'Clients talked to me like I was the boss': Stylist employee gets the stink-eye from management after upstaging them in swagger

Fashion matters. In the workplace, your clothing can reflect more than just your style and can shed light on your position in the office hierarchy as well. Only a deluded person would think that they can score a management position at a marble-floored company while wearing a pair of plaid pajamas in their interview. Even in the digital age, sometimes, you actually need to dress to impress.

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In fact, some people believe that you should dress for the job you want instead of dressing for the job you have. While that's not exactly true for janitors who aspire to be the CEO, it can sometimes be the case for office jockeys looking at those management positions. This is why in our next story, one stylish employee caused a stink by being too fashionable in the workplace.
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