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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.
No offense taken. But I do have the dress code handbook, I have read it over three times to try and find something that said about my hair, and my extensions.
The book says NOTHING about extensions, and since my extensions are blonde and black, no funky colors, their should be no problem. The reason that the manager MADE me dye my hair was because on my bangs my pink that I had my hair dyed before was peeking out. It wasn't my fault, I had dyed my hair twice to black and it kept fading. I finally used a good dye and now it's completely black, but every time I worked she was on my case and it bothered me because I WAS damaging my hair by dying it so much.
As for the makeup, I understand, and I have never worn anything like over the top, seriously, the eyeshadows I wear are non-popping-out, it was just subtle greens and blues with my black shirt. And it bothered me because she tried to tell me I had to MATCH my colors with my shirt, and even only wear one color eyeshadow and I couldn't even blend them.
And you know what. Today, when I went into work, the bit** was wearing the same eyeshadow style and colors I wore two days ago. I was like WTF!?!
So I talked to my General Manager
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
No offense taken. But I do have the dress code handbook, I have read it over three times to try and find something that said about my hair, and my extensions.
The book says NOTHING about extensions, and since my extensions are blonde and black, no funky colors, their should be no problem. The reason that the manager MADE me dye my hair was because on my bangs my pink that I had my hair dyed before was peeking out. It wasn't my fault, I had dyed my hair twice to black and it kept fading. I finally used a good dye and now it's completely black, but every time I worked she was on my case and it bothered me because I WAS damaging my hair by dying it so much.
As for the makeup, I understand, and I have never worn anything like over the top, seriously, the eyeshadows I wear are non-popping-out, it was just subtle greens and blues with my black shirt. And it bothered me because she tried to tell me I had to MATCH my colors with my shirt, and even only wear one color eyeshadow and I couldn't even blend them.
And you know what. Today, when I went into work, the bit** was wearing the same eyeshadow style and colors I wore two days ago. I was like WTF!?!
So I talked to my General Manager
