Casual Dress Codes Are Becoming More Fashionable

Even before the pandemic struck, as is evidenced by this survey from the summer of 2019, about 1 out of 3 employees said they would quit their jobs if a formal dress code were imposed upon them.

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That trend likely only gained momentum during the de-formalization that crept across the new remote and hybrid working worlds, and recent surveys indicate that even business casual is falling out of style, with almost half as many job listings referencing ‘business casual’ attire in 2022 than did in 2020. 

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Some industries are moving away from traditional office dress codes even faster than others, of course, with references to a casual dress code appearing on 90% of listings for engineering, education, customer service, IT, accounting, and finance jobs. 

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You can read more about workplace wardrobes here.