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My favorite coworking space just added a strict dress code, and I'm out.
Who wants to work remotely if you can't wear shorts? This isn't freedom, it's another cage!
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the_paul7mo ago
Last year, the Cove spot downtown added a 'business casual' rule. I showed up in my usual jeans and a t-shirt, and they handed me a blazer from a lost and found box. It was so AWKWARD and totally killed the relaxed vibe. Now I work from my porch because I can wear whatever I want. That dress code thing is just corporate nonsense creeping into our spaces. They forget why we left offices in the first place.
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the_piper7mo ago
Totally get calling it "another cage." (Working in pajamas is my kind of dress code).
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patriciae957mo ago
The pajama dress code thing is exactly right. It sounds small but when a place makes a rule about what you wear, it changes the whole feel. It stops being a spot where you can just work and turns into a place with invisible rules. That blazer story sums it up, it's about control and a certain image. They want the look of a busy office without understanding why people left. It really does become another kind of cage, just with a more casual name.
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