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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

[cleverthylacine]

I don't think that it is wrong for employers to have dress codes, but I have certainly decided against working in places where the dress code was stupid. Requiring makeup or heels or the wearing of sheer hosiery through which the bare leg is visible (why?) all fall into that kind of category.

I think it's perfectly reasonable for employers to tell you you can't wear things that are unsafe in that environment--and I have a particular loathing for open-toed shoes on hospital staff, particularly in labs and patient care areas where it's just not safe. I think it's reasonable for retailers to want their staff to be identifiable in customer service areas (particularly stores), and to require you wear a certain colour of pants or skirt and/or a smock and nametag.

But if they insist on uniforms it's up to them to provide them in the size you need and at a reasonable price, and it's not right or acceptable for their dress code to mandate that you make permanent changes to your appearance (for instance, it's reasonable to say that due to safety/hygiene reasons, long hair must be out of the way and secured, but not to require you to cut it OFF especially not if this applies to only those who present as male.)

I do understand why some boutiques want you to dress in their clothing but again, this is not reasonable if they don't make it affordable and provide your size.