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When you say pulled aside, was it a passing comment or a formal meeting and/or write up? Just asking because if it was a quick aside with no real consequences, I wouldn’t go to HR. But that’s just me
Women get A LOT more leeway in summer attire, so forgive me for bursting your bubble. As a guy, I've been stuck sweating it out in full length pants in midsummer for years. Meanwhile, women dance around the office in sundresses complaining about how cold the AC is... do you know how irritating that double standard is?
For lesser pay and the blatant misogyny we have to deal with, the least we can have is our dresses.
We need to see a pic of your outfit in order to determine if you were unfairly targeted or if your outfit was indeed too casual.
….what were you wearing?
Rising Star
Agree that it’s hard to tell without seeing the outfit. Sleeveless anything is unprofessional on women or men. Anything above the knee is questionable on women or men. Sundresses are all over the map.
Cool story, sis
We need to see both outfits to judge. Jeans can be very nicely dressed up and just because it's a dress doeant mean its "dressier" or appropriate
The dress could have been inappropriate, such as too short or showing cleavage, However, without seeing your firm's business casual dress code and a picture of the dress, I couldn't tell you for sure. People, unfortunately, judge you by your appearance and what you wear. For that reason, you should be more cognizant of your business casual clothing choices. Unfortunately, women's clothing is targeted more than men's because many styles of women's clothing are not appropriate for a professional setting, particularly a law office. Men, unless they're wearing flip flops and a tank top, can't get into much trouble following a business dress code.
One consideration to guide you is that you never know when you're going to be unexpectedly called into a meeting by a senior partner with a client who the CEO of the firm's biggest client, I assume you want to be respected, taken seriously, and move up to senior assiciate, junior partner, etc. Let your work do the talking, not your clothing. I always went by no more than 1.5 to 2 inches above the knee. The style of the garment plays into the appropriateness in a professional setting, whether it is business casual day or not. Accessive cleavage should definitely not be shown. I think people get tripped up with the words, "casual day." The day should be viewed as business casual day, unless you plan to spend the day sitting on the dirty file room floor going through archived files. Many attorneys have extra clothing in their offices, such as suits and jackets and dress shoes they can quickly change into. Men often have a few ties hanging on the back of their office doors. Common sense and preparedness summarize what you should be wearing in a law office on business casual day.
Perfectly spoken, (MIKE DROP)
Was it a fellow woman that pulled you aside?
I really need to control myself from burst out when ppl speak to me like this
Pick your battles!!
Two questions: (a) was it casual friday? (B) can we see the dress?
Use to work at a place where there was a dress code but a lot of the case managers (women) dressed like hookers or they were going clubbing and nothing was ever done. Left after @20 years and nothing had ever changed.
Is it possible that your co-worker got a similar talk if your outfit was comparable?