@HunkThunderzone @not2b @RickiTarr I'm on the forefront of GenX, and one of my first jobs out of university was working for 3InitialCo with supercomputers. I spent a lot of time climbing up things, and walking across metal walkways above the floor. So I wore leggings and band shirts, like I'd always done and I got a memo from HR that said appropriate business attire for women was a skirt and jacket, or dress, heels and panty hose. Oh, and makeup and hair. Because I couldn't be bothered. Server rooms are hot as fuck.
I laughed and laughed, and made someone from HR come down into the server room, and try to go up the metal stairs in heels, and then asked her how she'd feel about exposing herself by walking across the planks in a dress. Or climbing over pipes in a skirt.
But yeah, all these people in their 20s and 30s, dressing like Greatgrandmother on the way to a Sunday meeting.
Another factor in the aging of folks pre Clean Air Act: Air pollution was gawdawful.
@MissConstrue One of my first office jobs was at another 3-letter very conservative computer services company in the mid-90s. We also were required to wear skirt suits in black, navy, or dark gray (no other colors and no dresses!), pantyhose, heels, makeup, etc.
I worked on site much of the time inventorying computer equipment at a large automotive company. This required climbing under desks and in some cases over pipes. The client felt sorry for us and finally complained enough about how we were dressed (they were business casual by that point). The 3-letter company was forced to relent if we were on site. They eventually went to business casual a few years later and women could finally(!) wear trousers. And color.
@BatsInLavender @MissConstrue @HunkThunderzone @not2b If the women had to wear panty hose then the men should too, and then see how long that lasts lol
@RickiTarr Right!?! The rules also specified underwear and bras, BTW. I worked with a friend who would occasionally whisper in my ear in the hall "I'm going commando." Like, what were they going to do, have a snap underwear inspection? @MissConstrue @HunkThunderzone @not2b
@RickiTarr not me, but a male coworker in e was sent home for wearing a collarless shirt.
He worked in the same network center as I did. Depending on if this was in central Texas it might have been at the same facility. Mid-90s we had a very strict dress code.
It was and is ridiculous.
@mentallyalex @RickiTarr @BatsInLavender @MissConstrue @HunkThunderzone @not2b Yeah, I once got cited by an employer for wearing shorts... in Florida in July.
@LouisIngenthron @mentallyalex @RickiTarr @BatsInLavender @MissConstrue @HunkThunderzone @not2b I work outdoors and I’ve been written up twice because my work pants were black instead of dark blue (!) and my steel toed work boots were brown instead of black.
WHO FUCKING CARES WHAT COLOUR MY PANTS AND BOOTS ARE!? 🤦🏼♂️🤬
@KingShawn @mentallyalex @RickiTarr @BatsInLavender @MissConstrue @HunkThunderzone @not2b I mean, I get the importance of having a matching uniform in some businesses, but if a company wants those benefits, then they should buy and issue the uniforms themselves instead of leaving it to the employees... Especially when it comes to safety equipment like work boots.
@LouisIngenthron 100% this.
If I have to use a computer for work, you provide it right? How is this different.
@KingShawn @RickiTarr @BatsInLavender @MissConstrue @HunkThunderzone @not2b
@mentallyalex @LouisIngenthron @RickiTarr @BatsInLavender @MissConstrue @HunkThunderzone @not2b Company provides the dark blue work pants. But they are “summer weight” pants. Impossible to comfortably wear in the winter without long underwear underneath.
So I bought heavyweight black work pants. Much warmer.
But… 🤦🏼♂️
And I already had steel toed work boots. Why pay another $150 for a new, black pair?
But… 🤦🏼♂️
@KingShawn @mentallyalex @RickiTarr Yeah, they shouldn't be able to require that you wear that *and* require that you pay for it.
@LouisIngenthron @mentallyalex @RickiTarr No - they don’t require us to “wear and pay” but what they provide free of charge is not in the least suitable for the cold weather we get here in Canada.