Your Guide To Back Office Fashion
Dear Community,
While reading through these forums, I have found many forum topics on what color the inside of your shoes should be on Tuesdays, if you work on the 100 block of West Street, but no one seems to comment on back office attire. Little do you know, many of the world’s fashion trends were birthed in the BO.
Follow these tips to blend in with the BO, otherwise you will stick out like a sore thumb. People will accuse you of being stuck up - blissfully hopeful of making the jump to FO, or delusionally already there, calling your internal ledger movements trades.
- Do not wear anything nicer than khaki pants. If you're a hardened veteran, every day is jeans day.
-If you do splurge and wear khakis, spill coffee on them, or make sure you have road salt stains on the hems.
- Ties are forbidden. If you see a coworker wearing a tie, he is probably new. Go over and make sure he knows how overdressed he is, and ask him if he thinks he is Gordon Gekko or something.
- If your shirt does feature buttons, it had better be a short sleeve dress shirt.
-If you do wear a tie, it had better be a novelty tie (example: rubber duckies)
- Make sure you put some thought into your dress shoes. Wear and tear shows thrift and savings, something banks value. It will also show the new kids a thing or two about what it means to sell your sole to the bank by executing the same copy paste procedure for hour upon hour, year upon year until you realize you have been in the same desk for 20 years, and are about to be down sized because you make too much money.
- On casual days, everything is game. Ripped jeans, dirty sneakers and your favorite sublime t-shirt is encouraged, because you don't give a s**t!!!!
- Abercrombie dress shirts on the one day a year the COO visits your area. You want to look professional.
I hope some young, aspiring excel jockies benefit from this PSA.
Regards,
OilBaron






Spot on. I would add that
Spot on. I would add that only lime green, dark red or black solid shirts are acceptable. None of those whites or baby blues.
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Funny, but a little sad for this community.
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I lol'd. Also this is more
I lol'd.
Also this is more true than people realize: "or delusionally already there, calling your internal ledger movements trades."
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Do BO people ever use Excel?
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Flake: I lol'd. Also this is
I lol'd.
Also this is more true than people realize: "or delusionally already there, calling your internal ledger movements trades."
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A note on shoes - do not wear
A note on shoes - do not wear any traditional cap toe dress shoes or penny loafers. Square-toed loafers by Kenneth Cole Reaction or Rockport are the safest bet.
Good stuff guys
Good stuff guys
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Always went to the back
Always went to the back office to meet the guys I'd have to speak to on the phone.
One guy who had been there 25 years was wearing:
- A vintage team canada hockey jersey, with what looked like mustard all over it.
- Camo cargo shorts.
- Timberland boots that weren't tied up.
Funda-mental: Always went to
Always went to the back office to meet the guys I'd have to speak to on the phone.
One guy who had been there 25 years was wearing:
- A vintage team canada hockey jersey, with what looked like mustard all over it.
- Camo cargo shorts.
- Timberland boots that weren't tied up.
You can't be serious.,, does he even lift?
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Banker88: A note on shoes -
A note on shoes - do not wear any traditional cap toe dress shoes or penny loafers. Square-toed loafers by Kenneth Cole Reaction or Rockport are the safest bet.
This is so brutally honest, I love it. The other stuff I don't know about, but this is such a dead give away. Seriously, the next time some dude who wears the square toed shoes with stripes says they work for a bank, ask them what ops area they are in: they always give the same response "how did you know I work in ops".
I generally don't like ops bashing because I'm not all about rank and status and all; that and I spent some time in ops (along with a few others on this post) and prefer to hand out with them outside of work instead of every insufferable prick in M&A. I don't understand $400 shirts and ties, seriously, I think people who need that are ridiculous: invest that and retire early. But if you're some kid working a 3 month temp contract at a BB ops group for some 40 year old moron who failed the CFA years ago and never retook it, if you're reading this post and want to get out of the cesspool of mediocrity to MO or FO, remember:
"dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
YOU JUST GOT TROLLED
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UFOinsider: "dress for the
"dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
Amen
Funda-mental: Always went to
Always went to the back office to meet the guys I'd have to speak to on the phone.
One guy who had been there 25 years was wearing:
- A vintage team canada hockey jersey, with what looked like mustard all over it.
- Camo cargo shorts.
- Timberland boots that weren't tied up.
wth do guys in the bo office do?!
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AndyLouis: wth do guys in the
wth do guys in the bo office do?!
They handle all the TPS reports
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Unforseen: Loved the OP and
I am glad I was able to bring
OilBaron: I am glad I was
YOU JUST GOT TROLLED
http://www.troll.me/images/red-foreman322/dont-you...
I'm currently in BO and I
Jamin: I'm currently in BO
YOU JUST GOT TROLLED
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UFOinsider: OilBaron: I am
This is golden. OP: you work
Yes, I am in OPS. The only
Jamin: I'm currently in BO
UFOinsider: Jamin: I'm
Umm...too close to home. Spot
This thread is amazing. Ties
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Why wear dress shoes when you
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