I remember starting work at a job. Everyone treated me distantly. Looking back, I attribute it to the difference in dress. The first week I was wearing khakis and button-ups, not even to the level of a suit. They were all wearing more-or-less comfortable clothes (jeans, t-shirts, etc.) My guess is to them it seemed that I was a career-minded jerk, not a team player. It turned around after I started dressing more comfortably.
Nowadays, I constantly wear jeans and t-shirts or polos. I'm not trying to impress people. The kind of job where you have to fool people into thinking your someone important enough to listen to by the way you dress is not the kind I want anyway. I will admit to sometimes feeling under-dressed for client visits. If I know about it ahead of time, I will at least make sure to wear a polo that day instead of a t-shirt.
As a matter of common decency, there is no excuse for smelling badly.
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I remember starting work at a job. Everyone treated me distantly. Looking back, I attribute it to the difference in dress. The first week I was wearing khakis and button-ups, not even to the level of a suit. They were all wearing more-or-less comfortable clothes (jeans, t-shirts, etc.) My guess is to them it seemed that I was a career-minded jerk, not a team player. It turned around after I started dressing more comfortably.
Nowadays, I constantly wear jeans and t-shirts or polos. I'm not trying to impress people. The kind of job where you have to fool people into thinking your someone important enough to listen to by the way you dress is not the kind I want anyway. I will admit to sometimes feeling under-dressed for client visits. If I know about it ahead of time, I will at least make sure to wear a polo that day instead of a t-shirt.
As a matter of common decency, there is no excuse for smelling badly.