code-sales-assistant?cat=law&type=article
Sales associate quits Harrods over makeup requirement in dress code.

Have you ever quit a job or chosen not to pursue a job because of the required dress code? Or am I the only one?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/01/change-your-life-tempo-in-relationships
Differences in "personal tempos" as an explanation for relationship difficulties (via wordweaverlynn)

Comments

[bcholmes]

I've chosen not to pursue jobs that have dress codes, but I haven't been in the position of quitting a job because of a dress code. I also thwart dress codes a lot. Like, there's a regular e-Health conference that I go to that is "business casual," and I keep wearing my typical hoodies and V-neck shirts.

I once interviewed with a U.S. company that told me during the interview process that if we got to the offer stage, they'd require a drug test -- if this sort of thing happens with IT jobs in Canada, I certainly haven't encountered it -- and I pondered long and hard about whether to just not go for any interviews, or to try to get to the offer stage, get the clean drug test, and then reject the job for being invasive.

[kalmn]

early in my career i had a lot of requests for pre-employment drug tests. but i don't think i've had to take one in a decade.

i am about to have to figure out where to buy pants, though. business casual covers a large variety of sins, but i think my current employer is the only place where it covers blue jeans.