HMV force skirts on female staff, hair cuts for men and no tattoos

thebostoncrab · 24-10-2012 03:18PM #1

HMV are bringing in a new dress code for staff. Women must wear skirts, men can not have long hair, no tattoos on display and some piercing will no longer be allowed.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9629809/HMV-staff-must-hide-extreme-body-art-from-customers.html

Personally I think this is one of the most backward ideas I have ever heard. How a woman not wearing a skirt affects sales I fail to understand. I understand tattoos still have a mixed image to some, but a music shop is one of the few places that you'd expect to have no problem with body art.

I know they have no issues with some body mods as long as the person looks "smart", but that is not something that can be measured fully; one managers smart could be a no no for another.

Thoughts?

gerire · 24-10-2012 03:19PM

moving deckchairs on the titanic...

4zn76tysfajdxp · 24-10-2012 03:20PM

HMV should encourage people to get piercings and tattoos and dress like monsters. That's the kind of people who visit music shops these days ffs.

RacoonQueen · 24-10-2012 03:21PM

Skirt seems a bit impractical for the work involved. Lifting boxes, packing shelves etc...

Nichololas · 24-10-2012 03:22PM

Skirts, tattoos and long hair have absolutely no bearing whatsoever on whether or not I buy music (excluding 80s hair metal). But torrents have no dress code so w/e.

godtabh · 24-10-2012 03:22PM

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Skirt seems a bit impractical for the work involved. Lifting boxes, packing shelves etc...

but great if you are a peeping tom

Casillas · 24-10-2012 03:22PM

Wanted staff for music shop - must have no individuality, creative expression or any knowledge of the product being sold.

...*sigh*....

suicide_circus · 24-10-2012 03:24PM

Casillas wrote: »

Wanted staff for music shop - must have no individuality, creative expression or any knowledge of the product being sold.

...*sigh*....

tattoos and piercings are always clear indications of creativity and individuality, fact

mitosis · 24-10-2012 03:24PM

Seems right to me. I wouldn't want the public face of my company, the first point of contact, to be a tattoed, lank haired oik. On the skirts, I'd be more flexible - perhaps a nice frock would suffice.

reginald · 24-10-2012 03:25PM

Would be worse if they insisted men wore skirts and women had to shave their heads

DeltaWhite · 24-10-2012 03:27PM

I think it's a joke and it's very old fashioned. Half the staff in HMV local to me are long haired, covered in ink and I have ZERO problem with that... as for the whole women wearing skirts... sexist and ridiculous and if I was in that position I would tell them to fcuk off!

Mont · 24-10-2012 03:27PM

No one is forcing anyone to work in HMV so whatever.

Casillas · 24-10-2012 03:27PM

suicide_circus wrote: »

tattoos and piercings are always clear indications of creativity and individuality, fact

And having none indicates the same, right?

It's a discriminatory policy, simple as.

goat2 · 24-10-2012 03:27PM

as a customer, i dont care whether the staff have tattoos or long hair or piercings,
but i do care that they are helpful,

OneArt · 24-10-2012 03:29PM

I agree with most of those outlines except for the skirts and long hair.

Blatantly sexist rules. What's so difficult about tying hair up?

endofrainbow · 24-10-2012 03:35PM

didn't the HSE try and introduce something similar a few weeks ago?

whatdoicare · 24-10-2012 03:36PM

I remember having to wear a skirt in Dunnes when I got my first job about fifteen years ago but even Dunnes got rid of that and everyone wears a black pants, skirts were practical and smart looking when women only worked part time on the check out. Seems very impractical nowadays now that women work full time and do equal amounts of work to the fellas TBH.
HMV are being a bit ridiculous and OTT.

ArthurG · 24-10-2012 03:36PM

Floor length skirts on the women could be quite classy in a Downton Abbey kinda way - might be targetting the older music customer, as god knows the kids have no money these days.

thebostoncrab · 24-10-2012 03:37PM

mitosis wrote: »

Seems right to me. I wouldn't want the public face of my company, the first point of contact, to be a tattoed, lank haired oik. On the skirts, I'd be more flexible - perhaps a nice frock would suffice.

If it followed the dress code as my work place it would be a much smarter move. Long hair and tattoos are ok, as long as you keep yourself looking tidy and clean and have nothing offensive as a visable tattoo. As a man with long hair and a large tattoo on my forearm I think it's the right attitude to have.

Conall Cernach · 24-10-2012 03:37PM

Someone should send the management of HMV a copy of the movie High Fidelity. If HMV staff were more like Jack Black I'd be inclined to shop there more.

24-10-2012 03:38PM

They're not doing it for a laugh, presumeably they think improving the neatness and appearance of their staff will help business.

The same scruffy staff would be complaining if they lost their jobs that HMV took no measures to try and improve business.

24-10-2012 03:40PM

Its a well known fact people with Tattoo's dont like music.

Mansized Wreath · 24-10-2012 03:42PM

HMV are ****ed anyway,nobody buys music nowadays.

Rigol · 24-10-2012 03:45PM

I thought they were home with the downies.

gobnaitolunacy · 24-10-2012 03:46PM

ArthurG wrote: »

Floor length skirts on the women could be quite classy in a Downton Abbey kinda way - might be targetting the older music customer, as god knows the kids have no money these days.

That reminds me, I need to pop in to get the latest 78 rpm records for my Victrola.

jamesjoyce1710 · 24-10-2012 03:46PM

Nichololas wrote: »

Skirts, tattoos and long hair have absolutely no bearing whatsoever on whether or not I buy music (excluding 80s hair metal). But torrents have no dress code so w/e.

thief

jamesjoyce1710 · 24-10-2012 03:48PM

Casillas wrote: »

Wanted staff for music shop - must have no individuality, creative expression or any knowledge of the product being sold.

...*sigh*....

pretty much sums up any high street music store do you not think?

Lyaiera · 24-10-2012 03:50PM

As long as the lady staff curtsy and the gentlemen staff doff their caps to me as I enter my local HM And V I shall continue to frequent this fine establishment. The lower class staff may avert their eyes and tug on their forelock.

Korvanica · 24-10-2012 03:53PM

HMV is really more a Movie/Gaming shop nowadays though... Music sections are shrinking and other sections are expanding...

phasers · 24-10-2012 03:58PM

Personally, I boycott any shop that employs women, never mind letting them wear trousers! Disgraceful carry on, they should be at home, wearing skirts and cooking things

krudler · 24-10-2012 04:02PM

I used to work for HMV and they were always adamant that as long as you wore the tshirt with the logo on it anything else was fair game, as long as you had no offensive tattoos or stuff taking the piss. Worked with loads of people with tattoos/piercings etc over the years and not a word was ever said to them. Having the women wear skirts is beyond stupid, there's lots of heavy lifting, climbing over stock getting in behind shelves when rearranging displays etc. Stupid move is stupid.

HMV force skirts on female staff, hair cuts for men and no tattoos

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