What kind of dress code you maintain at your work place?
By crackhead
@crackhead (1826)
India
April 28, 2007 9:32am CST
Speaking as a business owner who wears shorts to work - I think it does. Some of us wear "professional" looking clothes, while others like myself. We meet and greet clients all the time, and they do mind. Some times it may affect our reputation at the work place.
Being comfortable is very important to our workers morale. Is your policy - "You're an adult, and as long as you're neat and clean, wear what you want."A lot of people feel more relaxed in casual clothes, Do you believe that what you wear will have an impact on your work performance, I work in an office and I dress casual, it doesn't make me work any harder or less.
What kind of dress code do you maintain at your work place? Why do you prefer wearing that dress? Is there any reason behind you dressing in that way? Do casual dress codes improve workplace morale? Please do share your ideas and opinions on this.
2 people like this
12 responses
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
29 Apr 07
First of all where I worked had a dress code policy and I had to follow it.
No jeans and sweet pants were allowed. You needed to be clean, neat and tidy and not dressed like you are going to a football games. Shorts were not allowed. We were in a big office complex with many lawyers who were dressed in suits and we had to look presentable.
2 people like this
@julia521125 (350)
• China
29 Apr 07
But wearing the "professional"dress can make us seem more professional and people will trust us more
2 people like this
@samrat16 (2442)
• India
28 Apr 07
We don't have any dress code at my office. But I want this dress code stuff to be implemented at my place too. It's very good to have a dress code at workplace. It releaves alot of peer pressure. No pressure to wear the greatest and lastest. You can save that for your weekend clothes. It is more economical. Uniforms are usually made from very durable fabric and can be used for several years. I bought my daughters large took them up at the bib section and hemed them up. As she grew we just let them out. Also get together with your friends and neighbors or class mates maybe they can use the ones you have outgrown.
@crackhead (1826)
• India
28 Apr 07
Too much funky stuff at office wont be a good idea right. Thanks for responding Samrat.
@scarlet_woman (23465)
• United States
28 Apr 07
most places i'd worked at had uniforms of one sort or another,so i really didn't have to worry about it.
but they still had hair and jewelry rules.
every now and then,they did have "dress casual" days for charity though,and people would be so much more relaxed.i think their productivity went way up compared to normal.
@crackhead (1826)
• India
28 Apr 07
Wearing a uniform or some thing decent at workplace is really a good option. That i am really comfortable rather than wearing some thing funky and being formal.
@Augustta (1850)
• Poland
1 May 07
Now i will not be at all modeste and i will tell you i go at work like a princess..lol!!Why??Because i work in kindergarden and i want all kids to love me(and this is the truth )...All sweet girls love me and want to be like me(ha ha)and all little boys fall in love with me and ask me to marry with them when they grow up...
..well...of course i said "yes"...who don't like a little army of admirators??(kidding)
I wear decent chothes,i have to be a good exemple all time...
augusta
1 person likes this
@apricotrains (456)
• Melbourne, Australia
29 Apr 07
At my workplace we actually have astrict uniform that the company supplies that we have to wear. If we are not wearing it then we do not get to work. As simple as that. It is a horrid purple pants, white long sleeve shirt and a putple vest. We also have to wear a blue baseball cap with the workks name on it at all times. It gets very hot in these in summer as our jobs are outside all day. In winter we got cold but then they supply coats for us to wear.
1 person likes this
@crackhead (1826)
• India
29 Apr 07
Haww thats really bad to wear such uniform. But still i guess they might have their own rules and regulations. Thanks for responding.
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
1 May 07
Well, that is just great for you. When I used to work, we had uniform and it was pretty good somehow. I prefer uniforms sometimes.
1 person likes this
@Buchi_bulla (8298)
• India
12 Jul 07
In India ladies usually wear Saree, blouse or churidar, salwar kameez to the office. Gents will wear pant and shirt. Olden days dhoti which is white wrap around in the waist is not worn by gents. We feel comfortable with these dresses. It is not revealing type also.
@blackkatdreamer (1461)
• Canada
29 Apr 07
We are allowed to wear jeans but we have to wear a dressy shirt
1 person likes this
@student7 (1002)
• United States
29 Apr 07
I work at two different hotels under the same company. We are required to have black pants, black shoes. We are provided the shirts from the company. I have two different ones. I have a cream color blouse with a black sweater vest with the company name embroidered on both and my name tag. At the other hotel I work at is the same black pants and shoes, but instead I have a dusty blue shirt with the hotel logo on it and my name tag. I like it because I don't have to feel bad if some one is wearing something better than me. I know that everyone is wearing the same thing and I don't have to feel like scum. I do feel comfortable in what I am wearing. It seems to me it is casual. I am glad that we are not required to wear skirts. I simply couldn't do that although if we wanted to wear a black skirt, we could.
1 person likes this
@jogie_bien (1103)
• Philippines
21 May 07
usually we have uniform at work and we used that everyday except wednesday.So wednesday we were ordinary dress, but i usually wear formal dress at work.i never wear jeans at work.
