|
|
So you wear a suit when you go to see a client!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
|
|
|
|
|
Hi All,
A dress code can have value to both the individual and the company as well. Some points to consider:
-- If you have customers coming in, they get a FIRST IMPRESSION of you and the company from what they see.....including the way each person looks and sounds.
-- Not all customers are impressed by a 'suit and tie' look. What if you work in a wood shop? That would be dangerous to where a tie and you would mess up your suit badly.
-- Workers should be able to wear what 'feels good' so the dressage is not a distraction. I personally do not like wearing dress shirts (they are uncomfortable to my skin). And I don't like something snug around my neck (like a tie).
-- Workers should not dress in a way that distracts other workers. Skimpy clothing, overexposure, over loud presentations, etc. can reduce productivity.
|
|
|
|
|
Good points. Proper dress is tightly associated with a profession. Suit and tie are good options for a banker but may not be the best for a software developer.
TOMZ_KV
|
|
|
|
|
Where I work, it seems that the dress code is not official. It looks like it's Smart Casual. A lot of people wears jeans. In some occasions, I might see someone that is REALLY casual but nothing happens to him. I never heard anyone being told to dress better or anything.
Even I wear casual sport shoes and not my loafers that are hidden under my desk. I also always wear black jeans.
|
|
|
|
|
Exactly, depends on your work environment and as long as you are feeling comfortable. In some office it is mandatory and you don't have any choice. Mainly when in Service based company when client visits. 
It should not be mandatory in any case. You should feel comfortable while you are working as long as you are wearing cleaned dress. 
Don't forget to Click on [Vote] and [Good Answer] on the posts that helped you.
Regards - Kunal Chowdhury | Software Developer | Chennai | India | My Blog | My Tweets | Silverlight Tutorial
|
|
|
|
|
KunalChowdhury wrote: It should not be mandatory in any case. You should feel comfortable while you are working as long as you are wearing cleaned dress
Trying telling that to your HR. 
P.S. Let me know how it goes.
|
|
|
|
|
Abhinav S wrote: Trying telling that to your HR.
Ha ha... No Problem dear...
Don't forget to Click on [Vote] and [Good Answer] on the posts that helped you.
Regards - Kunal Chowdhury | Software Developer | Chennai | India | My Blog | My Tweets | Silverlight Tutorial
|
|
|
|
|
Well it depeds on no of girls in office
Check my new article : http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/LINQ_TO_SQL_GridView.aspx
|
|
|
|
|
|
coooooooooolllllllllllllll
Check my new article : http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/LINQ_TO_SQL_GridView.aspx
|
|
|
|
|
I wear many hats so one day it may be shorts, T-Shirt and flip flops and next slacks and nice shirt.
The flip flop days I earn my keep, it's 105-110 with humidity. 
The days in slacks it's A/C baby.
Today it's flip flops...
Mike
|
|
|
|
|
So long as my clothes are clean and smelling ok....I would not care what I wear.
The funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's too late to stop reading it.
modified on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 12:08 PM
|
|
|
|
|
Abhinav S wrote: smelling
|
|
|
|
|
If you wear a suit or, worse, a suit and tie in the last few places I've worked it's like signalling that you have an interview!
I dress for comfort rather than anything else: jeans are too heavy in this weather (it's warm./hot in London at present) and shirts are cooler than polos (though I wear those in the winter).
Haven't worn a tie for over 10 years and don't even own one and will never buy another! Yes, I am a rebel without a cause! 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
|
|
|
|
|
digital man wrote: Yes, I am a rebel without a cause!
Do you mean "I am a rebel without clothes"? 
|
|
|
|
|
but no shorts! (must wear jeans or any long pants for safety) ugh!
|
|
|
|
|
Our dress code is casual, but the "casual" part is enforced by unwritten rules. I LOVE my suit and tie! But I wore it to work one day (Heck, not even a suit, just a tie) and I got such weird looks. It's definitely NOT acceptable where I work. Not with developers, not with finance people, not even with the CEO!
I'm dying to find a company where I as a developer can go to work wearing a tie and not feel out of place.
|
|
|
|
|
|
We engineers wear what we like, usually jeans and a shirt, T-shirt with witty motto for the younger ones. We women tend to wear fashionable T-shirts or tops with our jeans. Now it's 30 degrees C we are all in bermudas and the shirts not tucked in. Women who look sexy at work are not taken seriously - this is not a night club.
When we get visitors we tend to wear black jeans and a shirt. The men might have ties tucked away in their desks. When it gets really bad a man will wear the one suit he owns, probably the one he got married in which has got a bit tight.
The so-called managers on the top floor wear suits and ties and imagine that they gain importance by doing this. We laugh at them. After all, we are earning more than they are, and our clothes are comfortable and machine washable.
------------------<;,><-------------------
|
|
|
|
|
I dress. I code. What's the problem? 
|
|
|
|
|
The problem is somebody having terrific codes in their dresses. 
|
|
|
|
|
Chris Trelawny-Ross wrote: I dress. I code. What's the problem?
The problem is, not everyone is doing things in the right order (coding before dressing).
|
|
|
|
|
My last office-based contract had a clause specifically barring jeans, but I didn't notice it and neither did anyone else until I'd been working there more than 6 months. When someone did eventually point out the 'dress code' and the fact that I almost always wore jeans to work there was no way they could start enforcing the rule, so I continued wearing my jeans until the job came to an end.
Brian
----@
|
|
|
|
|
In most offices shorts and sandals are not allowed. Yet women get away with wearing T-Shirts, Capri's, and sandals. I think the genders should be held to the same standard with regard to appropriate attire. Do you realize just how difficult and how many H.R. complications are involved to tell a woman she is dressing like a slob and it is unprofessional? With a man you just send the home.
And for the smart bunny that asks if it should be ok for a man to wear a dress, only if it matches his shoes.
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
