Originally Posted by
Slaninar
In some countries/areas/cultures, using a bicycle (i.e. not having/using a car) for transport is taken as a signt of "I'm poor, not successful"
If that's the case, employer probably doesn't want to invest in re-educating people they need to do business width, but show them what they want to see.
Tradition, but that's changing. Notice all the CEOs making presentation wearing jeans and sneakers? And the tie is also becoming obsolete. However, in those cases its more of a sign of being eccentric rather than impoverished.