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

When Apple's CEO Steve
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did his product launch presentations,
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tees and jeans were what he wore. Many
companies
nowadays value employees' competency higher than image,
while
some
companies
still have policies to make sure their
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staffs
dress
decently.
This
essay will discuss both views and explain
companies
ought to allow flexibility for
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to
dress
what
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they think is appropriate. Many believe that first impression is important for building relationships. What you
dress
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your personality and how
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you evaluate the people you meet and the activities you engage
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In fact, if you work in a conventional customer service environment, you should
dress
nicely, at least more decent than your customers do, in order to show your respect to them. A receptionist of a company,
for example
, often is the first person that visitors meet and talk with when they visit the company. A nicely dressed receptionist definitely
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a proper image of a company to strangers.
Therefore
, it is understandable why many
companies
have rules of
dress
for
staffs
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to follow.
On the other hand
, some
companies
, particularly those
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innovations, do not force their
staffs
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to
dress
in a certain way.
Instead
, workers are allowed to choose how to
dress
according to
their preference, mood and personality. The reason is that these
companies
believe
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constrains
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will result in more
creativities
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.
Therefore
there are a lot of technology
companies
'
staffs
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Facebook, Netflix and Apple, etc do not
dress
or project
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like bankers, accountants or hotel managers: men always wear suits, women always in high heels.
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, many
staffs
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working for tech
companies
wearing
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jeans and sneakers, and even shorts in summer. Obviously, creativities and skills are valued relevantly higher than appearance in these
companies
.
To conclude
, I believe
performance
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of
staffs
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is more important than what they wear during working hours.
However
, if their role has a need to
due
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with customers or clients face-to-face, it is
also
necessary to
dress
socially acceptable to show one's respect.
Therefore
, I think
companies
should set some guidelines
of
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dress
code
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according to
their business and
staffs'
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role nature. Allowing some flexibility for
staffs
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to choose what to wear in the workplace, is one of many ways to promote pleasant working ambience. Ultimately, elevates
staffs'
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creativities and
productivities
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which
benefit
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their
companies
.
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