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22-07-2012, 23:07
Many offices dictate how their employees should dress. Others provide guidelines but provide a lot of flexibility in their employee's wardrobe choices, within reason. Do you feel that employers should follow a strict dress code or more of a standard where they define what is not acceptable and allow their employees to choose based on that guideline?
I believe employers should dictate a strict dress code for their employees and enforce it strictly. The standard should be high. It has been proven that workers who are dressed "up" think more highly of themselves and take both themselves and their work more seriously. I cannot stand this trend of wearing T-shirts and flip-flops into work. It makes for an unproductive workplace.
Just my opinion, of course
I think it depends on the situation. I have worked for companies that had both a strict and lax dress code. The dress code was more lax if we didn't meet clients face to face. I do think that employees who have a dress code have a more professional manner than those where the dress is lax.
Depends on what's the company doing and what a specific employee is doing. If I had a medium sized software company I wouldn't force a dress code. Why would I? They sit at their computers and write code all day, a tie won't make them more productive. I think flexibility is very important and employees should feel comfortable at their workplace. Of course higher management employees who visit customers and go to meetings should probably wear something more appropriate.
You say that it has been proven if workers are dressed "up" they think more highly of themselves. Can you cite a study proving that? I can see the value in it, but also have seen people that are dressed comfortably be productive as well. I'm not talking t-shirts and flip flops as you say. I'm saying a nice pair of dress pants and a polo shirt. I'm not 100% sold either way, but saying it has been proven makes me wonder who did the study and would like to see the results to see how they conducted that study and in what environment.Originally Posted by josephconrad
I believe employers should dictate a strict dress code for their employees and enforce it strictly. The standard should be high. It has been proven that workers who are dressed "up" think more highly of themselves and take both themselves and their work more seriously. I cannot stand this trend of wearing T-shirts and flip-flops into work. It makes for an unproductive workplace.
Just my opinion, of course
I have worked in a place that I had to dress nice and I have had jobs where I could go in with jeans and a t-shirt on. From my experience the jobs where we went to work in jeans in a t-shirt, people worked harder then when dressing up. Everybody felt more comfortable and the fact that they could wear what made them comfortable made them that much happier. But it was a situation where we could get away with it and if customers were in the building (on the rare occasion) they didn't look at us in a bad way. Even tho these were million dollar contracts they were looking to get into. I was a test technician troubleshooting power supplies tho and not in the office.I believe employers should dictate a strict dress code for their employees and enforce it strictly. The standard should be high. It has been proven that workers who are dressed "up" think more highly of themselves and take both themselves and their work more seriously. I cannot stand this trend of wearing T-shirts and flip-flops into work. It makes for an unproductive workplace.
Just my opinion, of course
When I had to dress up, women were complaining about their feet hurting in their shoes and people seemed to want to kiss up to management more then worry about their own job and getting it done. This is not how it always works, this is just from my experience.
I do think that it depends on the business, some should follow a stricter dress code then others. I have always had a bad impression of suits and felt intimidated talking with somebody who is in a suit and is very serious. The combination makes me feel uncomfortable. If they have a good sense of humor then that is a different story.
I think a business needs to convey a certain image of success. Therefore, a dress code is probably a necessity and enforced for a reason. I think the company should be somewhat flexible, but still provide essential guidelines. However, there are always people who are going to ignore it. I think business casual is appropriate or adequate for most businesses.
I do think an enviroment with a dress code is the best option. There are certain things that are just unacceptable in the workplace (unless the workplace is centered around it). For example, we don't allow unnatural looking hair colors, obvious piercings or visible tattoos.
Dressing code depends on the company you are working for, but my also be related to the field you are in.
In a market research company, employees that do an on-field job are allowed to dress in jeans and wear tennis shoes due to obvious reasons, but for an international corporate the best way to go is either having a dressing code or the standard solutions; provide their employees with executive uniforms.
In my opinion they should not be too much involved employees dress
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