Should my daughter be wearing slippers in her office?

[janneyhu]

With the snow last week my 22 year old daughter had been wearing her hunters to work.

But instead of taking shoes to change into she has taken slippers- she says she's not dealing with the public (although clients do visit) and it is more comfortable and practical.

imo it's quite unprofessional but why are you so concerned about it?

It's up to her isn't it?

if management have a problem.they will pull her up. But at 22 she's an adult and you have to let her get on with it.

What a fantastic idea.

SINBU, although may be worth her keeping a pair of smart shoes at work too, in case a client visits unexpectedly.

This one divides MN

I would never, ever wear slippers or pad about in my stocking feet at work - I think it looks massively unprofessional and would be having a quiet work with any of my team who did this.

There's no 'should' unless it's to do with work place policies. Unless you also work there and know that then maybe you should butt out.

It sounds to me like you've got it in your head that it's 'wrong' and want to comment.

It's either allowed or its not. Is she an adult? I'm wondering because I have stopped long ago on having an opinion on teenagers clothes as they're old enough to look as ghastly as they wish

I personally think it will come across as unprofessional. How much harder is it to put on shoes?

It is nothing to do with you, it is up to your daughters employers to decide if it acceptable or not

In every office I've worked in it wouldn't have been allowed for health and safety reasons. (Slips and trips)

Slippers would be a good idea as long as the management agree and there are no health and safety implications. Occasionally in our office we've taken our shoes off in the summer, or we've worn flip flops. However taking slippers in has never occurred to us....until now

Grown woman makes own footwear decision in office shocker!

I think you need to get out more op. I know the minutae of life is the very stuff of MN but this one is really pushing the envelope.

I sometimes work nights in a residential home. I wear slippers once everyone is in bed. Much nicer to pad around in those than wake people up.

Not sure about in an office though.

When I was in an office (in a relatively senior position) on cold days I had lined comfy boots and on warm days a pair of ballet pumps to work in at my desk and a pair of heels for once I left my desk.

Just slip them off and on, but slippers is going a little far!

I used to go barefoot in my very hot office in the summer. Now I work from home in my pyjamas :)

Why are you even bothered about it?

Your daughter is an adult, it's an issue for her and her employers, I've worked in offices where people where slippers and bring their dogs in, working cultures and dress codes can vary hugely between organisations.

It's none of your business, OP.

(Am I the only one to notice that the DD is wearing her 'Hunters' to work, not just her wellies? )

I think you need to get out more op. I know the minutae of life is the very stuff of MN but this one is really pushing the envelope.

Why are you posting on it? Shouldn't you be getting out more or something...?

I take my shoes off and sit cross legged on my chair. I don't see the problem with wearing slippers if her office had a problem with it they would let her know.

I'm on my way

Totally depends on the office, imo. In some places I've worked (larger/more corporate) this would mark your card as eccentric and unprofessional. IN others it would be seen as practical and logical (as long as you had shoes available when clients came in, obv.)

As a junior member of staff (I assume) I'd be taking my cues from senior staff. If they don't dress informally, then don't.

I used to do it when I worked in an office, as did others. It was never an issue at our workplace. Surely if management have an issue with it they'll tell her, she'll stop, and that'll be the end of that. In the nicest possible way OP, she is an adult and it isn't really any of your business whether she should or shouldn't be doing this.

I wondered how long it would take before someone came out with the MN bingo classic of "get out more"

I wonder if we'll also have the 'get a life/entitled/controlling/passive aggressive' too

Eyebrows would be raised at this for me, but I work in corporate law

It wholly depends on the type of office environment your daughter works in.

In one of the offices I worked nobody would have batted an eyelid, as it was a small and informal work place where slippers wouldn't have been a problem at all. In the last office I was in though, it was large and very formal. I would have been pulled in for a 'chat' if I had brought in slippers to wear.