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What are your views on dress codes at the moment?

Alyson

What are the general thoughts about dress codes at the moment.

I have been asked to review ours as the standard of dress has slipped slightly over the last couple of years with some people wearing vans, converse or sketcher trainers others wearing hoodies. Most of our branches have a trade counter area with an open plan office, all trade counter and logistics staff are provided with a uniform which they are expected to wear so my question is more aimed at the rest of the office based staff.

My proposed policy is still pretty relaxed and certainly not strict business wear but I'm curious about what other companies are doing, I don't want to be tightening up on our policy whilst other companies are relaxing theirs.

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  • I dont know if you are all on site, or some form of hybrid

    But I think dress codes are under huge pressure from hybrid working (he says here sat at home wearing jean shorts in November)

    If people can be sat at home in "casual" dress do they really need to dress up to come into the office - and if so is this just another barrier to onsite working along with inconvenience and cost? If one of points (for those with hybrid working) of getting people back together is collaboration and cooperation then does dress really matter?

    Clearly if you are 100% site based then different consideration might apply but not entirely...
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  • I dont know if you are all on site, or some form of hybrid

    But I think dress codes are under huge pressure from hybrid working (he says here sat at home wearing jean shorts in November)

    If people can be sat at home in "casual" dress do they really need to dress up to come into the office - and if so is this just another barrier to onsite working along with inconvenience and cost? If one of points (for those with hybrid working) of getting people back together is collaboration and cooperation then does dress really matter?

    Clearly if you are 100% site based then different consideration might apply but not entirely...
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  • in reply to Keith
    Thanks Keith, we have a small amount of hybrid workers but the majority are office based and prefer to be in the office but I get your point, the office would be even more appealing with a more casual dress.
  • in reply to Alyson
    I agree it does help with making the office more appealing. It can be small things. I cycle to the station and pre covid always wore trainers and carried my shoes or kept them in the office. Now I can wear smart trainers and dispense with the need to carry (and remember!) shoes. It's also easier to wear a smartish jacket that I can cycle in, but pre covid I would not have felt was smart enough for the office. Recently when there were storms even my normally smartly dressed senior colleagues arrived wearing raincoats rather than formal coats!