T-shirt inappropriate for work?

Jillanddy

Dakta said:

If employees like this genuinely exist, I might genuinely start to sympathise with agencies 

I don't know about agencies, but OMG they actually do. I am dealing with one at the moment who thinks the mantra "it was a genuine mistake" - on the fifteenth exact same basic mistake that it is simply impossible to make 15 times - means nobody has the right to to tell her anything. She too is wrong, as she will shortly find out when she gets her P45.

Thrugelmir

Jack_bauer24 said:

TELLIT01 said:

Other people may not have said anything to you, but may tell the person who told you previously not to wear it.  That could then get fed back to the agency.  They may not want to give work to a person who seems intent on deliberately antagonising other staff and ignoring instruction.

No one can tell me what I can or can't wear if they not my managers. Simple as that! 

There's always somebody looking for work. No one is indispensable. Agencies will likewise offer your services as a last resort. 

Dakta

Jillanddy said:

Dakta said:

If employees like this genuinely exist, I might genuinely start to sympathise with agencies 

I don't know about agencies, but OMG they actually do. I am dealing with one at the moment who thinks the mantra "it was a genuine mistake" - on the fifteenth exact same basic mistake that it is simply impossible to make 15 times - means nobody has the right to to tell her anything. She too is wrong, as she will shortly find out when she gets her P45.

Sounds like a right handful, i'm a bit of a workaholic and what people I work with think of me (and my work ethic) means a lot - it shocks me when people blatantly don't care about their job or fail to realise they are providing a service and should take pride in it. I know that sounds a bit cliche but as a friend/mentor once told me no matter how much you like or hate your role your work sets your own scope and reflects on you. 

Sorry to hear it's also got to that stage, someone losing their job is pretty nasty business and if I were a manager be my absolute last resort after training etc, but this thread does show toxic employees do exist and the actual most positive step you can take is have rid, get someone better and move on with making a succesful business

Sncjw

Like I said before just because your not employed by the place you ddi work at doesn't mean that the agency won't drop you.. I think often they ask for feedback and I hope they tell the agency you went against their dress code. 


What if you end up working in a role that has clients walking around and see you wear that tshirt. Some people can be shocked if they see you wearing that in the workplace.

There is a time and place to wear these things and work is not one of them.

I am not going to type it out but I'm thinking of a couple of things about you and you being gay isn't one of them. 

Jack_bauer24

Sncjw said:

Like I said before just because your not employed by the place you ddi work at doesn't mean that the agency won't drop you.. I think often they ask for feedback and I hope they tell the agency you went against their dress code. 


What if you end up working in a role that has clients walking around and see you wear that tshirt. Some people can be shocked if they see you wearing that in the workplace.

There is a time and place to wear these things and work is not one of them.

I am not going to type it out but I'm thinking of a couple of things about you and you being gay isn't one of them. 

I don't care if I don't get any more cleaning work from that company, like I stated yesterday, I don't want to work for them anymore as I don't want to see that woman again, I can't stand her. So I really couldn't care less if they inform agency that I wore my t-shirt on Friday, let them crack on. Even if agency phones me up and saying there have more cleaning shifts, I am going to refuse as I don't want to see that woman ever again. 

Sea_Shell

But you don't seem to realise that you risk not being offered ANY shifts ANYWHERE by the agency!   

Jillanddy

Dakta said:

Jillanddy said:

Dakta said:

If employees like this genuinely exist, I might genuinely start to sympathise with agencies 

I don't know about agencies, but OMG they actually do. I am dealing with one at the moment who thinks the mantra "it was a genuine mistake" - on the fifteenth exact same basic mistake that it is simply impossible to make 15 times - means nobody has the right to to tell her anything. She too is wrong, as she will shortly find out when she gets her P45.

Sounds like a right handful, i'm a bit of a workaholic and what people I work with think of me (and my work ethic) means a lot - it shocks me when people blatantly don't care about their job or fail to realise they are providing a service and should take pride in it. I know that sounds a bit cliche but as a friend/mentor once told me no matter how much you like or hate your role your work sets your own scope and reflects on you. 

Sorry to hear it's also got to that stage, someone losing their job is pretty nasty business and if I were a manager be my absolute last resort after training etc, but this thread does show toxic employees do exist and the actual most positive step you can take is have rid, get someone better and move on with making a succesful business

I don't think anyone likes this sort of thing. But what is often forgotten is the impact on others they work with. The OP seems to think that because nobody said anything on Friday that they are all fine with his T-Shirt. I very much doubt that was the reason they said nothing. One toxic employee who thinks they are better than everybody else is grating and destructive for everyone. So I suspect that their take on this on Friday was less " I really like his T-shirt" and more "Thank God it's his last day".

Dakta

Totally agree.

Sad situation but at least agencies do have the option to press the eject button on any undesirables

TELLIT01

The OP either can't, or more likely won't, see that this isn't really about the T-shirt.  It's about conforming to what is required by an employer.  That may be dress code, hours of work or a million and one other things.  An employee cannot just act as they wish if they wish to remain employed.

prowla

Whilst it's entirely someone's right to be gay, a place of work is just that; not somewhere to push a political or personal agenda.

A bad apple is not conducive to getting work done and the eject button is easy to press in the case of a temporary/contract worker; the client should've done so immediately it became obvious that there was an issue, IMHO.