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Investment bankers don’t approve of casual Fridays

Barclays gets super-casual Fridays — sneakers and jeans allowed — but old-time bankers aren't impressed.

This final note today, cribbed from our friend John Carney at CNBC.

John blogged today about a new dress code at Barclays — super-casual Friday, it’s called. Jeans: fine. T-shirts: fine. Even sneakers: also fine.

Not fine at all, though, with some of the old-timers. “I didn’t become an investment banker to dress like a perpetual teenager,” said a veteran of Lehman Brothers. Said another: “It’s ridiculous. Please make them stop. It’s like working at a start-up but without the IPO.”

Or, y’know, public radio.

 

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