News Summary

• Instagram boss Adam Mosseri recently said he was "pro" shorts in the workplace.
• We wanted a larger sample size on this hot-button issue, so we posed the question on LinkedIn.
• More than 7,000 people have voted so far in our poll, and the knees are losing.
• As of Friday afternoon, 55% said shorts weren't appropriate, versus 20% who said they were..
• Another 25% went with the less definitive option: It depends.
• Some proposed a shorts hierarchy.
• Then there are skirts, which are already acceptable, so why shouldn't appropriately tailored shorts get the same treatment?
• Where you work matters, too.
• Shorts at a startup or fashion company may barely register.
• Somewhere more buttoned-up?
• That's a different story.