#but I mean ffs I once tried to wear butterfly hair clips and that was considered inappropriate dress code | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

ravenatural · 1 year

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just ‘cause I’m thinking about it, but your place of employment should not get to control aspects of your appearance that bleed into your personal life

dress code for things like clothing and shoes? understandable, you can just change into and out of them for the work environment—ergo, it’s a solely work based change that you can separate from your personal life

controlling what color or style for your hair, what kinds of piercings you have, and visible tattoos? things that are a personal life choice that aren’t so easy to change, that your place of employment is encroaching upon by saying you can’t have it? That’s a no go, and quite frankly I think it sets some alarming precedents for them to be able to have a say in things like that

maybe it’s just me, maybe it’s not even on purpose, but it seems to me like it’s a way to blur the line between personal and work life just enough to be socially acceptable and to be seen as more a source of aggravation than something setting some concerning work / life balance expectations

#ravens ravings #gonna be coloring my hair soon #and thinking about how I’m probably gonna have to wear a natural colored wig when I work shifts at my secondary job #which I like wigs but they do start to cause irritation where they rest at my ears if I wear them too long #but I mean ffs I once tried to wear butterfly hair clips and that was considered inappropriate dress code #like at the very least I could just take them out #but it felt very excessive #and if their first thought upon me walking in to work that day was that I can’t wear something as simple as that god knows what they’re #gonna have to say about purple hair #n yeah that hair clips do fall under ‘can be easily taken on and off and thus a separation between personal and work life’#but like c’mon #if you’re gonna have that strong feelings about something like that #id hate to see what you say to potential job candidates with neon hair or a wrist tattoo

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