Welcome!

You got some good shoe suggestions from many others, so I will try not to be too repetitive, but I have two points to comment on.

If you are wearing the ACE bandage for ankle support, maybe there is some type of prescription brace that would be more comfortable. If it is for swelling, compression hosiery might be an alternative that is a bit more attractive, easier to put on and could even be more comfortable. I had some foot reconstruction surgery 9 years ago and used both of these.

Someone mentioned invoking ADA to force your employer to allow flip-flops instead of shoes. As a manager, I want to let you know that the ADA rules do not mean that an employer has to accommodate every need. The law (and judicial interpretations over the years) clearly states that the accommodation must be "reasonable." If there are safety issues or other legitimate reasons why an employer cannot allow your preferred footwear, they might be allowed to enforce their rules, no matter what.

This does not apply in your case, but another example is an ADA request that would be very expensive and would disrupt business. A large business might have to spend the money, but a small employer might be able to show that the expense in unreasonable.

If you need to go down that road, be aware that the court will weigh both sides of the issue and decide what a “reasonable accommodation” is. Also, if you are talking about a smaller business, do you really want to work somewhere where you had to take the boss to court to get a job? At the least, that would be awkward. You might be better off looking elsewhere.

Good luck to you.

Mike