Do you have a written or unwritten dresscode at work?

[disney junky]

I usually wear a tie though I am in the minority.

 

[Hedy]

Officially, we can "choose" between business profesional and business casual. In reality, it means they shouldn't be ashamed to pull us into a client meeting if they need a warm, professional body.
Jeans day, OTOH, is about once a month, and someone always has to remind the young 'uns that it's jeans day, not jeans and sneakers day.

 

[JR6ooo4]

Yes but we are more like construction work as apposed to an office setting.
No sloppy atire is the only requirement. And specific gangwear (colors) could be bad depending where we might go in the city of chicago...

MIkeeee

 

[ducklite]

When people are hired for the home office (where I work) they are verbally told "business casual." A few people take that to mean jeans and sneakers, but because we seldom if ever get visitors except delivery people, nobody really cares. I normally wear chino's and a blouse or sweater or something along those lines. We've only got eight of us, so no biggie.

Fridays are casual.

In the field they have a dress code that is required and enforced, but they are with customers and the public all day.

Anne

 

[VioltePrincess]

I work for an insurance company. the NYC office is "business attire" but when they moed my department to Jersey City we were told "business casual" and were given a list of what is NOT "business casual" (no jeans, for example.) if we have to go to the NYC office or if we have to go to a client or court, we have to wear business aatire.

I usualy wear nice pants with a sweater or blouse, but sometimes I wear a pantsuit or a skirt.

 

[Cantw8]

my work is pretty laid back as long as nothing is hanging out

 

[CEDmom]

We do have one and every once in a while it gets circulated as a reminder especially in the summer. I'm in a technology group so things are a little more casual than in business or marketing. We don't see clients on the spur of the moment. Jeans and sneakers are a no no expect on set days. No bare legs, no tank tops. It's pretty standard.

 

[crazyme5kids]

Lucky for me I can wear whatever I want, which is usually jeans and a tee shirt. My husband can wear what he wants too, once in a while does he need to throw on a sports coat or a suit. Saves a lot on clothes !

 

[LadyyRedd]

We are 100% casual and I love it. If we're having important visitors, we occasionally have a business casual day (probably once every other month).

Kimya

 

[highland3]

Uniform or shirt and tie. We can drop the ties in the summer.

 

[Stacerita]

We have a written dress code at work. And there is an unwritten dress code on top of that. Dress attractive, don't be attracting.

 

[Disney Doll]

Actually, i sort of work for 2 departments. When I am a "real nurse" I wear scrubs.

When I work for our IT department, I wear "business casual"...pants and a nice sweater, soemtimes with a blazer, sometimes without a blazer.

 

[SandraVB79]

I work at the IT department of a large company. Since we never come in contact with clients (customers in the grovery stores), we can virtually wear whatever we want, as long as it doesn't have holes or isn't dirty. And even that is a rule not everyone follows, with those new stylish jeans that look like they have somehow survived 3 nuclear wars

In summer time, I come to work with bare legs, tank tops, capri pants, flip flops (though the nicer, leather ones), ... Basically, I wear more or less the same clothes to work as to DL or WDW or DLP

At my new job, where I'll be a senior consultant and will always be at the client's offices, I am required to dress business-like. I have been shopping the past couple of weeks, since I didn't own pant suits anymore, and I already realized this is going to cost me way more in clothing! Oh well, I'm also better paid, so it compensates

 

[maddiemouse]

I'm a dog groomer, we wear smocks over whatever. Generally it's anything that we don't care if it gets ruined.

 

[golfgal]

Unwritten, but then there are only two of us. We have clients coming in all the time so we need to look ok, usually nicer pants and a sweater/blouse. We don't need to do business attire. Friday is jean day. DH's company is business casual, khakis and golf shirts are about right. Dh's old company had a very specific written dress code which he was ultimately responsible for enforcing. He had to send many people home because of that, usually for wearing a revealing top or wearing white pants with a colored thong , stuff like that. They had jean day every Friday and you paid money to wear jeans that was then donated to charities. Some people took that to mean SLOB day though.

 

[supercarrie]

I work at a bank in their head office. We rarely see actual customers but even so we have to be in business casual - no jeans, t-shirts, etc. Mostly trousers and a sweater or button up shirt. When we are meeting clients, you have to be in a business suit.

ETA: Forgot to add this is written!

 

[KelNottAt]

I work for a health insurance company. We have a written dress code that requires business attire Mon - Thurs. (Ties, jackets, stockings, heels, the whole 9 yards.) We're even required to wear stockings in the summer. Now, those are the requirements (and since I'm middle management at HQ I must adhere. YUCK.) But...

We do have looser guidelines in IT. They were put in place for retention purposes back during the tech boom of the '90's. Also, the guidelines are kinda loose for CSRs in our phone units.

Right now (Thanksgiving to New Years) the interim CEO is allowing everyday business casual company-wide. We're not sure, but think (and hope) it's a trial run for business casual everyday. Send some pixie dust if you have any to spare.

ETA: NO JEANS! Except during the United Way campaign when we can buy the privledge for $5 per day (it's a fundraiser).

 

[malibuconlee]

We definitely have one. It's mostly business casual. I work in the medical records dept of a hospital. I usually wear slacks and a blouse or sweater. I'll occasionally wear khakis and a casual sweater, I did yesterday. I don't have a problem with most of the dress code. I'm not crazy about the no bare legs thing. No capris (I have several nice pairs that I no longer get to wear), but you can wear gauchos, but you have to wear panyhose. So, I just don't wear skirts. I haven't worn hose in years, and I'm not about to start now.

 

[huckster]

written

 

[Fitswimmer]

We have a written dress code-business casual Mon-Thurs, most people where Docker-type pants, sweaters in the winter, polos in the summer. The only time we see ties is when there's some big meeting or something. Some women dress up more than others, but nothing really fancy.
Fridays are "jeans and sneakers" days. The problem we're having is that some have taken that to mean "Casual" and it really isn't. It's just that you can wear jeans and sneakers with a nice sweater or top-it doesn't mean hockey jerseys and sweatshirts-or those velour sweatsuits people wear all the time.