Dear Feeba,
As you have not answered all my questions, I can only keep asking questions to find out the real situation. As you have rightly stated, they do not teach everything in a colleges and universities. Dress code and behaviour is some of the topics, as these vary from organisation to organisation.
Please let us know what you wear now, when you say informal dress? What do managers wear in your organisation. I would have thought that the weather being so hot in Hyderabad a suit would be inappropriate clothing, especially in summer. First impression is important. For example, a person wearing a skull cap, like the jews and religious muslims wear, may be seen as fanatical by some in certain western countries. Whereas the same may be considered as normal in others. See what has France promulgated recently about wearing religious outfits like the hijab and turbans.
One has to use professional language at work and avoid slands like "hi dude", etc at work. Also use proper language. Please give examples of how you address people, etc. More the information you give the better would be the advice that you get.
From United Kingdom
1624As you have not answered all my questions, I can only keep asking questions to find out the real situation. As you have rightly stated, they do not teach everything in a colleges and universities. Dress code and behaviour is some of the topics, as these vary from organisation to organisation.
Please let us know what you wear now, when you say informal dress? What do managers wear in your organisation. I would have thought that the weather being so hot in Hyderabad a suit would be inappropriate clothing, especially in summer. First impression is important. For example, a person wearing a skull cap, like the jews and religious muslims wear, may be seen as fanatical by some in certain western countries. Whereas the same may be considered as normal in others. See what has France promulgated recently about wearing religious outfits like the hijab and turbans.
One has to use professional language at work and avoid slands like "hi dude", etc at work. Also use proper language. Please give examples of how you address people, etc. More the information you give the better would be the advice that you get.
From United Kingdom
Dear nashbramhall Sir,
Thank you for your response
I wear salwars to my office, and i have no idea about the western clothing, how to wear when to wear and all those
Coming to addressing the people,
I address as Mr XYZ or Miss XYZ
Here we address our MD as sir not with his name
Before joining i asked our MD about the dress code
He replied that no sleeves are allowed and Dressing should be neat and attractive.
For Gents, Formal dresses ( Shirt, Formal Pants and shoes)
From India, Hyderabad
Thank you for your response
I wear salwars to my office, and i have no idea about the western clothing, how to wear when to wear and all those
Coming to addressing the people,
I address as Mr XYZ or Miss XYZ
Here we address our MD as sir not with his name
Before joining i asked our MD about the dress code
He replied that no sleeves are allowed and Dressing should be neat and attractive.
For Gents, Formal dresses ( Shirt, Formal Pants and shoes)
From India, Hyderabad
Dear Feeba,
I thought you may be a female. And I was right. Why do you think, or your friend thinks, that salwars are not professional clothing. I know of doctors in India who go to work in their sari and have become consultants. There is no need to wear western clothing, even in MNCs, if it is not required by the management.
Even when Britishers ruled India, I know that some official wore dhothi and went to work and they were not required to wear western clothing.
From United Kingdom
I thought you may be a female. And I was right. Why do you think, or your friend thinks, that salwars are not professional clothing. I know of doctors in India who go to work in their sari and have become consultants. There is no need to wear western clothing, even in MNCs, if it is not required by the management.
Even when Britishers ruled India, I know that some official wore dhothi and went to work and they were not required to wear western clothing.
From United Kingdom
Dear nashbramhall
I totally accept your words, but is that the Hr profession and the Doctor profession is similar
HR deal with every issues in the company and they play a role even in business development.
Will Doctors do the same?
I am just asking you that it !
I faced this issue personally so i asked you people to suggest.
"Even when Britishers ruled India, I know that some official wore dhothi and went to work and they were not required to wear western clothing."
i agree but they wore coats along with Dhothi. Coats are not over dressing style i guess and now a days Dhothi are not seen except in tradition marriages.
Its not an argument, Kindly analyze to know my points
We are changing as per the trend and we changing as per our life style
If i am wrong please forgive me
Please suggest me
From India, Hyderabad
I totally accept your words, but is that the Hr profession and the Doctor profession is similar
HR deal with every issues in the company and they play a role even in business development.
Will Doctors do the same?
I am just asking you that it !
I faced this issue personally so i asked you people to suggest.
"Even when Britishers ruled India, I know that some official wore dhothi and went to work and they were not required to wear western clothing."
i agree but they wore coats along with Dhothi. Coats are not over dressing style i guess and now a days Dhothi are not seen except in tradition marriages.
Its not an argument, Kindly analyze to know my points
We are changing as per the trend and we changing as per our life style
If i am wrong please forgive me
Please suggest me
From India, Hyderabad
Dear Feeba,
I made a mistake in my previous post. It should have said doctors in the UK, and not India, that wear a sari. I agree that Indian wore a jacket with the dhoti.
Let me draw some other parallel to put your mind at ease. Many think that one should drink alcohol to socialise; not necessarily true. Even the UK's Ex-Prime Minister James Callghan was a teetottaler.
Unless your company require you to wear western dresses you do not need to. If the people that matter in your life do not mind you wearning ?Western dress go ahead and wear it. There is nothing to it. My wife wore long skirts to work when she was teacher, and wore a pair of trousers and a blouse on top, when working as a technician in a Civil Engineering Dept., in a college.
Our daughter wears skirts, trousers, etc when going to work as a GP but wears a sari to go to social fuctions like wedding, including English weddings. So, feel free to wear what you like.
From United Kingdom
I made a mistake in my previous post. It should have said doctors in the UK, and not India, that wear a sari. I agree that Indian wore a jacket with the dhoti.
Let me draw some other parallel to put your mind at ease. Many think that one should drink alcohol to socialise; not necessarily true. Even the UK's Ex-Prime Minister James Callghan was a teetottaler.
Unless your company require you to wear western dresses you do not need to. If the people that matter in your life do not mind you wearning ?Western dress go ahead and wear it. There is nothing to it. My wife wore long skirts to work when she was teacher, and wore a pair of trousers and a blouse on top, when working as a technician in a Civil Engineering Dept., in a college.
Our daughter wears skirts, trousers, etc when going to work as a GP but wears a sari to go to social fuctions like wedding, including English weddings. So, feel free to wear what you like.
From United Kingdom
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