Workplace Standards Quotes

Clearly people should meet an acceptable threshold of appropriateness! But I think that for many women in the public eye, it just seems that the burden is so heavy. We're doing a job that is not a celebrity job or an entertainment or fashion job.... In a professional setting, treat us as professionals.... And it takes a lot of time. I've often laughed with my male colleagues, like, "What did you do? You took a shower, you combed your hair, you put your clothes on. I couldn't do that."

Just because the office is casual doesn't mean you shouldn't make an effort.

You need to tell people where they stand. If someone's done a good job, you should tell them they've done damn well. But if they haven't, you should take the same attitude.

OSHA's decision to regulate home workplaces reflects the agency's expanding conception of its own mission.

The real and effectual discipline which is exercised over a workman is that of his customers. It is the fear of losing their employment which restrains his frauds and corrects his negligence.

In developing teams, I don't believe in rules. I believe in standards. Rules don't promote teamwork, standards do

Just because your ratings are bigger doesn't mean you're better.

But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.

American business long ago gave up on demanding that prospective employees be honest and hardworking. It has even stopped hoping for employees who are educated enough that they can tell the difference between the men's room and the women's room without having little pictures on the doors.

I've always said that I'm an employee and I respect that status but I'm the type of guy who walks in the front door and I'll walk out the front door if it's not right.

I did work in a bakery for one day. But the boss went off and when he came back I was lying on the floor eating cakes.

The worst kind of businesses are ones where there are no expectations set out for employees.

There are a lot of laws from Europe about employing people which are absolute nonsense.

No individual has a vested right to a job when that individual fails to perform adequately.

The culture or environment of a company starts from the top. The leadership. The leadership of a company sends a message to its employees of what is tolerated and what is not.

If you can't handle some of the basic stuff that's become a problem in the workforce today, then you don't belong in the workforce.

I think you can look at a woman's legs while she delivers the news and still take her seriously.

I think that it should just be a rule of thumb that if your job asks you to cut your hair... that means that it's time to quit that job.

It's very easy for me to say that I think everybody should just be treated how they're supposed to be treated and tattoos shouldn't come into play. But what if someone has an offensive throat tattoo that might affect someone's business? I am sure there are a lot of opportunities out there for everybody.

On the [Andrew] Puzder point, I do agree there has been a double standard.

It's part of the job to compensate for outfit.

I want to say to anyone who works in a drone workplace, raise the bar! There's no reason why you have to dress to the lowest common denominator.

Corporations are not employment agencies, and judging them by that metric is a mistake.

I think that's really risky to make yourself unsexy, because the business demands that women be sexy.

Raising the standard of the work, not complaining about somebody not voting.