Message #58126

[dettu]

Same deal here--when I started with the company, the dress code was no sleeveless, no sandals, no bare legs, men had to wear shirts with collars, no logos. Jeans were for special fundraising days. Then one of our subs got a new CEO and he decreed that "business casual" was anything but dirty running shoes, ripped jeans, and obscene t-shirts, and soon the rest of the organization followed. So now I see women in flip-flops, men in Tevas, running shoes, jeans, t-shirts, capris, hiking/cargo pants, etc....I have never seen one man here wearing a tie, and if I wear a skirt people remark "you're so dressed up!" That because I always wear nylons of some kind--opaque for winter, sheer for summer. I'm old (41) and back in my day, you didn't wear a skirt without them--and I really don't want my sweaty legs sticking together in hot weather, thanks...but oh DEAR the things I see walking around in this office. I do try to dress a little better. If I wear jeans, I wear a jacket with them, unless it's super hot--in which case I wear a good cotton button-down shirt, at least, and I would never wear sloppy beach-type sandals and the like.

The people here are nice, but they're dressed to sit in the bleachers at a softball game.