[boosami]

I've worked at companies with very professionally strict dress codes, and companies with lax ones. Both extremes here: from a formal suit every day to literally no dress code other than you cannot come to work "fully" nude (seriously, it's written like that in the employee handbook).

Just as it is up to the job seeker to decide if they want to work at a certain company, it is up to the company to decide if that person is a fit for them. Dress codes are completely legal for companies to have, and part of working at that company is agreeing to follow that dress code. Don't like it? Then you can't work there.

Where I work now, I am sure she would be considered as a hire if qualified. However, she would be told she will have to conform to our dress code, business casual, and her piercings other than her ears would have to be removed during the day.

Personally, I don't care how someone looks and I try not to judge solely based on that. I like to wear shorts in the summer, but I understand I have to make that sacrifice during the work day and wear slacks. If I refused to take a job on that fact, I would hope someone would be concerned about my mental health! Just as you shouldn't judge solely based on how a person appears, you shouldn't define yourself solely based on your appearance.