{"id":172,"date":"2012-11-02T01:02:12","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T01:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/Wordpress\/?p=172"},"modified":"2012-11-02T01:02:12","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T01:02:12","slug":"stress_down_fridays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paperstone.co.uk\/News\/articles\/stress_down_fridays","title":{"rendered":"Stress-Down Fridays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" src=\"\/images\/NewsImages\/2012\/casual-fridays.jpg\" alt=\"Workdays in smooth velour\" \/><\/p>\n<table class=\"image\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n        <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Fridays in smooth velour? Another stressful dilemma for the dress-down day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Dress-down Fridays, intended to propagate a relaxed workplace culture, have become instead a source of stress for office workers, according to a new poll commissioned by very.co.uk. Indeed, one in seven of us has tried to pull a sickie to avoid it.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly a quarter of have turned up late due to workwear-related procrastination and a fifth have returned home to change their dress-down Friday outfit. Forty-three percent spend more time on hair and make-up on Fridays than other days and 24 percent use the day to try out a new look.<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen percent of office drones describe the day as the most stress-filled of the working week.<\/p>\n<p>Said Julie Donnelly, head of womenswear buying at Very.co.uk: &ldquo;The pressure to look good in the office has never been more intense, and with 51 per cent of people claiming to go straight out from work on a Friday, day-to-night fashion like our latest range of party dresses, is proving increasingly popular.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve all been there&#8230; It&rsquo;s a dilemma that millions of us face every week that can be easily solved with a few individual items that can be mixed and matched to create that killer, day-to-night combo,&rdquo; opined very.co.uk brand ambassador Fearne Cotton.<\/p>\n<p>A gender breakdown of the survey&#8217;s sample and results was not available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fridays in smooth velour? 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