Well I never bother with the flip flops frankly. If I'm working at home and it's hot, the dressing gown's optional too. Walking between home and office like that might invite arrest though.
Unless the temperature is below 18C then you'll find me in shorts and any old polo shirt. Come late September I go over to just any old jeans and a sweatshirt. I see 'dressing up' as two-fold. You're either doing it to add to the sense of occasion or you're doing it to create an impression with someone. I can't see why a day to day working environment needs smart clothing on either grounds. Sometimes to see new clients I will dress in a way that might be construed as cool, with a view to impressing them and getting more business. But for established clients, they just get whatever I've turned up in.
I think workplace clothing should be aimed at comfort first and foremost, followed by practicality and for fun (for those that like that sort of thing). I'm not militant about it and whilst Angie was still here we maintained some kind of dress code. Her theory was that dressing in work clothing enabled you to operate in a work mode. I thought this was bollocks but couldn't be bothered to argue.
Now we have a couple of people who dress workishly (dull suit and tie, smart trousers and top), one who bikes in every day (tracksuit) and a few who wear what takes their fancy. Stick to what you're comfortable with for me.
But some of the rebellious dressers out there would be crap employees since some of this is rebellion for its own sake. That isn't what you want out of the staff. You don't want people who are governed by rules but you don't want those who are governed by their own rebelliousness.
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Unless the temperature is below 18C then you'll find me in shorts and any old polo shirt. Come late September I go over to just any old jeans and a sweatshirt. I see 'dressing up' as two-fold. You're either doing it to add to the sense of occasion or you're doing it to create an impression with someone. I can't see why a day to day working environment needs smart clothing on either grounds. Sometimes to see new clients I will dress in a way that might be construed as cool, with a view to impressing them and getting more business. But for established clients, they just get whatever I've turned up in.
I think workplace clothing should be aimed at comfort first and foremost, followed by practicality and for fun (for those that like that sort of thing). I'm not militant about it and whilst Angie was still here we maintained some kind of dress code. Her theory was that dressing in work clothing enabled you to operate in a work mode. I thought this was bollocks but couldn't be bothered to argue.
Now we have a couple of people who dress workishly (dull suit and tie, smart trousers and top), one who bikes in every day (tracksuit) and a few who wear what takes their fancy. Stick to what you're comfortable with for me.
But some of the rebellious dressers out there would be crap employees since some of this is rebellion for its own sake. That isn't what you want out of the staff. You don't want people who are governed by rules but you don't want those who are governed by their own rebelliousness.