Dress Down Fridays - what is the point
Senokian are on a business park on the east side of Coventry and there are a lot of businesses in the area on the same business park as us. I have noticed that a lot of companies have a “dress down” policy on Fridays. What is the point of this?
At Senokian the only dress code we have is pretty much “no ripped jeans” (this doesn’t apply for visiting clients when business casual is the norm, only in the office). My feeling on the matter is that the clothes people wear doesn’t help them do their job in the office so they may as well be comfortable - so for us everyday is a dress down day.
So back to the point of “dress down fridays” - if you are happy for staff to dress casually on a Friday, why not every day? I can’t imagine companies organise no meetings etc. on the Fridays, so if you are happy to do a dress down Friday, why not make everyday a dress down day.
Just my two pence worth!
Adrian Steele said the following at July 6th, 2007 at 7:26 pm :
Jake
I’m with you on this, I find the principle of dress down days more suited to secondary schools than business.
I have a simple dress code, if I’m selling, meeting new clients, or otherwise formally representing the business, you suit up. If not, you wear what you are comfortable in.
This dress down policy is just big business trying to act “cool”, or narrow minded small business copying them!
coldclimate said the following at June 13th, 2008 at 1:32 pm :
Why not have dress up fridays? People like a chance to brush off their suits, dig out their DJs and polish their shoes. How much fun might that be once a month?