Whats the dress code at your workplace?

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What do you have to wear at work?

  • Formal all week long

  • Business Casual all week long

  • Casual all week long

  • Formal 4 days and causal Fridays

  • Business Casual 4 days and causal Fridays

  • I work from home, naked


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FoBoT

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the dress code hasn't really been enforced in a while, so many wear nice jeans/clean tennis shoes all the time, with a polo/casual collared shirt

friday is always hawaiian shirt day
 

ciba

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Suit when I have client or management meetings. Business casual (including company logo wear) with other clients or regular office days.

Jeans ok on fridays. Or when I hit "&*%* you time" - if I hit 40 hours by the end of wednesday, I treat thursday like friday.
 

timosyy

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Business casual (polo/slacks acceptable, since "business casual" is such a vague term...).

Casual (jeans) friday, jerseys permitted during World Cup.
 

mmntech

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I work in the media. Tends to vary where you go but casual to business casual is the norm. Just don't come to work looking like a slob is the norm. I tend to dress business casual. Only the big wigs dress formal.
 

RedCOMET

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On the job site.. its Fire retardant coveralls, hard hat, steel toe boots, saftey classes.. plus additional safety stuff as required.

When i go to the office.. ususally jeans and either t-shirt or a polo. Depends on what i'm doing there.. If i assist our tech group.. jeans and t-shirt.. if i work on final job paperwork..i'll wear jeans and polo. Normal office staff wear business casual.
 

Colt45

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Whatever goes, except shorts/skirts have to be past the knee, and no wifebeaters or other sleeveless shirts.

and your shirt cant say FUCKFUCKFUCK on it.
 

kranky

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Oct 9, 1999
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The actual rule is no flip-flops, t-shirts or shorts, but most people dress business casual.
 

bruceb

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Aug 20, 2004
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No code per se, but I always wear chinos and a collared (Land's End) type of shirt.
I would not go in with clothing that is all in tatters or ripped. As to jeans, they do allow them, but I prefer only very soft denim, which is getting harder to find.
 

Scouzer

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Jun 3, 2001
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Whatever the hell I want. Yesterday it was shorts and sandals. Today jeans and a T.

One of my coworkers typically comes in with ratty old sweatpants and stained tshirts.
 
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Linflas

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Jan 30, 2001
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From September to June business casual Monday-Thursday, more casual Friday. From mid June to end of August T Shirts and shorts.
 

MotionMan

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For us lawyers, it use to be business casual (slacks/Dockers and a polo) 4 days and casual (jeans and a polo) on Friday unless there is a reason to wear a suit (court, deposition, etc.).

However, over the past few months, without anyone really saying anything, it has become casual 5 days (except if you need to wear a suit).

For the staff, I believe it is business casual 4 days and casual Friday.

MotionMan
 

BurnItDwn

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Oct 10, 1999
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Business Casual all week. Used to be shirt + tie Monday-Thursday, with Business Casual Fridays, but that changed a couple of years ago.

It's nice, I hate things touching my neck. I don't like collared shirts, but I can wear polos or what not, and leave the top button unbuttoned ... so it's nearly as comfortable as a tshirt.
 

Patt

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Jan 30, 2000
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Casual all the way ... the general rule is don't be so grubby that the policy will change because of you.

I'm in shorts, sandals and a t-shirt right now. Very comfy.
 

The-Noid

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Formal any day I am in the office.

If out on a day whatever the event requires. Ranging from full formal to golf (which by some would still be considered "business casual").

Fun fun.
 

freeway

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I'm a lawyer and have my own firm. I am in court pretty much every day, so therefore I wear a suit and tie every day. I decided to go business casual on Friday a few months ago and got busted by one of the senior Judges for not having "proper attire for a lawyer". I was filing papers with the prothonotary on a Friday afternoon. Oh well, at least I can take my tie off when i am in the office.
 

D1gger

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My business is construction, so very casual, but I try to avoid jeans during the week.