Jan 15, 2011

Well-dressed staff score at work

Well-dressed staff score at work

Turning out well dressed at work could automatically mean half your battle won, going by a survey which indicates that employees who dress well are taken seriously at work than those that pay scant attention to those crumpled sleeves and faded collars. 

Nearly 89 per cent of the respondents of a survey conducted by Team Lease, a leading staffing company, feel that style of dressing has a long-term impact on the overall image of an individual. Three-fourth of the respondents felt that well-dressed people are taken more seriously at the workplace.

Sixty-nine per cent of respondents, both male and female, felt attire has a direct impact on sexual harassment faced by women at the workplace.

Seventy-two per cent of the respondents feel that focus shifts from work when women frequently wear skirts and tops at workplace. Only 53 per cent of respondents in Bangalore felt that way but over 80 per cent agreed to it in Kolkata and Ahmedabad.

Breaking the myth of female vanity, the survey revealed that 74 per cent felt men spend as much time, if not more, focussing on grooming as women.

Coming to implementing a dress code at workplace, 47 per cent felt it was necessary. More than half the respondents in Kolkata and Pune opined that it enhanced work productivity.

In IT domain, 53 per cent considered implementing dress code is strict but necessary.

Overall, 44 per cent respondents' organisations have a strict dress code. Sixty-six per cent of organisations in Chennai and 59 per cent in Mumbai have a strict dress code.

Overall, 54 per cent respondents feel that incompetent/average performer cover up with meticulous dressing and accessories.

Overall, 44 per cent felt that formal dressing applied to only senior manager and client interfacing employees.

The respondents included employees across cities of Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune between the age group of 21 and 45 years across industries.

Source: Indian Express

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