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[quote=Anonymous]I am an elder millennial - late thirties - and have had a professional career for about five years.  (Was a nontraditional student, did blue collar work/SAH before getting my education). I was raised in DC where there's a pretty stringent expectation about professional appearance, which was modeled for me by my parents, friends parents etc on Capitol Hill.  I know this "look" is not universal and DC is formal as far as appearances go, but...

I just switched jobs from Chief of Staff to a CEO to a consulting role. I was mostly in office at my last role but am 90% WFH for this new role, and I'm shocked.  Consulting is fairly elite/niche so I have been surprised to see my colleagues on work calls (internal) in sweatshirts, looking pretty slovenly.  Likewise, on client calls, I've seen people wearing very casual clothes, looking unkempt, wearing baseball caps etc.

I'm not saying I'm decked out for every Teams call, but damn people.  Brush your hair?  Put on a professional top? It's really not that difficult to look put together. Dare I say I find it unprofessional when people look any which way on camera.

What's the standard for your industry/role?  What's your take and how have you seen things evolve?[/quote]

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