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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
When I started as an engineer with the Federal Government, there were dress codes. Then, over the years, affirmative action and discrimination became way more important than hiring competent employees who dressed properly. When I retired, there were no dress codes at all, NONE. Management was afraid to discuss any issue that may trigger an EEO complaint. Even high level managers would show up for work wearing jeans, a tee shirt, and tennis shoes. Go figure.
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We boomer women, of a certain age, remember a book titled
Dress for Success by John T. Molloy, copyright 1975. It was all about how to look professional, to compete, especially in careers that had always been mostly men…..
A career woman, in those days, did not show up for work looking like she should be working the street corner……..unless, of course, she was working the street corner.
(Ya know, I think I will see if I can find a copy of that old, old book. It would be fun to read it from the future,)
Boomer