I always thought my casual was actually business because of the collared work shirt. Are you telling me I need a jacket or some sort of overcoat for it to actually be business?

[–] homoludens@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The "jeans and (white) shirt" tier seems to be missing.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

That's farm casual. Farm business is full overalls and a straw hat.

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Polo shirts aren't smart. Folk play tennis in them and the collar is floppy AF. They look scruffier than plain round neck T-shirt.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is the business a tech company or a bank?

[–] CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, if it's a bank, they've probably got some BS dress policy and it's chinos, shirt, shoes.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

And on most tech companies, "clothed" counts as business casual. Chinos with sneakers and a t-shirt is a way of saying you are looking to be promoted to a management role.

[–] BartyDeCanter@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Almost every tech company I’ve worked at has had a “Investors are coming, dress up” day. And when asked what “dress up” meant they said, “wear one of the more recent company branded t-shirt/hoodies we gave out”.

[–] sockenklaus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 22 hours ago

That sounds like a reasonable dress code!

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Business casual is a dress shirt and chinos/dress pants, loafers and sometimes a blazer/sports coat. Basically the omission of the tie and the fancy dress shoes makes it business casual. A polo and chinos is only business casual in a big box store or the tech industry. Anywhere else it’s just casual.