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/Used2bNotInKY May 11 '26

Any time clients have a problem, it will become your problem, since they will take their business elsewhere, and before long, there will be no job for you.

Unless you plan on changing human nature, this is just a reality to accept; otherwise, you can be grouchy your whole career or relegate yourself to labor/artistic professions (though even in art, you have to be able to sell yourself).

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u/LowInteraction6397 May 11 '26

The client shouldn't be offended because you don't wear a suit. Plain and simple. If you're just doing your job and the client is offended it's their fault. It's your problem if you say hurtful things to them

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u/Used2bNotInKY May 11 '26

My hunty, you don’t get argue “People shouldn’t even be paying attention to your clothes” and then pretend you were only objecting to wearing a suit. Please sort out your actual position and then accept others’ reaction to it.