Fed employees: Dress code is next wave of annoyance
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Anonymous
| If this results in short skirts and heels, I won't complain. |
Anonymous
yikes |
Anonymous
What section and what year? I've worked in Torts and Commercial Lit, and neither of them required suits unless you were going to court. It was business casual otherwise. |
Anonymous
Right, I haven't heard this. |
Anonymous
Has anyone told Kristi? 
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Anonymous
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Dress down Fridays have become every day wear.
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Anonymous
The horror. 
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Anonymous
| The point is that wages have stagnated while expenses have not. If having the same job now includes expenses like a car payment , gas, parking, car maintenance, and a wardrobe then this is effectively a pretty significant pay cut. I don’t mind shelling out for cute office clothes back in 1986 when I made pretty good money but many salaries are the same as they were in 1986 but everything else costs more. |
Anonymous
I'd just wear the same suit every day. Maybe with a red tie! Will they have to wear Depends, too, like the King? |
Anonymous
| We had a big meeting with another agency several years ago and my manager nicely asked that we all wear suits. One of my colleagues wore an electric purple suit, shirt and tie and I think my manager almost cried. We looked like clowns |
Anonymous
Covid made some folks look and act like clowns. This is a true story and showed me how Remote was a disaster waiting to happen. I had a kid working for me. Graduated college in 2020 and did a remote job for some BS place a few years. Never set foot in an office his whole life. Pre 2020 worked at Giant and Home Depot during the six years it took him to do college (longer cause working(. I hire him in 2024 and big boss we all loved had a heart attack and died and was a funeral we were all invited to go to. At a church. He dressed pretty funky and low end of our very business casual so I asked him what he was wearing. He goes what do you mean, do you have to get dressed? I go IDK but I always were a suit and tie to a funeral, you know dark suit, white dress shirt dark tie. He goes well I dont own a white shirt or tie, only expensing it or something I dont know if I have time to go get one or want to buy it. I go look funeral is optional, he goes I want to go, I finally say well just put on a blazer or suit coat. Guy shows up late (really), I heard him open church doors 10 minutes into mass and people looked around. He was wearing Jeans, Sneakers, a tshirt with a suit jacket on. He looked like a fool. I have no clue why he showed up. He never learned how to dress. He was an immigrant who moved here from a foreign country so being remote he got no clue how to dress or act in an office. Trouble is he was a 28 year old man, not a good look. Funny part he lasted 11 more months and went back to full remote. He had time and attendance issues and dressed bad. He wanted to work when he wanted to work and dress how he wanted to dress. Neither are good in an office with strict start and end dates where people dress professionally. |
Anonymous
| All of these work from home people have become lazy and sloppy. Time to get back to work and dress appropriately. |
Anonymous
How are black pants and a nice blouse not appropriate for an employee who doesn't interact with the front office/Congress/a court? They're not, but they are also not suit-equivalent. |
Anonymous
| Women should be required to wear dark stockings with garters. High heels too! |
Anonymous
Only if men start wearing fedoras again. |