Dress Codes/Policies Where You Worked?

fmdog44

fmdog44

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I recall talking to someone in the 1970s about salesmen and he told me I think it was General Tire all their sales reps had to have crew cuts.
 

It was funny that when I started working and couldn't afford nice clothes we had a very strict business dress code and by the time I retired. we had a loosely enforced business casual dress code.

IMO a structured work environment was a good thing for many reasons even though I didn't appreciate it at the time.
 

It depends on the amount of association with customers, and who those customers are. If your selling onions to restaurants ,or medical supplies to doctors. Or if you work in the back room, or front counter. I think neat and clean with any dealing with the public.
 
I worked in a school in the Office....People came to our office first to either get their child or have an appointment....
We had 3 ladies in the office, we all dressed presentable...But we never wore Jeans....Only if the school was
having a certain theme, we were allowed to dress in costumes....(I never did)…..Mostly Halloween....
 
My first full time job was at a plant that made gyroscopes and other navigational equipment. Uniforms were required as well photo ID. Hair coverings , gloves and masks in some areas.

Other jobs I had to dress up which I hated. I actually prefer wearing a uniform since then there’s no competition; It’s all uniform. Easier on the pocketbook as well the ego.
 
When I first worked in an engineering department, a coat and tie were mandatory. Over the years it gradually changed. The first to change were a few senior engineers who were important enough that the company needed them and they could get away with it. By the time I retired, nobody cared what you wore.

Do you remember when everybody dressed up to go to church?

Don
 
Although we were supposed to be professionals, some of the people where I worked had started dressing rather sloppily, wearing jeans and casual shirts without ties. This prompted a curt letter from management dictating that dress shirts with ties were the minimum standard for men.

Dress in church has deteriorated profoundly from when I even as a child wore a jacket and tie to services. Desperate to fill pews, many ministries have instituted a "come as you are" policy, and I've seen tank tops and shorts worn... :(
 
I worked in an office and we couldn't wear tank tops, shorts or frayed (ripped) jeans. We had a jean day on Friday. Dressed up on certain occasions. I wore more casual clothing as I was the one that handled office maintenance, shipping and couriers. I was thankful I didn't need to dress up. As for church, I think nowadays they are more concerned about anyone showing up.
 
I worked in local hosptial for 27 yrs in pharmacy dept,we had a dress code policy
We couldn't wear tank tops,shorts,sandals, jeans.When we went on our delivery rounds,we always had to wear our hospital ID.
 
What about school dress codes?.....On local news lately, a kid has his hair down passed the code limit, and in dreadlocks he was told to cut it, but no, he & his parents call the local news stations and whine about it.....Now the school it is said, is picking on him.
 
That reminds me of the day in the late 60s. First day back in school after summer break, virtually all the senior pupils were told to get their hair cut. It wasn't a big town and most pupils favoured the "mad barber" who had an "interesting" collection of literature to excite the teenage mind. Well, we couldn't all go at once, so some boys went to a local café where they met a journalist from the local rag. He asked what they were doing out of school and they told him. Next thing there were journalists and photographers from the provincial dailies and a TV crew descending on the barber's shop.

That was our 15 mins of fame, although it kept the letters columns of the newspapers busy for weeks. The barber got plenty of good publicity and dress code was relaxed for senior pupils. The principal was unavailable for comment!
 
Sunny said:
Could this have been about something other than hair, rgp?
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? Not sure I follow.......His hair is not within dress code. He refuses to cut it. So he & his mother go whining to the local news media.
 

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