What to wear on your first day of work so you aren't overdressed
First-day outfit anxiety comes down to the fear of guessing wrong and ending up underdressed or overdressed for the office. This uncertainty leaves people second-guessing standard professional dress codes and scrambling to figure out what is actually appropriate.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Searching online for smart casual examples
- 2Wearing slacks and a blouse
- 3Dressing slightly on the dressier side to avoid being underdressed
- 4Wearing a full suit and tie regardless of the specified dress code
- 5Wearing a suit without a tie or a sport coat with a shirt
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
r/Accounting2 people · September 2026
Where this came up
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