My company switched to jeans every day at some point between 2017 and 2020, but I’m one of very few (life) actuaries who actually wears jeans most days. The P&C actuaries leaned in, though.
Screw that mentality. If wearing jeans holds me back from success, I’m better off.
They are known as hooligans, after all
You have a point…
In all seriousness, the culture difference at my company between the two is radical. I’ve worked for both and P&C knows what’s up.
Are Life actuaries more conservative? I was open to being a Life actuary back in the day but it worked out differently. Was pretty set against the regulation maelstrom that is what health actuarial sounds like.
In my company, absolutely yes. Can’t speak for others. We happen to have both types here. I’m curious if it’s the same at USAA, where they also do both (I’m sure there are other places as well, but they come to mind first).
My company not only sent out a communication letting everyone know that is was not acceptable to wear jeans into the office but also that the company’s business casual dress code was in effect for everyone working remotely too (this was through the entire pandemic, not just recently).
However, nobody has said anything to me about wearing t-shirts.
lol at jeans. jeans are SO 2019. i wanna wear pj’s! jeans aren’t comfortable at all.
Have you tried corduroys?
that’s obnoxious.
i’m not sure anything is going to be as comfortable as pj’s, but in the office, i wore comfortable pants. we were allowed to wear jeans on fridays in normal times, but i always found those to be less comfortable than my regular work pants. this was particularly true in the summer. who the heck wants to wear jeans when it’s 90 degrees out?
The trick is to have an office that’s always 64 degrees!
I also walked to work, which was 2.5 miles each way. that’s awful in jeans in the summer.
Oh wow yeah I’d probably change at the office then
I just wouldn’t wear jeans. regular work pants are okay to walk in. I don’t wear jeans now. I think the last time I wore jeans at all was in 2020 pre-pandemic.
this is excluding jean shorts which I wear regularly now. long jeans and nope.
I agree. I wear jeans when I want to be “formal”.
Actually, I’ve been wearing house dresses quite a bit, when the weather is cooler
Companies in tech centrals are already having a hard time keeping up with the no dress code, bring pets to work, no drug tests, drinking at work, and now remote working culture.
I got a few cotton dresses last year and they are super cool in the hot summer. My favorite one (bc it has pockets) is pilling. But the other 2 are fine and I have worn them to the office. They are casual but not more casual than jeans.
i’ve worked both, and IME p&c is just for bangers. Life is where it’s at for real actuatin’
right now EEs have all the power. Just wait until the tides turn and the employers get the upside, then it’ll be come to the office or else…
enjoy it now while it lasts