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The secret truth about what we wear to work
- draw_down 11y agoThat is a clever response to the request to wear a suit. But if you're not looking to induce any epiphanies, it's probably easier to just wear the suit.
- mc32 11y agoYeah, it's not the same dynamic. If you pay me to wear a suit, I'll wear a suit. If you pay me to wear tattered and stained tshirts, I wear that. When I'm on my own time, then it's different. I mean, if someone would pay 200k to serve coffee at the company canteen, I'll do that. It does not matter. But I know some people will feel that serving the coffee is not "prestigious" as being an eng, or whatever, so would rather not. To me it's all silly. Uniforms, resistance or adherence is a form of identity politics, if you choose to make it so, but it could as easily be pragmatic, I you choose as well.
- collyw 11y agoI have worked n both academia and private sector. Its not really that big a deal wearing a shirt / suit. Its strikes me as kind of immature thinking you are really sticking it to the man by refusing to wear a suit. They are paying you to be there so essentially you are in a minature dictatorship anyway. Not wearing a suit you are only kidding yourself.