Walmart lowly paid workers now have to pay for 'dress code' out of pocket

[Theb]

What was their old policy? Back when I worked for Target we had to buy our own red shirts and khaki pants. It really wasn't a big deal.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Yet here you are as always.

Who really is MCOWNING who? :biggrin:

No one is MCOWNING you -- you're MCOWNING yourself and the rest of us are pointing and laughing. I mean seriously, this thread is one of the dumbest threads I've seen from you and that's saying something.

OH NOES! AN EMPLOYER HAS A DRESS CODE AND WON'T BUY OUR CLOTHES FOR US!!!!!

Guess what? Every employer I've ever worked for had a dress code and I didn't receive a penny to buy clothes with.

 

[BoberFett]

If it's not a uniform, why are only blue and white shirts allowed?
Dress code should not be dictating colors of shirts and pants.

LOL, you and Dave make quite a couple.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

LOL, you and Dave make quite a couple.

MCOWNED and nonsenseamp, the dynamic duo of lulz.

 

[nehalem256]

Dress codes are legal and technically not a problem here but are also a suppression of the poor much like traffic tickets and lack of water service, aren't they?

What a crazy world where we expect the poor not to break the law, wear clothing, and buy their own water.

 

[ivwshane]

walmart sell's what they need for about $15 per outfit.

Of course and that's their plan! 1 million employees all spending $15 on one outfit? That's a nice little boost in sales now isn't it? How many outfits do you think each employee needs? What's their turnover rate?

I'm positive that if they were allowed to they would pay their employees in store credit.

If it's not a uniform, why are only blue and white shirts allowed?
Dress code should not be dictating colors of shirts and pants.

That's the part I'd take issue with too. If the requirements were just khakis and polos then no big deal but when you start specifying color you start crossing into uniform territory.

Every place I have ever worked that didn't require a logo only set style guidelines. Then again I've never worked for a company so cheap that in order to lessen their costs for a logo'd shirt they went the cheapest route possible and used vests instead.

 

[Greenman]

Yet here you are as always.

Who really is MCOWNING who? :biggrin:

You really do look like a fool in these posts Dave. I get you hate everyone that's successful, envy has eaten the heart out of better men than you, but a reasonable dress code isn't out of line. The cloths they have to wear are everyday casual dress. This isn't a burden on the employees, it's a minimum standard, they have to buy cloths regardless of their employment.
The only reason you bring it up is that you hate Walmart, and there are plenty of good reasons to hate them, you don't have to promote stupidity to get others to agree with you.

You need to find something that brings you joy Dave, you focus entirely on what others have and you don't. That road has no end, you'll simply continue being consumed with envy and hate until that's all you are.

 

[moonbogg]

So? Buy one less 6 pack this week and there's your damn clothes money. Whiny bitches.

 

[OutHouse]

i had to buy my "uniform"

button down shirts
slacks
and shoes for a office environment.

I need a new pair of shoes, i should try to expense it. lol

 

[OutHouse]

What was their old policy? Back when I worked for Target we had to buy our own red shirts and khaki pants. It really wasn't a big deal.

yup, my kid worked at target over the summer and she had to do the same.

 

[MtnMan]

hey good news walmart employees!

you work at a store that sells clothes dirt cheap.

also uniform my ass, i've been to walmart in michigan, you can't even tell who works there and who doesn't

here in canada they have name tags and smocks.

That's why they have vests and name tags, or at least they do here.

 

[ElFenix]

damn, there goes my plot to get my company to buy my suits

 

[TheFamilyMan]

Dress codes are legal and technically not a problem here but are also a suppression of the poor much like traffic tickets and lack of water service, aren't they?

Apologist much? How many of these so-called "poor" are talking and texting on $400+ phones on $200 or more monthly cell phone contracts? They can't afford decent clothing for work but can afford those luxuries?

Don't pull this "suppression of the poor" bullshit.

At our local Wal-Mart, most employees are dressed like slobs with baggy pants, no smocks or vests, and a name tag that's barely pinned on. And don't get me started on asking them where anything is or something else that has anything to do with their jobs. They look at me like I have 2 heads and 12 eyes for interrupting them.

 

[Pulsar]

9-12-2014

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/walmart-workers-unhappy-about-new--dress-code-191739053.html

Walmart workers unhappy about new 'dress code'



Some Walmart (WMT) employees are not happy about a new mandatory “dress code” or the fact that workers have to pay for clothes to comply with that dress code out of their own pockets.

So is it legal for Walmart to require its employees to pay for a polo shirt and pants of a certain color?


According to one legal expert, Walmart employees who are unhappy about having to pay up may have an uphill battle.



Federal Advocacy Coordinator at the National Employment Law Project, Judy Conti, told The Guardian that what Walmart is doing is legal.

At issue is whether the new rules about what employees can wear amount to a “uniform” or a “dress code.”

The U.S. Department of Labor says companies must pay for a "uniform," but not clothes required to comply with a "dress code."

AHAHAHA. God Dave, this place would be boring without you. The employees have every right to not pay for the uniform. And Walmart has every right to fire their asses.

 

[CitizenKain]

Apologist much? How many of these so-called "poor" are talking and texting on $400+ phones on $200 or more monthly cell phone contracts? They can't afford decent clothing for work but can afford those luxuries?

You rightwing idiots sure like making up that same story all the time.

 

[Matt1970]

Par for the course.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

I thought they all had to wear Khaki pants with blue shirts that said "Walmart" on them. Not any more?

 

[MongGrel]

Corporations officially suck even worse now.

I have trouble believing that is even real.

Walmart is that much suckage that if they want to enforve that they can't even buy a few shirt with "WALMART" actually printed on them ?

The US has become officially a joke.

I'll be over here in a corner.

 

[piasabird]

I have always bought my own clothes. Get over it. That is life. Does your mommy buy all your clothes?

 

[SandEagle]

Faded Glory

 

[BUTCH1]

Maybe it was needed, too many employed with their asse's hanging out of their pants, fucking gross to see someone stockin dressed like that.

 

[ivwshane]

Maybe it was needed, too many employed with their asse's hanging out of their pants, fucking gross to see someone stockin dressed like that.

Maybe you should move out of the ghetto, no Walmart I've ever been too looked like that.

 

[sportage]

This walmart dress code is nothing new, actually.
Long ago they were told to buy blue shirts and tan pants, for the men.
Then pin on the walmart logo name tag, and there you go, the walmart uniform.
I believe walmart again recently changed the code or colors.
Maybe some walmart employee here knows the new color scheme?
But true, they do have to purchase the correct color coded clothes out of their own pocket to meet the dress code.
I don't see the big problem.
Most every employer requires pants for their workers.
And shoes.
And walmart employees, if you drive to work in own your car, you probably have to buy your own gas. What an outrage!!!

 

[sportage]

This walmart dress code is nothing new, actually.
Long ago they were told to buy blue shirts and tan pants, for the men.
Then pin on the walmart logo name tag, and there you go, the walmart uniform.
I believe walmart again recently changed the code or colors.
Maybe some walmart employee here knows the new color scheme?
But true, they do have to purchase the correct color coded clothes out of their own pocket to meet the dress code.
I don't see the big problem.
Most every employer requires pants for their workers.
And shoes.
And walmart employees, if you drive to work in own your car, you probably have to buy your own gas. What an outrage!!!

 

[positivedoppler]

There should be a "girl's of Target" to balance the people of Walmart