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Some organisations believe that their employees should dress smartly. Others value quality of work above appearance.

Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

As a part of the culture of living together, it has long been argued that whether the outfit preferences at work does matter or not. The proponents of both ideas put forth their own reasons for their claims. I believe that though it may be highly significant to be well dressed at work, it is not as indispensable as the employees' working habits, nor is it as effective and mandatory as the quality of their work.

Being dressed, made humans survive, and its meaning went beyond surviving in time. They became useful to show which society you belong to, what duties you have, who you are as a person. Even it is a common belief that outfits affect a person's mood and motivation both negatively and positively. If one wears the same kind of outfit for the same occasion, one's brain automatically switches to the mood that matches that outfit. Thus, dressing style can actually help to increase or decrease the work performance of individuals in a company. In addition, the dresses we choose for work show the respect that we show to ourselves and our co-workers, our job and everyone we are in touch with within professional life, since it is a social rule to choose our outfits according to the upcoming situations and events in our daily lives.

Outfit preferences have always been of note for people since the very beginning of human existance on earth. However, the chosen outfits were not always actually individuals' preferences. Undoubtedly, they can be affected by many factors such as the financial situations of a person or obligatory dressing codes. I am of the opinion that the effect of dress codes on work quality is not impressive enough to be considered. No need to say that as long as the employee is hardworking, punctual, and careful enough in their duty, it is not that important what they wear. If it is enough to dress in the frames of society's norms, the quality of work that they present will define their value as a worker, not their dressing style.

In conclusion, it is a long-term discussion amongst the supporters of the validity of outfit preferences of workers at work and the supporters of the work quality as the determining factor of efficient and productive worker. I am of the supporters of the idea that one must wear clothes socially appropriate, but there is no need to spend energy to fit a specific dress code. In a workplace, what matters more than anything else is the efficancy of the work that an employee produces not what they wear.


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