Do you have a dress code at work?

[Denine]

We have a dress code, sort of. We are supposed to look professional. I work at an assisted living facility. Most of the nurses wear street clothes. I am one of 2 nurses that wears a uniform. Scrub pants and usually a Disney scrub top. I get too messed up with crushed medications and food to ruin my street clothes. Besides, they finally came out with Disney uniforms and I am going to wear them, even my pants have the Mickey icon.

 

[caitycaity]

we don't have a specific dress code where i work, but when we work with clients we are expected to wear what is appropriate in the client's office. since we work with the federal government a lot, that usually means suits.

on "normal" work days i have worn skirts, jeans, khakis, dress pants, dress shirts, non-patterned t-shirts, sweaters, etc.

i've only seen someone wearing shorts and sneakers once, and that was when they were here on the weekend.

 

[believe]

We are business casual. Lately individuals have been wearing jeans of Friday.

 

[RUDisney]

I don't have a problem with our dress code. Actually, I'd make it even more restrictive than it is.

The only time of year we have to remind everyone of it is in the late spring. It seems that tank tops, no socks or hose, bare midriffs and sandals are always pulled out at that time of year, or put away in the case of hosiery. I work in a bank and although I successfully negotiated that my staff, I manage the Computer Operations and MIS Departments, can wear business casual attire, the other areas DO see people and must dress appropriately. For my staff, it makes sense because they are dealing with toner, dust and dirt in their jobs. I cannot ask one of my male employees to crawl under a desk when he's wearing a suit, thus the business casual.

Even with a dress code, we often joke at meetings that we wonder how many people actually have mirrors at home. Between the skin tight pants and button-popping shirts, they can't have any.

I have had to send only one employee home to change. She was wearing a bare midriff that showed the majority of her stomach. That's not business casual, that's picnic casual.

As for nursing dress codes, my sister was/is an RN. She sells a diabetes drug now. The hospital she had worked in decided that the patients couldn't tell the RNs from the LPNs or aides, so they color coded them. Had I not known this from my sister, I wouldn't have known the difference between the uniforms, but I guess if a patient asked, they'd understand it.

 

[EROS]

For my buddy, LUCYSTORM

 

[AirForceRocks]

It depends on what I'm doing on a particular day.

On normal days, (M - Th) - service uniform: blue shirt with or without neck tab, nametag, speciality badge, ribbons, organizational badge, dark blue pants or skirt, black shoes. On Fridays, BDUs, combat boots. Optional: One watch, one bracelet not to exceed 1" in width, three rings (max), one pair of small ball-shaped earrings in gold, silver, pearl or diamond stud, hair not to touch bottom of collar when standing or sitting normally, conservative single-color nail polish.

If I'm teaching a class, business attire - suits, etc.

 

[Steve H.]

We're business casual here -- no denim of any type, all shirts must have collars, no sneakers or boots, etc.

Basically, it's khakis and golf shirts or casual dress shirts around here (some sweaters in the winter).

 

[GeorgeG]

We are required to wear ties except for "casual Fridays" and "casual Summer" when business casual is allowed as an option. Off-hours (we're 24/7) anything goes. I work in a control center that is restricted to a minimum of employees so the ties really don't impress anyone.

I once recieved an e-mail from someone (obviously written by a woman) that included something about how a man is the only species that demonstrates success by tying a noose around his neck. I thought it was a point well made.