A US -based tech professional discussed online after mourning the contingent dress of a sales team during a zoom call meeting – a hood and a baseball cap -. Taking LinkedIn, Jason Lumis expressed his disappointment to consider inappropriate dress during a virtual business meeting. He admitted that he could close the “my lawn” man of cybercity meetings, and questioned whether his discomfort has indicated to be out of contact with modern workplace criteria.
In his post, Mr. Lumis recalled a virtual meeting, in which a sales team’s lead appeared on the screen wearing a hoodi and baseball cap. He compared his appearance to someone to audition for a place on a fictional adults of a fictional “LinkedIn” calendar. “As I looked at my screen, wondering if I accidentally joined a fantasy football draft instead of a security product demo, I caught myself thinking, ‘Is this really harassing me? Is I am this old?” “He asked question.
Technology considered the idea that perhaps the definition of 2025 of “dressing for success” was replaced with “dress such as you are holding milk from the corner store”. “Maybe my collection of business casual dress is just taking a valuable closet place that may be filled with comfortable hoodie,” he wrote.
In addition, Mr. Lumis shared his work on the dress of a member of the sales team. For him, a professional meeting is not properly about dressing rank or budget, but about respect. “When you work hard to get someone’s time, showing that you look like a proper etiquette in the least minimum attempt. Not because of the title or budget, but because it indicates that you give importance to the conversation,” he wrote.
Mr. Lumis said the call was brief. However, he said the dress was not the only reason that the meeting was low. “But it certainly sets a tone that suggested that it could not be a partnership of alignment priorities,” he said.
Mr. Lumis concluded his post with a question directed on others, which may feel a growing disconnect between traditional professional standards and contemporary workplace culture. “Fellow dinosaurs (or I’m alone in it?): Is the professional dress code officially gone, or is it still aborted in showing that you are not rolling out of bed just for a business meeting?” He said.
Since being shared, Mr. Lumis’s post has discussed online. While some agreed with him, others called him very specially about the business clothes of others.
“I agree with you. It’s just a different time and a different generation,” a user wrote. “Jason, I agree with full heart. As a young account executive, I am always called a dress for the job you want, not you have what you have”.
However, a user wrote, “My friend, you are wearing a polo, a T-shirt by business standards. You don’t have a suit. You are a collar away from looking like that, so probably pump the break,?
“Here’s a fun story, my oldest son is a freshman in college and from time to time he wears a suit for class without any reason. Stands out like a thumb in a throat. The dress although you want you to make you confident, comfortable and happy,” another comment.