“Appropriate” attire for women, as defined by the memo, includes not showing “excessive cleavage” and says skirts must be “within four inches of the knee” (however, “pants and Western apparel are allowable"). The expectations for men, on the other hand, are essentially to wear button-down shirts and socks, according to the memo published by the Observer, though shirts “must be tucked in.”
You work for the Department of Agriculture, if they want you to dress nice you probably should remember you chose to work for the Government.
It almost sounds like they're trying to complain the women's dress code is oppressive compared to the men's dress code, when the women's dress code INCLUDES all of the male dress code as options!
You work for the Department of Agriculture, if they want you to dress nice you probably should remember you chose to work for the Government.
When I was in the Air Force and there was a complaint about a policy there was a similar answer… you chose to sign up
I said that to a coworker today. She became a supervisor of sorts, and now we had a weird problem.
"So... Since you're in charge now, can I wear swim shorts to work?"
It almost sounds like they're trying to complain the women's dress code is oppressive compared to the men's dress code, when the women's dress code INCLUDES all of the male dress code as options!
You made a mistake regardless then