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At my job there isn't one day that goes by that dress code does not become an issue, especially among the women because it's so easy for men to just put on a long sleeved shirt and tie with slacks. But with women it's a little more difficult. We actually have to have meetings about it. Is this issue common or is my job paranoid?
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it is very common! people try to stretch it to see what they can get away with. a girl in my office will actually show up in ripped jeans and flip flops on "casual friday"...that's a little too casual. i think as a general rule, if you'd wear it to the beach, it's too casual!
Worked for a larger company that spent close to 100k with that particular problem.
Unreal.
Not at my place , although we have woman working here there is not a good looking woman to be found here :))
What are you paranoid about? Just dress professionally and you won't have any problems.
I work for an insurance company and we have a dress code but it's not bad at all, pretty casual. all thought there are some girls that dress like they are going out to the club after work.. that is just uncalled for...
They might be common at some jobs, but I think that they should happen with as little as one person a month tops. People got (or at least should have) gotten papers that specifically said the dress code. So, like, if the paper said no skirts shorter than the knee, and it's a mini skirt, they must have some problem because who the h*ll would go to work in a mini skirt?? But if its something like no heels higher than two inches and it's two and a half or three, than that is no big deal. But once again, my point is there should be no problems at ALL.
Well, first of all, the workplace for women is changing dramitically. Thus, the clothing requirements are often harder to pinpoint. Many women can wear a professional suit, while others still maintain the option of a more feminine approach.
To comment on your question, they are very common.
Even beyond the office setting, I have worked in the industrial settings in whcich women must remove particualr jewlery and wear particualr headgear during inplant observations, and these often become the subject of discussion for often these women are nowhere near falling objetcs and such.but hey, the plant has a code..
I would agree that the burden is slightly more for women.
You are working for idiots.
Meetings are expensive, and if you're holding meetings every day, that's a big drain on the bottom line. Someone needs to take charge, and post a notice on the bulletin board that says:
Employees are expected to dress professionally. If you aren't smart enough to figure out what is appropriate attire, you probably will make a lot of other dumb mistakes over a period of time.
As of tomorrow morning, if you do not dress professionally, we will not discuss it; you will simply be sent home for the day. The first time this happens, you may return to work the following work day. The second time this happens within a 180-day period, you may not return to work.
I work in a business casual environment and one of the girls that used to work here came in one day wearing a Hooters shirt!
I promised myself 10 years ago I'd never work for a place that got crazy with dress rules. There was a data entry job I had where they hired 2 people for $9/hr to do nothing but walk through all 5 buildings and inspect/enforce dress rules.
Had a manager job a few years ago. They allowed thong sandals but not flip flops. This was a huge debate because not many people realized what a "flip flop" was. So we had people in dressier sandals being sent home. Being that it was a call center and I couldn't afford to lose productivity due to foot checks, I started telling people that if they wear those shoes, kindly remove them at their desk incase the dress police walked around. Having your shoes off at your desk was ok but sandals not? Even if they had to walk around the office they started putting socks on so that they wouldn't walk around barefoot.
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