Question for hiring editors

[da man]

but the choice really isn't his is all I'm saying. What employer would actually tell someone, "Hey, you can have the job if you cut your hair." This ain't the Yankees.
I'm not saying it's right or wrong. And like I said, I don't know if I'd hire some guy with hair at his ass. But, it is discrimination. That's all i'm saying.

Sorry, not discrimination. The employer gets to choose what it wants representing its company, within the boundaries of things people cannot control (race, gender, etc.). You say this ain't the Yankees, but a newspaper has every right to impose the same restrictions for the same reasons, even if the employee never deals directly with outside customers. Hell, if Johnny Damon can shave and cut his hair to play for the Yankees, why can't a paper expect a candidate to do the same for it? If the candidate doesn't like it, he can find someplace else to work (as your friend did).

 

[Chi City 81]

(Caveat: I think when you're dealing with customers, or dealing with sources, or dealing with the public, that you should dress appropriately. And I have always followed that policy myself. ... But personally, I think it's OK for people *who are only dealing with coworkers inside the office* to dress down more, under the theory that more comfortable employees = happier employees = better employees.)

I agree with that, to a certain extent.

At one stop, Saturdays were casual. So people started wearing sweats.

You shouldn't wear sweats to work, no matter what day it is.

Jeans. Polo shirt. Sneakers or casuals.

We're in the desert, so shorts when it's 110 degrees out (which it is most of the summer.)

That's appropriate attire, IMO.

Couldn't agree more.