Seems like common sense to me. The employee should have approached his manager or supervisor about it before going ahead with it. Who knows, having the courtesy to ask may have brought about a different outcome. It sounds like he got in ##### last year and they came to the compromise to wear a hat. Why did he expect anything different this go around?
Come on, nobody will be offended by a dude with pink hair delivering their bed. They might get laughed at but he isn't going to scare anybody or make them uncomfortable. I don't give a crap what the person delivering my bed looks like, as long as they bring me my bed.
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Come on, nobody will be offended by a dude with pink hair delivering their bed. They might get laughed at but he isn't going to scare anybody or make them uncomfortable. I don't give a crap what the person delivering my bed looks like, as long as they bring me my bed.
You would be surprised what offends some people...
Lots of deliverymen are already surly looking individuals. I could care less about pink hair. No different from people putting horribly-dyed blonde or red streaks in their hair.
It matters not an iota what colour his/her hair is, and if it bothers someone, then I think they need to be less sensitive.
Now if it was a guy who was naked and was looking at my face as a tasty treat, then I'd be concerned.
I agree with Hesla. This company could have had some cutsie news feature on how this guy does this every year, so if you see him, know it's for a good cause, blah blah blah.
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I agree with Hesla. This company could have had some cutsie news feature on how this guy does this every year, so if you see him, know it's for a good cause, blah blah blah.
It would have been great for business too. They missed out on a great opportunity to score some goodwill within the community. Whoever is in charge of the PR for that company should be fired.
I tend to agree that how a delivery guy dresses/looks is no real indication of his ability to perform his job. But I also think employers have the right to make reasonable request/standards when it comes to employee appearance and "please wear a hat if you're going to have pink hair" seems really reasonable on their part.
I don't think anyone wants to work in an environment where "it's for a good cause" becomes a free ticket to conduct yourself however you please.
If it were my company, I wouldn't give a damn what colour my employees hair is, but if my employee decided they need to wear a shirt that says "**** Cancer" every day of the week than I'd say something, which would be my right as an employer.
I think at the end of the day, a company is free to tell their employees what is and isn't acceptable work attire. The company has every right to tell an employee how to dress. It really isn't any different than your job downtown telling you that you can't wear jeans to work. But at the same time, the company must also be prepared for any backlash or consequences from their own policies.
... We also have to make sure our customers are comfortable when our delivery associates enter their homes -- and that's why we require employees to maintain a professional, business-like appearance. In fact the acid test that I always use for the appearance of a Sleep Country delivery associate is whether my mom would be comfortable with this person setting up a bed in her bedroom.
So Christine personally approves every delivery person based on their looks?
I would think a clean cut guy that takes a shower daily but has pink hair would be a much better option for Nana McGee compared to overweight smelly fatty who just hot boxed 7 cigarettes on the way over with au natural hair colour.
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It would have been great for business too. They missed out on a great opportunity to score some goodwill within the community. Whoever is in charge of the PR for that company should be fired.
If this employee approached the PR department internally it would have given them time to research the charity, promote it internally and externally (if they concluded it was a good fit for their PR strategies), etc. This guy showing up for work with pink hair doesn't give the PR department any time or traction to make this stunt do anything for the charity or Sleep Country. I would hardly rest the blame on the PR department for this falling flat. This is the employee's fault 100%.
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I think at the end of the day, a company is free to tell their employees what is and isn't acceptable work attire. The company has every right to tell an employee how to dress. It really isn't any different than your job downtown telling you that you can't wear jeans to work. But at the same time, the company must also be prepared for any backlash or consequences from their own policies.
I'm not even sure why there is even any backlash. Because he said its for Cancer? What is he doing, is his pink hair curing cancer? Its for awareness? I'm pretty sure every single person he comes across already knows cancer is an issue. Its not like he couldn't have pinned a pink ribbon on his shirt.
The company has rules, he didn't want to follow those rules. Frankly I applaud the company. Who am I to sit here and judge them because I don't like cancer. Frankly cancer has nothing to do with them setting company policies. Throw the cancer word in there and people suddenly think they're heroes because they backlashed against the company. Its totally illogical.
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So did he raise any money, participate in any functions, or donate any of his own money? If he did, it would legitimatise his actions a little bit. Otherwise, it seems like a pretty fruitless exercise. Better to have donated the money he used to dye his hair to cancer research IMO.
It might be illogical, but life is full of many illogical things. They should have known this would come back on them negatively. They are within their right to suspend him, and consumers are within their right to boycott/avoid Sleep Country from now on. Doesn't matter if their reasons are logical or not.
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It might be illogical, but life is full of many illogical things. They should have known this would come back on them negatively. They are within their right to suspend him, and consumers are within their right to boycott/avoid Sleep Country from now on. Doesn't matter if their reasons are logical or not.
So what, they're just supposed to make decisions that could negatively affect their business because somebody will threaten to go public? Then the terrorists have already won.
