Poll: Dress code

[X-13]

(Although I'm not sure how IT guys (and gals?) got the reputation for short sleeved shirts)

 

Could this a pre-mainframe thing?

[Sunnyknight]

Shirt, no tie, smart trousers, shoes

When the kids aren't in, anything we want.

[kaphc]

Aye. Pink is for girls, blue is for boys.

 

That's sexist.

 

 

So .... if someone is having a baby ... and they get asked "Is it blue or pink?" - is that sexist :-)

[Sunnyknight]

So .... if someone is having a baby ... and they get asked "Is it blue or pink?" - is that sexist :-)

 

Which baby is blue or pink!?

[X-13]

So .... if someone is having a baby ... and they get asked "Is it blue or pink?" - is that sexist :-)

 

Si.

 

<-- you see that. Means I'm joking about. [Just in case]

 

Which baby is blue or pink!?

 

The ones that have heart defects are blue.

[Koldov]

I wear trousers/shorts with shirt/tie and shoes.

 

I wear shorts on warmer days as the women get to wear skirts and HT said it was ok, I did say I could wear a kilt but it would be a bit impractical!

 

That's sexist.

 

Gentletechs can like pink too.

 

And skirts too apparently ... /me runs and hides from the 'blue faced ones'!

 

 

School provided (and embroidered with logo) black polo shirt, black trousers and shoes. Anything I want in the holidays.

 

Kol.

[ButterflyMoon]

Polo shirts with name and school logo on, black cargo pants and black safety boots or shoes. Holidays can wear anything we like.

[john]

Shirt, Tie, Smart trousers and shoes was for us unless its a planned messy day then its more practical stuff. It should have been a suit really but got away without it and when cold just wore a school fleecey top from PE.

 

In the holidays anything goes unless its likely to cause offence or have a meeting / visitor etc..

[psydii]

Me in maglement: Suite, with or with out a tie depending on the image I need to project that day. Holidays: what ever. But a the suite no tie look commands the respect of the various project managers on site, and scruff shorts with well worn PPE gets the respect of those actually working :0)

 

My team: shirt + trousers.

[plexer]

Is this in a school? (just curious)

 

Yes but I am employed by a services company formed within our Federation.

 

Ben

[bushby]

school polo, with black trousers and steel toes. but on the rare chance they see me in a suit just to be diffrent and hols its civys apart from steel toes still (i kick the stares alot when walking up them)

[localzuk]

Since taking on a technician here, I now am suited and booted. Used to be shirt/tie/trousers but made it a suit as I have some 'manglement responsibilities' supposedly...

 

Somehow, its made the kids scared of me though...

[Garacesh]

No suit, but shirt, tie, smart trousers, shoes

Except I don't wear smart trousers (I think I should, but it's too impractical) instead I wear black 'utility' trousers. Still the same material as smart pants, but with more room to move (baggier, I guess?) and they have side pockets at the knees (think what your plasterer or plumber probably wears for all his screwdrivers, etc, same reason). And it's steel-toe-capped boots for me.

Way I see it, if I'm crawling around under desks I need more room to move (or I give everyone a nice shot of the ol' builder's bum) - and there's no way I'm risking dropping a PC on my foot! It costs far more to keep me off for 6 months with a broken foot than it does to replace a tower!

 

I wish I didn't have to wear a tie, though.

[Soulfish]

Was always a suit and tie for me during term time.

[Davit2005]

Polo Shirt, Smart Jeans and Trainers, in HE it's a bit different :-).

 

Done the full suit thing in the private sector.

Edited October 4, 2013 by Davit2005

[elsiegee40]

I comply with the school dress code... office wear. In my case: smart trousers, blouse/smart top. Jeans are only allowed in the holidays... or by special arrangement if I have a particularly grotty job to do that has to be done during lessons time.

[Peter_W]

Shirt, office trousers, black trainers.

[Trapper]

The joys of being in special anything apart from blue jeans!

[witch]

Smart trousers, neat top, usually boots. I don't know of a dress code although all male teachers wear a tie - except the tech teacher who says it would be dangerous.

Male SLT wear suits, females smart skirt or suit. I think there should be more of a dress code for all staff and TAs. I would be happy to wear a branded polo shirt as it would save me wearing out my own clothes and having to think what to wear at 6am

[unixman_again]

Shirt, tie, shoes and smart trousers, which I've always worn in 35 years in IT, except at the last school. We were given black combat trousers and polo shirts embroidered with the school logo. Scruffy, but it meant that we weren't messing up our own clothes crawling around on the floor. I used to work for a credit union in Australia, and they used to have dress down Friday, which is quite common. Here, "dress down" was the official polo shirt or rugby shirt in the winter.

 

During my last stint in private enterprise I worked for a company that sold DJ equipment. The shop staff wore a shirt with compamy logo, but the rest anything they wanted. I still wore my shirt and tie. At lunch I would go up to the bus station for coffee and they were convinced I worked for National Express and would give me staff discount. Who am I to argue?

[Marshall_IT]

I wear full suit. Have management responsibility.

 

In my last job I wore a polo with a school crest and smart trousers. The other techs wore combat style.

 

To be honest even in my last job I would have been more comfortable in shirt and tie.

 

I can wear whatever I like during the holidays but I keep a suit on my office.

[synaesthesia]

Named & titled polo shirt, cargo trousers, trainers. Ditto for NM; we're all hands-on and there's little worse than getting on hands and knees or crawling round dusty spaces in a suit!

Ties should be banished from any situation, they serve no purpose, in our line of work are a safety hazard and should probably stay on a catwalk and out of day-to-day life. An annoyance.

[Marshall_IT]

I love wearing my ties. Choosing which knot to wear, which tie..

And it can tuck away easily when needed.

 

I must admit is awkward sometimes in smart trousers getting under desks, but if I know I have something particularly dusty coming up I wear my most comfortable what trousers.

 

For me, it's mostly about confidence and how I feel other people perceive me. I have more confidence when I'm in a suit and that helps me in certain situations.

[synaesthesia]

Perception can certainly be important - I think a lot of it depends on colleagues; personally I'd be happy if we all wore shirts and t-shirts as long as people recognise the input of each individual and/or team. That's an interesting thought really, I wonder how much difference it makes regarding behaviour generally. (From both other staff and also students). Not that I'd ever change, of course!

[Trapper]

I used to turn up all smart, but when there's only 5 male members of staff out of 80 and the only other guy to wear a suit/tie is the Head you tend to stick out a bit - a look a little preposterous!