I was fired from my internship for writing a proposal for a more flexible dress code

“A circulated petition to your employer? Lol, that’s using a jackhammer for a corporate culture issue that is better handled by asking discreetly.”

Agreed. And it sounds like several did ask more discreetly. But they didn’t like the answer they got and chose to force the issue with a petition, not cluing in that every full-time employee in the firm is living with and abiding by the dress code rules on a daily basis. But the interns, temporary young employees with limited real world work experience, assumed THEY knew what was best for the company. 8-|