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I think its silly to try to determine the functionality that dress standards serve in every different organization. Not every firm is a tech firm - in some hierarchy is functional, in some (especially many govt agencies) signalling respect for rules is functional. All drive productitivy differently. What the author raised was the situation at certain large federal agencies, notably DOT, HUD, EPA, and HHS. I think we have established that most of these (at least USDOT and EPA) do not require coat and tie on any day of the week, any time of the year. They may frown on wearing shorts instead of long pants - I personally would rather my colleauges not wear shorts. I don't think wearing light long pants is going to be a problem for most bike commuters, and if it is, I think all those agencies have the facilities to accommodate changing to long pants.

So I don't think theres any issue here, in terms of what the author raised. We all know this is a warm city in the summer, and its getting warmer. But I think the agencies in question have responded to that. I don't see long discussions about how to make a K Street law firm more like Apple particularly relevant.

and for the folks with LONG bike commutes, in high temps, they are mostly going to want showers whatever the dress standards are, I suspect

by MStreetDenizen on Jun 21, 2012 3:52 pm • link • report