You won’t BELIEVE how long we spend deciding what to wear for work…

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by Emma Dodds |
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Research has found that women spend on average FOUR MONTHS of their lives deliberating what to wear for work.

We're honestly stumped by the revelation that women apparently use up four precious months of their lives deciding what to wear to work every day.

Think of what you could do in that time! The holidays you could go on! The sleep you could catch up on!

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According to research undertaken by totaljobs who polled 2,000 office workers, the average woman will spend 14 minutes every single day deciding what to wear.

Over the average working lifetime of 47 years, that's 119 days.

Come on, ladies - we can't keep wasting all this time?!

According to those surveyed, over a third of women felt pressure to look a certain way at work - and 76% constantly found it difficult to decide what is appropriate.

Just under half revealed that they do not have an enforced dress code in the workplace, which they admitted made the decision even harder.

These are the top five most unsuitable items of clothing for the workplace

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These are the top five most unsuitable items of clothing for the workplace

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1) Shorts

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2) Hoodie or tracksuit

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3) Slogan t-shirts

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4) Hats or caps

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5) Sandals or flip flops

Worryingly, more than one in 10 women claimed to have felt pressured to dress in a particular way by a member of management of a different gender, and 19% blamed company culture.

An even more concerning 28% of women have received unwanted comments about their appearance at work, and 16% of those had been taken aside due to "revealing" clothing.

One in 10 women have even been sent home to change their clothes after a manager deemed their outfit to be unsuitable.

But on the other hand, 66% of men say they have never struggled to decide on what to wear, whilst 88% have never worried about the dress code, spending less than 10 minutes picking what to wear.

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