Dressing for work comes down to a tie

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The unprecedented heat wave that the city is going through may want people to strip down to their bare basics, but for uncomfortable dress codes that certain corporates impose upon their employees.
If formal shirts and trousers weren’t uncomfortable enough, the ubiquitous tie is often the noose that equates summer with suffering.
However, a group of young corporate executives have decided to take the fight to the tie, by launching a no-tie campaign. Throughout the month of May, the campaign urges people to defy the tie. The group even have a Facebook page, although presently they have only five followers.
Pranay Gupta, who works as a financial consultant, says he has to wear a tie only on days he has a presentation to make or meet some clients. “You have to wear a tie on these occasions, as it’s a formal setting and people even come wearing suits to work then,” he says. “But I don’t know why people make such a big deal out of wearing a tie to work, as most offices are climate controlled,” he adds.
However, not everybody is as lucky to be within the confines of an air-conditioned office. Tejas Shyam, a market field researcher, abhors the part of his job which entails him to be on the field wearing a tie. “It’s not so much the tie, but even the shirt needs to be buttoned till the top. One starts to sweat buckets, which is ironic, because the tie was supposed to make you look neat and presentable,” he notes.
Roshan Napadath’s insurance accounting firm has passed an order saying that employees need not wear ties to work till the end of summer. “It used to be extremely uncomfortable before,” says Roshan.