Hi all, I am creating a short video training for our onsite employees...

Hi all, I am creating a short video training for our onsite employees about dress code. I would appreciate hearing about your pet peeves/don'ts for office attire. Examples: Uggs, knit winter hats, jeans, etc.

Jared S. Leese

Guest Insider If you wore makeup in your interview… you wear it every day to work. I see so many people that look like they rolled right out of bed working these days. In my head I am always thinking… I know they didn’t look like that when they applied for this job ????.

Chris Finetto If you’re wondering what I’ll think of what you’re wearing... You likely shouldn’t wear to work…

Janis Cowey Mine is chipped nail polish!

Stacia Burkart-Brain Flesh colored leggings ????also leggings

Guest Insider *Leggings.
*Pants that look like jeans.
*Hair that looks like you just fought a raccoon
*Makeup...what makeup?
*Hiking style boots or 'sexy boots'
*Dirty/unkempt nails
Rules of thumb: If you interviewed and got hired with it, it's appropriate. If you'd wear it to Walmart on the weekend or a casual outing with the girls, it's not right for the office.

Donje Putnam Off the shoulder or spaghetti straps. I'm really easygoing when it comes to office attire, but if you are on a zoom in an off-the-shoulder or spaghetti strap blouse, you look unclothed on a camera, and I cannot concentrate on our training, because you look naked. Also, clothes should be clean.

Guest Insider Extremely long nails. Flip flops/casual sandals

Sarah Atkins Sunglasses on head. Absolutely not professional in my opinion.
Flip flops…. I’ve visited a property before where I *heard* the LC coming to greet me before I *saw* her because her flip flops were flopping down the hallway. Business casual environments may allow sandals but I don’t think flopping is professional

Guest Insider No heels over 3”. Skirts should be no more than 3” above knee. No mid-drift tops, no exercise leggings, hair needs to be neat and tidy, nails should be properly groomed, wrinkle free attire, no over the knee boots, light on perfume. No holes in jeans, no flip flops or crocks.

Kelly Shirley As a bald man, knit caps should be allowed. You can get the ones that don't fold up and in plain colors and still look good.

Guest Insider Shoes that look like house slippers!

Guest Insider Mini skirts. Uggs. Crocks.

Kenneth Wright I personally feel like business casual jeans are appropriate in 90% of the offices I visit. Unless your dealing with really high income clients.. is it really necessary to look like your going to a wedding after work?

Sasha Gonzalez “Touch your head, touch your toes, if anything shows, go change your clothes!”

tracie clemenz I’m more concerned about how they treat the residents and applicants rather than how they look.

Kim Caldwell No leggings please!

Rebecca Rosario Collar or button shirts are best for office attire as most people can't pull of a t shirt look very well. Ripped jeans, leggings that resemble yoga pants, strange contact lenses, multiple long earrings, large ear gauges, anything unsanitary (such as body odor, dirty finger nails, bad breath, dirty hair), overly baggy sweatshirts, sloppy mop tops (hair), dirty, worn down cell phone cases, or cracked screen cell phones (if using in front of customers), flip flops, house shoes/fuzzy slippers, super high heels, drastic makeup, too much facial hardware or severe peircings (petite nose studs are okay, lip piercings are not), cropped tops, low necklines/too much clevage, high skirts, see through clothing, and the smell of smoke are non starters.
My best advice is anything that takes the focus off of the community, or the business at hand because you are the spectacle is a no go.

Guest Insider Button up tops are very hard to wear when you’re top heavy, so making it mandatory sucks. Having my buttons screaming for dear life and wondering if I’m going to pop them in front of customers sucks. Big enough on top means a tent at my waist and who makes enough on apt wages to get a dozen tops altered? Just saying from the EE section.

Guest Insider My #1 is flip flops, it’s more of a safety issue than anything else but I had a leasing consultant trip on her own flip flops years ago and took a nasty fall that caused her some serious health issues for over a year.

Guest Insider Wrinkled clothes

Judy Green So I agree there should be standards, however wearing wrinkled clothing and dress pants that are 2” to long and drag the ground even in heels are tacky.
Clothes that are way to tight is not appealing as well.
When teams wear these things it makes it worse for those who understand and respect looking professional. You are then forced to dressing like professional robots in black pants with a black blazer! There should be a happy medium where we have the freedom to choose

Guest Insider My own personal rule for myself that I share with my employees is: “some days I feel like doing my hair and makeup, putting on jewelry and my nicest outfits and some days it’s a struggle to brush my teeth. I understand we all have bad days and just don’t feel like putting in all the effort. All I ask of myself and you on those days is to brush your hair, pull it out of your face, wash your face, brush your teeth and put on your coziest work appropriate outfit. For me that is my comfy stretchy slacks and a nice sweater or a soft blouse depending on the season. You can have a bad day and not put in the effort we just have to look like we put in some effort”

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