Three quarters of people who work from home admit they regularly sit at their laptop in tracksuit bottoms and PJs, a study has revealed. Instead of getting into their usual work clothes, those who work from home are more likely to stay in whatever they wore to bed the night before, most likely a dressing gown or slouchy trousers.
In fact, six in ten have days where they only ever get dressed if they are expecting a visitor or have to go to a meeting.
A spokesman for premium house builder Charles Church, which commissioned the study, said:
”More people than ever are working from home nowadays, even if it’s a few days here and there.
”It seems that many of those are making the most of being able to kick back in their own home instead of having to be smartly turned out in the office.
”But your customers, or even your boss, might not be too pleased to know what you are wearing when you are talking to them.
”When you know you aren’t going to be seeing anyone though, it can be difficult to find the motivation to get your usual smart office wear on when your comfy tracksuit or PJs are much more tempting.”
The study of 1,000 Brits who work from home revealed that 74% don’t always get dressed into their usual office clobber.
Instead, 45% just grab their tracksuit bottoms and a hoodie, while 37% stay in their pajamas or whatever they wore to bed the night before.
23% regularly sit at their laptop in a dressing gown, and 18% even wear their other half’s clothes.
Half of all those who work from home admit they have entire days where they don’t actually get dressed – an average of seven a month.
A massive 57% have days when they don’t bother to have a shower, put make-up on or do their hair.
Even those who do get dressed don’t do so until later on in the day, with more than one in five saying 11am comes and goes before they get out of their loungewear.
More than one in ten even admitted they don’t get dressed until at least midday, while 57% regularly speak to clients or customers while they are wearing their pajamas.
But 61% defend their comfy ways, as they think they are more productive when they wear their loungewear over their usual work wear.
Another 68% simply feel like it is a waste of time to get dressed if they are working from home and they know they won’t be seeing anyone all day.
More than a quarter have even been caught out in their loungewear after an unexpected visit from a boss or colleague.
Researchers also found that 71% of people think they are more productive when they work from home than when they work in the office.
64% of people also believe they put in more hours when they are working at home.
Almost two thirds also claimed they work harder if they are out of the office, because they worry those back in the office will accuse them of not doing enough.
