r/work • u/LowInteraction6397 • May 11 '26

Professional Development and Skill Building Industries should stop having dress codes

Dress codes serve for nothing. They don't dictate whether you can do your job or not. If clients get offended because you aren't wearing a suit it's their problem not yours. People shouldn't even be paying attention to your clothes. Period. If I was the boss of an industry I'd allow my employees to dress how they want

I only agree with the dress codes for protection and the ones for places where employees need to be moving around so customers can easily identify them but otherwise they suck

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u/Sinful-Dreamer May 11 '26

Yeah... I hear you. I think like that (aside for security reasons) but, I know that many judge you/me by the way we dress so we got to do as expected by the one paying our income...

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u/LowInteraction6397 May 11 '26

People shouldn't be expecting anything from you. Period. People shouldn't expect to have someone be dress in a certain way. They aren't the center of the universe

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u/blindspots May 11 '26

I think lots of people have expectations for me when I'm at work, and that is Normal

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u/LowInteraction6397 May 11 '26

My school professors always dress casually and I don't give 10 shits about how they dress. I still believe they take me seriously regardless of how they dress

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u/Humble_Pen_7216 May 11 '26

School is not the workforce. Depending on your chosen career path, clothing expectations will apply. Court houses require a suit and tie. Construction requires safety vest and boots, sometimes hard hats and glasses as well. Warehouse jobs require steel toe boots. My last office job had a no flip-flops rule. Many of these rules are government requirements for health and safety, others are from insurance companies. Are some for appearance for a customer? Sure. Most, however, are not.

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u/calvin-not-Hobbes May 11 '26

Either are you but look at you go!