7:32 AM
Alex
Some BPOs or Call Centers in the Philippines still require its employees to 'dress up' from Mondays to Thursdays. It is enforced to make their employees 'look professional' when within company premises.
I have no problems about this regulation but I think it's impractical and illogical to 'dress up' if there is a weather disturbance within the day. An estimated 90% or more of Pinoy BPO workers are still dependent on public transport to go to and fro the office. It is much of an inconvenience for us when we thread flooded streets, chase buses and jeepneys just to get to work on time during a typhoon.
I think it's a must for BPO companies with dress code policies to automatically declare a 'dress down' day when their is a public storm signal hoisted by PAGASA. Of course if your company is located in the Visayas and public storm signal is in Metro Manila, this will not be applicable.
I praise a BPO company somewhere in Buendia Avenue that dispatched transport vans hourly to key points in north and south Metro Manila to make sure its employees get to work safely during the time Super Typhoon Juan brought heavy rains in the metro. And of course employees get to 'dress down' as they where informed 6 hours earlier before their shifts.
That same day I texted my superior if we can go 'dress down' because Metro Manila was placed under Typhoon signal # 1 by PAGASA. I received the most ridiculous text response to date: 'No, because we have client visit today and we need to dress up'.
I later received another message just less than 2 hours before my shift that says 'Got a message from management allowing us to dress down'
Too bad some of my co-workers already left their homes at that time I sent the message across. My friend responded, 'Damn! I'm now in an FX, why didn't you texted me earlier?'
I have no problems about this regulation but I think it's impractical and illogical to 'dress up' if there is a weather disturbance within the day. An estimated 90% or more of Pinoy BPO workers are still dependent on public transport to go to and fro the office. It is much of an inconvenience for us when we thread flooded streets, chase buses and jeepneys just to get to work on time during a typhoon.
I think it's a must for BPO companies with dress code policies to automatically declare a 'dress down' day when their is a public storm signal hoisted by PAGASA. Of course if your company is located in the Visayas and public storm signal is in Metro Manila, this will not be applicable.
I praise a BPO company somewhere in Buendia Avenue that dispatched transport vans hourly to key points in north and south Metro Manila to make sure its employees get to work safely during the time Super Typhoon Juan brought heavy rains in the metro. And of course employees get to 'dress down' as they where informed 6 hours earlier before their shifts.
That same day I texted my superior if we can go 'dress down' because Metro Manila was placed under Typhoon signal # 1 by PAGASA. I received the most ridiculous text response to date: 'No, because we have client visit today and we need to dress up'.
I later received another message just less than 2 hours before my shift that says 'Got a message from management allowing us to dress down'
Too bad some of my co-workers already left their homes at that time I sent the message across. My friend responded, 'Damn! I'm now in an FX, why didn't you texted me earlier?'
