Flo's Guide to Fashion

6 Surprising Benefits of Corporate Uniforms

27 February 2017 by Mitchell Gilbert

Giving your employees a corporate uniform is an excellent way to make them instantly recognisable to customers, helping them find someone without delay if they need any assistance. That's not the only reason to provide uniforms to your staff, however.

You might be surprised to learn that workplaces where uniforms are worn benefit from a range of other effects, too. This makes your business better for you, your staff and your customers.

Consistent levels of smartness

In workplaces where employees wear their own clothing, you can provide guidelines, but there's no way to have complete control over what they're wearing. This risks inconsistency in the smartness of people's clothing, which reflects on your company.

With a corporate uniform, everyone will be wearing absolutely suitable clothing with a consistent look across your employee base.

A team atmosphere

Like members of a sports team, staff in uniforms have a higher sense of being part of a team. This has a huge impact on cooperation between staff members, which means work is more efficient.

Being visibly part of your team also instils a sense of pride in your employees, which is a powerful way to make them feel valued.

Fewer expenses for staff

Providing your workers with their own uniforms means they don't need to wear their own clothing to work and won't have to bear the expense of replacement through wear and tear. That's a great way to improve morale.

Better working

Employees in a uniform are constantly aware that they're an integral part of your business, which makes them work more conscientiously. A visual reminder of your company values, staff will remember their responsibilities in everything they do.

It's important to choose workwear that looks good, as this will have an additional effect: increased self-esteem. With a better self-image, people work harder and take more pride in what they do.

Increased safety

This is an important one. If there are specific hazards in your workplace that require suitable clothing for protection, you may find people often forget to wear them, putting themselves in danger.

With the right sort of uniform, you can build in protection against fire, impacts and other dangers, helping ensure staff are always dressed safely.

Maximised branding

In customer-facing positions, your brand is everything. You probably have visible brand colours, images and words around your place of business, but dressing employees in corporate wear with matching colours and logos is extremely effective when it comes to making your brand memorable to customers.

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