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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 104 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Programmers have uniforms? WTF?

[–] HellieSkellie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 206 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Any job can have a uniform if your leadership has brain damage

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 26 points 4 days ago

Comment of the day.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't mind uniforms. At least I don't wear out my own clothes, the ones from work are free.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The majority of workplaces I've seen with uniforms require you to buy them. Maybe that's changed in the last 10 years or so, that would be nice.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Lmao that sounds illegal

Oh wait, America is a thing

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

They get around it by claiming you can deduct it from your taxes but you can only do that if you itemize your return which means you need at least (roughly, last year, married couple IDK the other filing statuses) $25k in deductions just to break even. To work at a job that is very likely to pay you minimum wage.

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

Bertucci's made me buy stupid uncomfortable black shoes that I never used outside of work. For a minimum wage job.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 9 points 4 days ago
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 4 days ago

And if they don't have brain damage, are they really corporate leadership material?

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 45 points 4 days ago (3 children)

At my old job we had "uniforms" which meant: a polo with a logo on it.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 25 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I heard about dress codes before, even about enforcing them, but never about uniform requirements. Wild.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 15 points 4 days ago (1 children)

At my job, they give out company polos and t-shirts, but no requirement to wear them. We're just being asked to wear them if a client is coming or if there's an in-house exhibition.

As someone else wrote, I also prefer to wear out the gifted clothes rather than my own.

[–] DeviantOvary@reddthat.com 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Same here, re: the first paragraph. I received two shirts and a (good quality) windbreaker. I've never heard anyone having to buy company uniforms, but I'm in Europe.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As an American, I think the only time I’ve ever paid for a company-branded clothing item was when one company offered us (completely optional) customized soccer jerseys in celebration of that year’s World Cup. They were actually pretty nice! But, I’ve never worked anywhere a uniform was mandatory.

Perhaps the biggest disappointment in losing my last job (besides the steady paycheck and the best health insurance plan I’d ever had) was that I’d only a couple months earlier collected enough corporate t-shirts to wear a different company-branded shirt each day of the week.

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

From my fast food work experience - all those people helping you paid for their own uniforms.

[–] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I like WFH where there's no dress code and pants are optional

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 4 days ago

I also like Wild and Flamboyant Hedonism but how is that related

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 4 days ago

Comment of the day.

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

My first job did, for some reason. It was just a polo, so it wasn't a big deal, but I did think it was weird since we never had customers or anything like that at the office 🤷‍♂️

[–] yyprum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 days ago

I once worked as paid practice at a company that required all employees to wear a business suit and tie or whatever the female version of that is. Every day, to go sit in front of the computer and meet literally always the same people, tie and a suit.

My practice ended, and they were very happy with me and asked me to stay longer. I said Lol no and left to never look back.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 7 points 4 days ago

We had $company-shirt day where we were encouraged to wear them, but no hard requirement.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yup, as mentioned in the job postings. Not all but some do.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Besides shorts and t-shirt/tank top?