Need help getting Gen Z hires to dress better at work

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The hair issue aside (which has been discussed ad nauseam), it sounds like a pretty simple list could eliminate a lot of these issues:

1) No yoga pants
2) No sweatpants
3) No jeans with holes or designs (e.g., paint splatters)
4) No crocs
5) No flip flops
6) Skirts must not be shorter than the tips of your fingers when standing
7) Clothing must be clean and unwrinkled

Um...they are designers. Why shouldn't they wear Balenciaga crocs? Or Gucci sweatpants? It's a little more important to look stylish than where you work.

This is something you learn as you grow up. Sweatpants, even expensive branded ones, are still sweatpants.

Ok, and?

And...they won't be allowed under OP's new dress code despite excuses, what is these days called "pushback"

Let's see how long that's gonna last

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you are just and old fuddy duddy and not "in" with the new styles? You sound like my grandmother tut-tutting my perfectly normal outfits.

If your clients are creative, they may be more likely to appreciate the GenZ style vs a fuddy duddy.

There has always been business attire and casual attire.
People in my office also notice that Gen Z dioesn't dress appropriately. Today one wore a cream colored see through dreess and we can all see her tongue underwear. Another one is wearing a crop top that exposes her belly with leather pants. Nothing fuddy duddy about workplace guidelines about what not to wear.

wtf

[Anonymous]

OMFG women do NOT need to wear makeup to the office.

Who ARE you, Trent Lott??? He required his female staffers to wear lipstick. You want to be THAT guy?

[Anonymous]

I am a client for a fortune 50 tech company and dress in company tshirt and either jeans or fitted athletic pants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a client for a fortune 50 tech company and dress in company tshirt and either jeans or fitted athletic pants.

I approve multi million and 100 million contracts. I m a millennial and don't care what you wear

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dear Ulla Johnson High Fashion Chick,

I looked up these dresses and not appropriate for work. High fashion or otherwise.

Don't be ridiculous.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man I can't wait until the boomers all die or retire and this idiotic obsession with how people dress dies with them.

The clothes you wear have literally zero bearing on how well you can do your job. Wear what you want, but shut up about what other people wear, it's none of your business and is completely irrelevant to their job performance.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man I can't wait until the boomers all die or retire and this idiotic obsession with how people dress dies with them.

The clothes you wear have literally zero bearing on how well you can do your job. Wear what you want, but shut up about what other people wear, it's none of your business and is completely irrelevant to their job performance.

True. But like it or not; people make judgements based on appearance. And honestly, I do question someone’s judgement if they are wearing clothes that are totally inappropriate for a specific situation. Would you wear a thong bikini to a child’s birthday party? Or athletic shorts and a t shirt to your grandmother’s funeral?

Being well groomed, clean, and in professional attire is someone almost anyone can do. And it says ‘I am a competent adult’, not ‘I just got out of bed hungover to roll in to work’.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man I can't wait until the boomers all die or retire and this idiotic obsession with how people dress dies with them.

The clothes you wear have literally zero bearing on how well you can do your job. Wear what you want, but shut up about what other people wear, it's none of your business and is completely irrelevant to their job performance.

This

I've worked for Disney World and the Marriott corporation. We were required to dress professionally. It's just part of the job.

[Anonymous]

When I faced this years ago I’d tell someone “whether you like it or not, you are a product looking to advance and as with any product the packaging is important.” I was in a marketing organization so they got it. Most did an upgrade but some didn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Man I can't wait until the boomers all die or retire and this idiotic obsession with how people dress dies with them.

The clothes you wear have literally zero bearing on how well you can do your job. Wear what you want, but shut up about what other people wear, it's none of your business and is completely irrelevant to their job performance.

This

I've worked for Disney World and the Marriott corporation. We were required to dress professionally. It's just part of the job.

I work in creative and nobody dresses as if they work for a hotel chain.

[Anonymous]

My Boss at one point just started sending home people not dressed appropriately to change.

She would dock their time.

My manager kept a full suit at work with tie, undershirt, white shirt, socks and shoes in a bag for emergency purposes.

Those jobs were at Headquarters of Fortune 100 companies where we sat on same floor as CEO. Investors, newspapers reporters, politicians, clients would be in and out and would look bad if the staff was sloppy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s not that difficult.

Email gets sent out to everyone. Nobody specific is targeted. “Colleagues, as we enter our new fiscal year we are taking a moment to refocus on our company brand and putting our best foot forward with our clients and industry. As part of this effort, please find below our updated guidelines for appropriate and expected dress, which will help balance self expression in our creative field with professionalism in front of our clients:

Business casual attire should be freshly laundered and ironed
Shoes should be close-toed and season appropriate. No Crocs, sneakers, sandals, etc.
No brand logos
No revealing clothing. Shirts are expected to cover the trunk entirely.

Thanks to everyone for your partnership in this!

Management

Wtf does this mean

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not that difficult.

Email gets sent out to everyone. Nobody specific is targeted. “Colleagues, as we enter our new fiscal year we are taking a moment to refocus on our company brand and putting our best foot forward with our clients and industry. As part of this effort, please find below our updated guidelines for appropriate and expected dress, which will help balance self expression in our creative field with professionalism in front of our clients:

Business casual attire should be freshly laundered and ironed
Shoes should be close-toed and season appropriate. No Crocs, sneakers, sandals, etc.
No brand logos
No revealing clothing. Shirts are expected to cover the trunk entirely.

Thanks to everyone for your partnership in this!

Management

Wtf does this mean

I think she meant skirts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not that difficult.

Email gets sent out to everyone. Nobody specific is targeted. “Colleagues, as we enter our new fiscal year we are taking a moment to refocus on our company brand and putting our best foot forward with our clients and industry. As part of this effort, please find below our updated guidelines for appropriate and expected dress, which will help balance self expression in our creative field with professionalism in front of our clients:

Business casual attire should be freshly laundered and ironed
Shoes should be close-toed and season appropriate. No Crocs, sneakers, sandals, etc.
No brand logos
No revealing clothing. Shirts are expected to cover the trunk entirely.

Thanks to everyone for your partnership in this!

Management

Wtf does this mean

I think she meant skirts

No crop tops, no super lownecklines. You know, cover your torso.