r/consulting • • 24d ago

Surviving suits

No, not the show, but the clothing.

I see so many bankers and fellow consultants walking around in suit jackets in the office and I just cannot understand how they survive the heat.

They are SO HOT!

For context, I have been a consultant for 10 years now and I have reached a level of competency where noone can ask me to wear one for my current job level (manager), but I get a feeling if I want to rise up from here on out, I need to start dressing up.

My customers are very traditional European banks, so they do not appreciate wearing t-shirts in the office (they accept it cause they dont want me to leave, but it doesnt help with sales lol).

Do you all have some secret to keep your bodies from boiling?

I mean its not just the heat, it also means sweating so much that no deodorant can survive this.

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u/ParaTodoMalMezcal MBB 24d ago

Linen, seersucker, tropical wool