30 Employees Share The Ridiculous Work Dress Codes They Had To Adhere To

Boss just hired a kid to work outside. It's 10 degrees today. They want him to buy one of our branded $90 Carhartt jackets. He can't afford it. They are mad at him. I told the kid on lunch, to go a block down the street to the coffee shop that is hiring at $16/hr to pour coffees and sling donuts. I hope he listens.

Just for the record, I walked out in my third company logo-ed Nike shirt today, absolutely free, and Im NOT expected to wear it to work unless I want to. It wasn't given as a reward in place of a pay raise or called a Christmas bonus or some bulls**t... the CEO just thought it'd be cool for us to have shirts for the gym so they bought them. THAT'S how a company should treat branded clothing.

Here is how it usually goes down for me.....

"What size of uniform do you take?"

" I take a 2xl or 3xl in a Double or triple tall size. "

"oh, uh...we don't have any of those you can order."

SIX MONTHS LATER

"We need to talk to you about your lack of professional appearance and how disrupting it is when the client thinks you are the one in charge."

"Ok sure, so which is it? Because it can't be both."

I got hired at a warehouse, where I moved up alarmingly fast; currently the warehouse manager. I found several boxes of company shirts, one day. The owner complained that my workers didn’t wear the shirts. I asked why and the workers said “they said it was optional, but the shirts are 15 bucks each.” I walked into the back and gave everyone 5 shirts. At this point in my life, I just don’t care. Stay strong homies

My company provides uniforms (pants/shorts, shirts, hoodies, spring coats, winter coats, and winter overalls) and they give us a yearly allowance to get new things.

In a few months I'm going to check my stock and throw out the old [stuff] and get some more new ones.

The fact multimillion dollar corporations can't find $150 to buy uniforms for every employee is crazy to me.

Lol I work outdoors frequently, but the majority of my coworkers don't. Because of this, we are given staff t-shirts but that's it. I usually have to wear a windbreaker and sweater over my shirt to do my work outside.

Leading to the questions from my supervisor, "Where is your staff shirt?" and I say it's under my layers. This dude says if I don't have a staff jacket (Which are 30 dollars!!!) then I should wear the t-shirt OVER my windbreaker...

Then has gall to talk about how important it is we look professional lmao

15 years ago at Little Ceasars. They made me pay for my uniform. Then fired me a day later.

THEN asked for the f**king uniform back.

This is also related to admin assistants & receptionists who are expected wear expensive office clothes to work everyday. These clothes are dry clean only & you can’t wear the same outfit more than once a week. They are supposed to look professional but they aren’t paid enough to even keep their clothes clean, let alone buy them

Meanwhile their boss who gets paid 5x their salary is annoyed that their assistants don’t look good

Having worked in fast food, there are some places that give you 1 or 2 shirts, and then you have to buy any that you want after that. You also have to buy the special slip resistant shoes... at $50-$130 each, through a special catalog where you get a "company discount".

It's ridiculous that someone has to spend a week's earnings to buy shoes they are required to have in order to do their job.

I used to drive an old station wagon to work. It’s was ratty as hell, but it was a project car and I loved that thing. I used to park out front of the building, and would drive a company vehicle throughout the day.

One day when I was out the GM came by and told my manager I couldn’t park out front because it would deter customers. This wasn’t a business where customers typically came in for our services. You would call or do it all online. The building was mainly to have a base of operations for our truck and supplies as well as the offices. I was so blown away that I couldn’t park my car out front. It wasn’t even that bad. May not have been everyone’s taste, but also who gives a [damn]. These upper level managers have nothing better to do, so I swear they look for dumb s**t to fix so they feel worthy of the paycheck they don’t deserve.

One of the last doctor offices I worked in, I was asked my sizing. I must have looked confused because I was told the doctor provided 3 sets of scrubs made to size and a fairly hefty discount if you wanted any others. It was probably my favorite office I ever worked in, he treated and paid us quite well, when he died most of us ended up leaving the practice because we didn’t like who took over and the changes he wanted to make.

Worked for a recruitment firm as the on-sight manager, the owner asked me what I needed while visiting. I said "fleeces, the doors in the cargo bay area are open all day, and the heating isn't doing much", He asked how many, I told him and he phoned head office and ordered them there and then. I know temp agencies get a bad rap, but the one I worked for really looked after all the staff.

That is why I loved working with my dad, manager of a garden centre, uniforms were free however the shirts were uncomfortable and cheap. He told everyone on orientation this is a place where your clothes will get dirty here is a company shirt you can wear, but I won’t force anyone to wear something I wouldn’t want to do just dress appropriately for work. Hard to believe his former staff come back to visit him just because they miss him

One of our higher ups was at our store and asked my manager why a couple of us looked “unkempt” (a few of us have beards and tattoos) and my boss said “It’s not a Fortune 500”

I like you, OP.

Where I work there is no uniform, we are very anti poverty and are aware that even a white shirt and black trousers isn't something everyone has, I know I don't. We are all encouraged to express our identity, whether you are at the bottom or the top which I love. As long as you have your ID and don't wear anything offensive it's all fair game.

Tbh if these are just like printed t-shirts or whatever, I can guarantee the cost to the company to buy them is a fraction of that. It is likely they actually profit from selling these to employees.

Source: my boss did this to us. I used to just steal them out of the inventory boxes and tell others where to find them cause I’m not paying anyone to perform labor for them.

You're my hero. I worked for my company for 5 years accumulated 6 sets of uniforms. New Years Eve I was handed a new uniform and told to wear it or be fired. 50 bucks for each new uniform no compensation for what I've already bought. bs

Had to pay $80 dollars for a corset as a cocktail waitress. Basically just had to work a whole shift for free. AND I still had to tip out the bartender/bar back even though she would ignore me for a long time, so I wasn’t getting my drinks quickly, thus got tipped poorly :/

I was young at the time and didn’t even think to question it. I only stayed about a month before I couldn’t stand it anymore. Still have the corset somewhere lol.

I used to work for a bank (won’t mention the name but one of the large ones). They used to make you purchase uniforms (button downs and such with an embroidered logo) until they got got a nice class action lawsuit and then started giving out allowances to purchase said shirts.

Please check your state laws.

I had a boss many years ago who had worked a night shift for a bank and they made him wear a tie and dress clothes. He hated it so much. His only directive to us was to look clean which I think is fair.