Double Standards
So I’m experiencing a very blatant double standard at work. The dress code states plainly as follows:
Men:
Business suits, sport jackets/blazers with coordinating slacks, collared dress shirts, dress shoes and socks are required at all times. Clothing should be clean and neat. Good personal hygiene and grooming is essential at all times. Hair must be professional, conservative and must be maintained at hte shirt collar and trimmed around the ears. (NO earrings or any type of visible body piercing is acceptable for the work place). Facial hair such as beards/goatees are not permitted. Mustaches are permissible if maintained in a conservative style. Tails, ponytails, earrings or otherwise are not permitted for men during business ours or when representing the company.Women:
Suits, pant suits (with a coordinating blouse or sweater). Conservative length dress, skirt, or skort with a matching blazer. NO SHORTS. Skirts and dresses must extend to or beyond mid-thigh (3-4″ above the knee). Dress shoes are required with hosiery between Labor Day and Memorial Day. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day (summer months), hosiery is an option. (Earrings may be worn in the earlobes ONLY and any type of visible body piercing is unacceptable for the workplace).All employees must maintain a conservative and professional appearance at all times. Anything in excess or extreme is not acceptable.
Essentially what this means for me, no eyebrow ring, and any tattooes I have must stay covered.
However, my boss allows one of our employees to be the exception and grow a full beard, which is completely against company policy because it negates any security of gas masks that we’re required to be able to wear. So not only is it a security issue, but it pisses me the fuck off because I’m constantly harassed about my eyebrow ring and threatened to be written up.
She knowingly allows this person to get away with it because we had our regional manager give a surprise visit today and she had to make sure this guy didn’t come to the office today or we’d get into trouble.
Very frustrating, not quite sure what I want to do about it yet.
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2 Responses to “Double Standards”
March 20th, 2006 at 9:13 pm
Wow. That is total horse crud. I’m very glad I don’t work for your company as I have two tattoos, a goatee and I am entertaining the idea of getting some piercings in my ear. Amagad!
And did they say Conservative enough yeesh. And what is the manager doing knowing about a ‘Surprise’ visit anyways?
I wonder, despite the supposed security of the gas mask, how many times your company in its whole has faced issues of its dress code over the practices of some religions which view cutting of any hair as a no no.
March 21st, 2006 at 1:14 pm
Ah yes.. it’s a pet peeve of mine, that dress codes are so archaic.
But, I guess that’s the trade off. They’re paying you to represent their company, and if they want you to look like a clown.. then you will.
Don’t like it.. don’t work there.