Should Women Wear Heels at Work?

heels do one thing - they make ass, legs, and calves look better. this could engender bigger self confidence and make you carry yourself differently, and maybe because you're taller, that could help, but as far as I can tell, it just makes the posterior look better without any functional benefit

my wife has a great backside, only wears flats to the office, and MAYBE will wear heels to a dressy wedding. I cannot recall which women in my office wear heels except for one who stomps when she walks, but she's average in terms of success

the last 3 hires on my team have all been women, and I honestly cannot recall if they wore heels during any point in the recruitment process, I did not notice. what I remember is how they spoke, were they a nice balance of humble and confident, curious, pleasant to be around, and did they hustle (follow up)

if I were advising a young female and she wanted to spruce up her appearance, I'd first address what's underneath the clothes as that's the most immediately noticeable. are you overweight? do you force a hairstyle that's not natural and it's obvious? do you have nails that are long enough to be used to give yourself a covid test? do you wear too much perfume? too much jewelry? too much makeup? are you anorexic? in short, I'd go for a minimalist approach, be in good shape and don't overdo makeup, jewelry, perfume, etc. but I'm not going to touch fashion or hairstyles as I'm woefully uneducated there

if you do all that right, and have the soft skills down (EQ), no one will give a flying fuck about your shoes. that said, if you're presenting to a team of WASPy grandpas and need to be more conservative, I'd probably have some deal heels ready to go. once you get more established in your career you can say fuck it a lot more, but I had to play the game when with clients but without clout, you may have to do this too, even if not on a daily basis