Originally Posted by
Aprill849 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I agree with Kayville on this, but if you all will allow me to play devil's advocate. Places like Victoria's secret, bath and body works, and other retailers are trying to make their companies more conservative and professional for the sake of the image of their company and what they are trying to uphold. Now here is an article that I found, and this is just 1 out of about a 1000 talking specifically about their dress code.
Web site posts lingerie company's strict dress code Chicago Sun-Times - Find Articles
It says in there the dress code.
You can contact a supervisor over your manager, but they will tell you the same and end up showing you documents that you should have initialed or signed, like a little handbook of policy and procedure. If you have luck like me, they may even fire you.
That's why I am telling you all of this because I have been terminated from Belk's before, for the way that I dressed and the color of my hair. The manager told me to change it, I had the childish thinking about me that "Oh this Bit** is jealous cause she cant wear her hair this color, she is old and ugly, blah blah blah" , and called myself being all gung-ho and caller her supervisor. Well, they contacted HR, and HR showed me my folder. In my folder, there was my signature that I read and understood the dress code,and they told me that I could leave.
Then, I was hired somewhere else as a Administrative HR Supervisor, and when customers come in, some want the cashiers to look a certain way. I have heard complaints about earrings, hair color, clothing ect. I had to do the same thing that used to be done to me, except I didnt write anyone up, I just gave out like a ton of warnings till I was blue in the face. Well, you know what happened? Corporate came in, saw employees looking like this that and the other. Guess who they sent home?
If I am not mistaken, you were the one that made a post about the earring thingies that stretch the hole, maybe you want to take a second to read their dress code (cause it is in black and white) and modify your look if this is a job that you want for a while, if not, then dont change it, and see what comes about. I can tell though that you are trying to make changes, but just make sure that you are in compliance with their guidelines.
Rules are rules, they may suck, but they are there for a reason.
Keep your head up honey and dont be offended by anything that I just said
I mean no harm.
Originally Posted by
kaville It's not really against the law because you are an "at will" employee. Unless they are discriminating based on race, gender, sex, religion, etc. you can't say much. It IS complete BS though. At least the part about how many colors of e/s you can wear. I'd look for another job. She sounds like an idiot. I can understand what these ladies are saying. Rules are there for a reason, and because you are an "at will" employee, there's really not much that can be said unless they are discriminating against you because of sex, religion, gender, etc. etc. And, like April said, you would really be surprised if you heard just how offended some customers get about how somebody LOOKS, it's nuts. It would be nice if we could all dress and look the way we want to on the job, but that's not the case, because as long as people take offense to way another person looks, and as long as customers complain, there will always be dress codes to appease them so they won't take their business elsewhere.
I also agree that your manager sounds like a ********. Because she's jealous, I think she's using her status as manager to do what she's doing to you and that's INCREDIBLY catty. I would say go above her head and and talk to her boss to see if there is anything that can be done to stop the harassment. If it continues after that, I think it might be time to consider looking for new employment.
You shouldn't put up with that kind of b.s. from anyone, especially your manager.
Hopefully things work out.