Dress code at work... do you have one?

[miniMUNCH]

I'm a grad student...no dress code at all FTW!

I couldwork in nothing but a banana hammock if I wanted to...

 

[snoopdoug1]

Originally posted by: Looney
That would suck. My last job was business casuals, with jeans on friday as well (and every now and then, some theme day). When i came to this job, i was the only one wearing business casuals. Everybody else were wearing shorts or PJs (mostly the girls). It's insane.

I kinda like the sound of that

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: Looney
That would suck. My last job was business casuals, with jeans on friday as well (and every now and then, some theme day). When i came to this job, i was the only one wearing business casuals. Everybody else were wearing shorts or PJs (mostly the girls). It's insane.

mmmm, girls in pj's.

 

[Koing]

Suit for me.

No formal dress code as some guys wear pretty casual stuff. I prefer to dress this way. Sets a better image in the office enviroment when people are about.

Koing

 

[Albis]

business formal for clients and business casual for day to day office wear

 

[Ime]

All of my professional jobs have been business casual.

 

[SaturnX]

My job right now doesn't really have one, in my Engineering department (working at a Hydro Service), we all wear jeans and non-collared shirts. It's extremely lax.

 

[CptObvious]

no express dress code where i work, though it's usually shirt & tie monday-thursday and business casual on friday. although today my boss came in with shorts and sandals (going to play golf later i presume)

 

[torpid]

Are they going to give people extra money to go buy all kinds of shirts and ties? I'm thinking that they aren't and that is the only reason they say it is "not required", so they don't have to deal with people who say they can't afford to buy a whole new wardrobe.

At my old job, it was business casual. But, there was this intern who was working there just when the switch was made. They told him it was business attire, suit and tie required. So he went out and bought a bunch of suits and ties, and by the time he showed up, it became business casual.

 

[bradruth]

Originally posted by: FallenHero
Full Uniform.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

I have to wear a tie everyday.
The thinking behind it is, if you dress professional and look professional, you will act professional.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
I have to wear a tie everyday.
The thinking behind it is, if you dress professional and look professional, you will act professional.

The thinking is bogus with that logic. However, I think what is true is that if you see someone ELSE wearing a tie, you will treat them with more respect. So it works out to somewhat the same result. I don't think that if I wear a tie I'm going to act any differently, but I will expect other people to act differently around me.

 

[jimbob200521]

We have a business casual dress code here. It's not too bad, just wear basically anything but jeans and a decent shirt and that's ok.

 

[franksta]

No code here.

 

[Turkish]

Suit everyday (World Bank).

 

[neovan]

No dress code except for the usual inappropriate, offensive attire ban and no sandals because of OSHA law

 

[TwiceOver]

Factory work - No open toed shoes + Safteyglasses. Pretty much anything else goes.

 

[Nithin]

sandals + shorts + tshirt.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
"when you wear a tie, you act differently and treat others differently"

When I see a tie, I think car salesman.

The last company I worked for tried this. Attrition went through the roof within a few months.

A casual dress code is one of the easiest ways to boost/maintain morale. Start slapping ties on everyone, and you piss them off (unless there's a genuine reason, like client visits, etc).

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: edro
Yes, Business Casual. Dress slacks with shinable shows. No khakis or polo shirts, except on Friday.

That's not business casual. That's 1941 Germany.

 

[IGBT]

..I always wanted to show up wearing a powdered white wig like the ruling class in England.

 

[Jzero]

I wouldn't mind a more formal dress code where I work, but the original post is full of delicious irony. The management is so unwilling to blame themselves for poor productivity that they are willing to even blame lack of neckwear.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: SarcasticDwarf

Originally posted by: Looney
That would suck. My last job was business casuals, with jeans on friday as well (and every now and then, some theme day). When i came to this job, i was the only one wearing business casuals. Everybody else were wearing shorts or PJs (mostly the girls). It's insane.

mmmm, girls in pj's.

LOL PJs, not lingeries.

 

[archiloco]

a$$le$$ chaps always welcome at my work

haha

 

[Lola]

That is too bad.
It seems like a few bad "apples" always ruin the bunch.

We have a very very small office, but we too have a very relaxed business casual dress code and casual fridays.

From what i have seen, a tie or suit will not make anything better. It seems to only make people more cranky because they have to be dressed up.

Good luck.