Flip Flop Laws (office, deals, money)

[ML North]

Originally Posted by jay5835

Topsiders are basically all I wear. Any suggestions for someone who likes Topsiders, but doesn't want to bother tying them anymore?

And don't say flip-flops. I like them even less than you do. I can't wear something between my toes.

I know I'm going out on a limb here, but may I suggest Birkenstocks? I wear Topsiders a lot, but find the Birkenstocks to be significantly more comfortable. They can be resoled, they're great for walking long distances, and Birkenstock customer service is great.

[Aqua Teen Carl]

Originally Posted by h_curtis

You are one of the people that made Pittsburgh one of the worst dressed. Flip-flops to work? Disgusting.

This is what I imagined in my head after reading this post:

[Velvet Jones]

Originally Posted by ML North

At an engineering firm where I interned during college, people would get sent home without pay for inappropriate dress (which included flip flops). I loved it.

I never understood this mentality. I assume these people were highly educated, yet their company saw fit to treat them like children? Also, what does that say about productivity? Loosing a days work because of foot ware? I understand some companies are fanatical about dress code, but this type of behavior is ridiculous. I know a local hospital that use to have this type of policy, last I checked they needed a large bail out from a major health insurer in order to avoid shutting down. Good thing they had that strict dress code policy or else they really might have been in trouble.

[jay5835]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

I wear my flip-flops as often as I possibly can, and, yes, I've been known to wear them with jeans or cargo pants. I have gigantic feet.

Does foot size have something to do with it? I can't imagine wearing them because of the thing between the toes, and I have relatively (size 9) small feet.

Originally Posted by ML North

I know I'm going out on a limb here, but may I suggest Birkenstocks? I wear Topsiders a lot, but find the Birkenstocks to be significantly more comfortable. They can be resoled, they're great for walking long distances, and Birkenstock customer service is great.

Two friends of mine have them. Maybe that's a good idea. Where do you buy them in Pgh?

[fleetiebelle]

I never understood this mentality. I assume these people were highly educated, yet their company saw fit to treat them like children?

Well, they came to work dressed like children, so the punishment fits the crime. Dress for your job as a professional, not as if you're taking out the trash and just threw something on.

[Velvet Jones]

Originally Posted by fleetiebelle

Well, they came to work dressed like children, so the punishment fits the crime.

So you must be one of these managers. In this case the company is harming itself as much as the employee. Is the employee really less productive if they're wearing flip-flops or jeans? Unless they're customer facing I would say no. So what is gained by such a policy? When I've seen these types of policies they're almost always implemented by some HR **** whole could care less about the real operation of the business and are only interested in enforcing their own rules as part of a power trip.

[Aqua Teen Carl]

I never knew people were so serious about work attire. Christ.

Heaven forbid people dress comfortably when sitting in a dark cube for 8 hours a day.

[FreightTrainRunning]

Who would write software if companies started instituting dress codes? If my company's managers called such an edict, you could shut the lights and lock the doors within a week; everyone would leave. There's too much competition for talent; we can't tell someone who's just spent seven years getting a PhD from CMU that he/she's got to wear a suit, tie and black shoes to be allowed to write code for us. That would kill the company faster than taking away the free espresso.

[ML North]

Originally Posted by jay5835

Two friends of mine have them. Maybe that's a good idea. Where do you buy them in Pgh?

I had a difficult time finding a shoe store that carried them in Pittsburgh, and I wanted a particular pair, so I ordered them online from Birkenstockusa.com. If you don't know your shoe size in European sizes then you'll need to figure that out (They may even have a tool on the website).

[fleetiebelle]

Originally Posted by GeneW

Who would write software if companies started instituting dress codes? If my company's managers called such an edict, you could shut the lights and lock the doors within a week; everyone would leave. There's too much competition for talent; we can't tell someone who's just spent seven years getting a PhD from CMU that he/she's got to wear a suit, tie and black shoes to be allowed to write code for us. That would kill the company faster than taking away the free espresso.

There's a lot of area between a suit and tie and pajama pants and flip-flops to work. People can dress comfortably and still look professional.