14 DAY TRIAL // Regardless of what an old myth says about how the bigger the cleavage, the bigger the chances of promotion for a woman at her workplace, a new survey comes to show that this is actually the biggest mistake ladies can make.
Showing too much cleavage not only lowers their chances at a job interview, as we also informed you a while back, but it may also cost them an otherwise well-deserved promotion and even their job.
Peter Jones has launched a brand new collection of women’s fashion and accessories for the workplace and, on this occasion, also conducted a survey on what bosses consider the biggest faux-pas, the Daily Mail reports.
Somewhat surprisingly, it turns out that many employers don’t see a generous cleavage with kind eyes, even in those cases when the employer in question happens to be male
Simply put, too low cut a top is considered “inappropriate” at the workplace and, therefore, must be avoided at all costs.
More than a handful of bosses have confessed to firing or overlooking female employees for the way they dressed.
“Contrary to the idea that womanly wiles are an advantage in business, bosses have named low-cut tops as one of the biggest mistakes a female worker can make,” the Mail writes, based on the findings of the survey, conducted on 3,000 managers.
“The consequences can be disastrous, with one in five managers admitting they had fired someone for not dressing ‘appropriately’,” the tab further notes.
The idea is to strive to look elegant without showing too much because, no matter what they say, first impressions still count – and they may even be a decisive factor when handing out a promotion or a raise.
“I know from all my years in business that if people look smarter, they feel the part and they achieve more – both in terms of productivity and career progression,” Jones says of the findings of the survey.