The banks in the district also allow their employees to wear casual clothes. We took a close look at what bankers are allowed to wear - and what not.
district - The Hamburger Sparkasse is a pioneer for a new freedom at the counter. In 2016, the Hanseatic League abolished the obligation to wear a tie for its employees. The most recent example of no ties at the counter comes from the Upper Palatinate, where the Regensburger Sparkasse introduced new rules. But even in the district of Miesbach, the trend towards loose clothing in the banks is not denied. On the contrary: the Kreissparkasse Miesbach-Tegernsee has long relaxed its regulations. "Nobody has to wear a tie," says spokeswoman Babette Eberhardt. “But of course you can,” she adds. The Raiffeisenbank Holzkirchen-Otterfing also takes a relaxed course, even if it sticks to the tie requirement. But when the temperatures rise in summer, the clothing style is also adjusted at the cooperative banks.
Tie requirement: How the banks do it with the dress code
Although at first glance the tie is just a piece of fashion, there are more properties associated with it in the business world. It should radiate seriousness, a piece of elite consciousness. Perhaps this also includes an identity-creating function: If well-dressed people buy their food at lunchtime at the weekly market, the chances are high that it is bank employees. But the classic uniform of the banker is no longer just a tie or - for female employees - a trouser suit in dark, muted colors. Several banks have already joined the Hamburger Sparkasse's freedom offensive. Flexibility is also the order of the day in the business world. For example, the former Daimler boss Dieter Zetsche is known as a jeans and sneaker wearer. Suit and tie no longer really fit into today's economic life. The tone is set by people like the T-shirt-wearing Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and not the company bosses from the time of the economic miracle.
How the new looseness is implemented by the employees of the Kreissparkasse Miesbach-Tegernsee is very different, reports press spokeswoman Eberhardt. Nor could it be said that only young people leave ties out. A lot is possible in terms of clothing, from nice chinos to sneakers. Women, according to Eberhardt, have more options available, skirts or dresses, for example, and patterned clothing is no longer a taboo. She can confirm that customers notice the style of clothing: "You can sometimes hear that you are wearing a beautiful dress," says Eberhardt. She has not yet come across criticism of too loose clothing. As a guideline for employees, Eberhardt recently created a kind of clothing guide, which is intended to serve as an orientation for getting dressed in the morning.
At Raiffeisenbank Holzkirchen-Otterfing, there is a basic business dress code, as CEO Konrad Buckel emphasizes. This is especially important for employees in customer business. The fact that male bank employees wear ties has been true for as long as he can remember. Many people would associate this with seriousness, he says. "I recently lifted the regulations for the time when it gets hot outside," reports Buckel. “We didn't want to stipulate exactly what is allowed, but made it the responsibility of the employees.” With a laugh, the banker adds: “We always have traditional costume days in our branches on Fridays. With the short lederhosen, the heat problem is over anyway. "
by Andreas Wolkenstein
