Last place I worked that had a dress code was about 20 years ago. It was also a god awful place to work, because the organization’s leadership was more interested in whether you wore the right kind of shoes than the quality of the work being done. That’s the kind of pettiness that requires a “professional” appearance.
We’re adults. It’s more professional to treat us as such.
And at least, a uniform is clearly defined. These dress-codes are always an unholy mess of ‘if-this-then-that’ in an effort to cover all possible forms of civilian clothing, jewelry etc.
At a small engineering company I worked at (≈70 employees), the president returned from a visit to another company and commented that he “loved how professional their engineers were.” I asked him what they’d done that was so professional. It was that “they were all wearing ties.”
Wait a minute, Marla. You threatened to castrate Josh because he commented on your hemline…
Jerry Deco got some unholy rewrites into the employee handbook, I suspect.
TBF this is probably just a new hire that she’s explaining this to.
Requiring a professional appearance is actually better. People need to learn to accept that life isn’t always about them.
If I wanted a uniform, I’d join the Army.
Last place I worked that had a dress code was about 20 years ago. It was also a god awful place to work, because the organization’s leadership was more interested in whether you wore the right kind of shoes than the quality of the work being done. That’s the kind of pettiness that requires a “professional” appearance.
We’re adults. It’s more professional to treat us as such.
And at least, a uniform is clearly defined. These dress-codes are always an unholy mess of ‘if-this-then-that’ in an effort to cover all possible forms of civilian clothing, jewelry etc.
I didn’t know Josh posted here as “David Schick.”
At a small engineering company I worked at (≈70 employees), the president returned from a visit to another company and commented that he “loved how professional their engineers were.” I asked him what they’d done that was so professional. It was that “they were all wearing ties.”