Starbucks Workers: a blog post by Michael Sky
Michael has addressed in his blog post a revolutionary change in employee standards in the workforce of Starbucks. In the past, Starbucks employees were obligated to follow a dress code and rules to keep body ink hidden from view when working. Recently, Starbucks has changed its policies regarding the issue of dress codes and is now encouraging employees to self-express with their fashion and/or tattoos.
I like how Michael mentioned that the standard of employees is “very important to the business world as many customers consider how the employees are treated before purchasing their products”. This is very true in many cases, because often times companies are exploited by their mistreatment of employees and are publicly shunned as irresponsible businesses. Restricting employees to dress in their preference could potentially cause controversy over working rights and freedom of expression. Due to the growing importance of social values and social rights, Starbucks has joined the movement of freedom fighters and eliminated its dress code. I feel that this is an important step to obtaining necessary freedom in the workplace because with this new change in policy, Starbucks could perhaps start a movement of eliminating unnecessary rules that restrict workers from being themselves without decreasing productivity.