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New study shows workers will take lower pay if it means they can dress casually at the office

People said they'd take up to $5,000 less in salary, but 65 percent of respondents said they'd still dress up for a job interview.

CLEVELAND — On Monday’s Lunch Break with Jay Crawford, Jay and 3New’s Maureen Kyle chewed over a trend showing people are willing to accept lower pay in exchange for wearing casual clothes to the office.

A new survey found employees are willing to sacrifice up to $5,000 in salary to dress casually, and that employees are also avoiding jobs at places that never have a designated casual work day.

Even with that trend, 65 percent of people surveyed say they still dress up for a job interview.

Robert Glazer, author of Performance Partnerships, thinks it could work in some cases, but not all. 

“If you’re a software firm and you want people in there coding in t-shirts, in shorts and have their dogs and stuff, that’s great and that might work,” Glazer said.

Watch the discussion here, and catch the entire episode in the player below:

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Lunch Break with Jay Crawford airs Monday through Friday at 12 p.m. Eastern on 3News, and streams live on WKYC.com, YouTube, Facebook and on our 3News app.

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