11.

“You make people uncomfortable if you overdress for work now. My direct manager was taken aside by our director about the suit and ties he was wearing and how they fit into the office culture as well as cutoff jeans might.”

—anonymous

“I work in an office as a financial analyst, and we have a factory on-site as well. And we’re allowed to wear jeans and T-shirts in the office. The reasoning behind it was that the CEO didn’t want people to be able to tell the difference between the production workers and the office staff. We are all part of the same company and all working toward a common goal. One isn’t ‘better than’ the other.”

—anonymous