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  • vanishing_spies@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    I have a Q that might seem dumb, but I don’t have any friends who would be able to answer haha

    Are women who work in IT sort of expected to wear make up? I need to start applying for IT jobs, and in my whole 27 years I think I’ve worn make up like three times - all of those being for dancing events when I was a kid lol and I’d really prefer to not start wearing it now

    • A1kmm@lemmy.amxl.com
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      At any place I’ve ever worked: no (unless you want to)! And if any do expect that, it would be a red flag that it isn’t a great place to work, so if they don’t hire you over that, you would have dodged a bullet.

    • cuppaconcrete@aussie.zone
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      I reckon it’d be a brave manager who would try to enforce a make-up policy, especially if you’re not customer-facing. I doubt it’d be an issue, I’ve worked with many a lady nerd who went without - and they’re often the coolest peeps to work with. :)

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        Oh true? Thanks for your insights, it makes me feel a bit less anxious about it haha I just want to do IT jobs smh I selfishly don’t want to change stuff like that about me hahaha

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      Are women who work in IT sort of expected to wear make up? Depends on the IT stream I guess? Sales? Maybe. Dev? Mate they are lucky if you washed the hoody in the last 3 weeks.

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          however, I do enjoy wearing clean clothes

          Ooooooh, Sorryyyyy. thats not gonna fly in this industry.

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            I’m sure most IT workplaces have a pile of pre-unwashed jumpers and t shirts you can choose from as a uniform when you’re in the office.

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      Is it a customer facing role?
      I wear it because I feel better about myself, and there’s a lot of teams meetings where I’m forced to see myself.

      • vanishing_spies@aussie.zone
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        I’d be trying for help desk/service tech roles … I think that’s fair why you wear it 😃 It sounds silly but even the thought of wearing it makes me feel uncomfortable, and I don’t think this is like a “you get used to it” thing - it’s the same as dresses. I just sort of can’t if that makes sense haha