#ya know this is probably why people think im a commie..

[itscoldinwonderland]

I agree with all this, but interviewers are humans and as humans are going to fall prey to first impressions and unconscious stereotyping. The actual solution is to do better at dismantling classism, although that will never be successful within a class based society, specifically one like ours.

I don't think employers should be legally allowed to ask anyone to dress up for interviews. I should be able to walk in off the street in jeans, sneakers, and a T-shirt and interview for jobs because employers are supposed to be interviewing me and my skills, training, education, and experience, not the nicest clothes in my closet.

It's discriminatory towards poor people to ask otherwise.

It's also just fucking audacious to demand that the people you need to provide the labor to keep your workplace going put on a suit and dance around like a trained monkey before you've even hired them.