One of the most welcome aspects of office work is that you do not need to be fully yourself.
I know there are, like, 12 rules for late night: a desk, a band. Will people take me seriously if I don't wear a tie?
In terms of work I've always had a Bad Attitude in that I won't work anywhere which requires me to work strict hours or follow a dress code. I don't know if that's an Asperger's thing or not, I think it's just being reasonable.
When we're at work, we're there to work.
If it is not a fit place for women, it is unfit for men to be there.
I had braids before. They were real long, and they were black, but my mom made me cut them for the McDonald's job. Then, when I got the job, everybody had long braids and colored hair.
People have told me, 'You shouldn't bring your daughter onto the podium, 'cause it's the workplace,' and things like that. But I'm not gonna really listen to that. I'm gonna do what I think is fun for me and my family, and everything'll be all right.
Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.
There was a policy at Hughes against drinking at lunch, but the men ignored it.
You might be a redneck if you work with a shirt off... and so does your husband.
When you come to work you're expected to be professional.
You cannot thrash the person who makes you coffee. It's a rule somewhere.
When I worked at the White House in the mid-1990s, I would not have dreamed of sharing my beliefs on faith with my colleagues.
The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.
I believe in a uniform for work, but why, because we're men, do we have to be ghettoised into grey suits?
A lot of knowledge in any kind of an organization is what we call task knowledge. These are things that people who have been there a long time understand are important, but they may not know how to talk about them. It's often called the culture of the organization.
People think, 'Well, because you're at Google, you can work from anywhere.' Yes, you can work from anywhere, but many just commute to offices... Working from the office is really important.
Never shake hands with colleagues in court; the customers think you're making deals.
If it weren’t so off-putting for my co-workers. I’d wear my flannel, one-piece 'Hannah Montana' pajamas, like, all the time!
That became the Netflix culture: radical honesty.
I never wear very serious suits. I don't have to because I don't go to an office, so it's fine.
I wear mostly black Main Line or T… But the other day, the sun was shining so I wore blue jeans. It caused so much excitement in the office! People were literally coming up from the floor below and peering behind my desk saying; we hear you’re wearing blue jeans and we have to have a look
If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell.
When I was a young lawyer, working women wore hats. It was the only way they would take you seriously.
I've met them down in the Cost and Accounting Department, clean-shaven and in white collars. They can't see a damn thing ridiculous about themselves... only about you.
