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by vkou 3401 days ago
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but I don't see anything that the manager is doing wrong. We can debate whether the manager is effective at her job, but it seems clear to me this is not an example of sexism.

As a man, I have never had a single manager comment on the clothes I've chosen to wear at work... Or had my attire compared to a guy playing ping-pong in a speedo.

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Wear some pants that clearly reveal the outline of the jewels. See what happens. Report back to us.

>You also just might not be that attractive.

Pretty sure that's not appropriate work attire in a tech firm.

Pretty sure that a tank-top is.

I witnessed male worker fired on the spot for wearing jeans to work instead of slacks (general motors). I was also once given a warning when my belt and shoes did not match (black and brown).

I went to a business college, and we were taught to dress professionally, I think we spent a full day on the topic in "business communications" course. We most definitely discussed that cleavage should not be shown and dress length should be appropriate. I worked in this college as a tutor, and we also required button-up shirts, tucked in, with a belt, and dress shoes, even though we made minimum wage. "Dress for respect"

GM is not a <typical tech company where torn jeans are completely appropriate>.

Does Uber have a dress code, besides tech-casual? From the sounds of it, GM did.

> As a man, I have never had a single manager comment on the clothes I've chosen to wear at work...

Happened to me a few times for various attires.

So far, it has an incredibly high correlation with bad management.