Dresscode in the Office - What's your opinion?

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

I think that your office manager is a tw*t. Shouting at you isnt going to get him / her anywhere. Why didnt he / she go and check with your supervisor instead of behaving like that.

Have you had issues with your Office manager before ?

No never happened before. I used to have a very good work relationship with him before.

Now he is “superfriendly” to me, which is kind of awkward.

Might look for a new job as I'm still quite ****ed off.

We are only in May and the Office is 27 degrees. My colleague told me that it gets up to 36 degrees at summertime in the office.

You're working with/for an ********

Get a new job, preferably in a more relaxed sector, such as advertising or marketing

Do they have a go at you when you come in at 9:01 . . .

I work in IT and we had a nice arguement that why should we have to come to work in suits if we are moving pcs and printers etc and crawling around our cables. So we put it to them that we would wear shirts, ties, trousers, shoes, if the company would pay for replacements when they get ruined. Strangely enough they said it was ok for us to wear smart casual instead, which is now jeans and t-shirts to most people

Originally Posted by Scoobs

Proof in the way of pictures please.

err not a pretty sight

I've adopted a style that I term "office grunge."

From the floor up a slightly battered pair of desert boots, lightweight chinos, short sleeved shirt with a soft collar occasionally with a tie and a slightly loose linen jacket (NOT in the Miami Vice mould) also with loads of pockets. It nominally fulfils most dress codes, is functional and comfortable but at the same time makes management think that there is something not quite right that they can't put their finger on it.

In my book, the only reason for wearing any suit type jacket is to have somewhere to put all your pockets.

[Balky001]

we have an absurdly strict dress code. Monday to Thursday its buisness attire, suit and tie, Friday its dress down - but the rules are so strict most people wear City casual - chino's and long sleeved shirt. There was a large debate which went on for several months (between people earning £100k's a year) as to whether shirts could be untucked if tailored to be worn outside the trouser. Tried is for a few months but was banned as clients who may visit the office may not approve. That said, you can still spot IT a mile off.

Originally Posted by Shinsei Jutsu

I work in IT and we had a nice arguement that why should we have to come to work in suits if we are moving pcs and printers etc and crawling around our cables. So we put it to them that we would wear shirts, ties, trousers, shoes, if the company would pay for replacements when they get ruined. Strangely enough they said it was ok for us to wear smart casual instead, which is now jeans and t-shirts to most people

Tried that one with a company I used to work for. Their solution get a load of those paper overalls the ones the forensic people wear. And told us to wear those if we didnt want to ruin our suits.

Originally Posted by Shinsei Jutsu

I work in IT and we had a nice arguement that why should we have to come to work in suits if we are moving pcs and printers etc and crawling around our cables. So we put it to them that we would wear shirts, ties, trousers, shoes, if the company would pay for replacements when they get ruined. Strangely enough they said it was ok for us to wear smart casual instead, which is now jeans and t-shirts to most people

One of our lads got a bollocking when he tried putting a dry cleaning bill of a couple of hundred pound through expenses. To be fair he had 6/7 suits that had only been used for work and were absolutely hanging and none of them were machine washable.

I have no problem wearing a suit when I'm meeting the client about business, or will be sat in front of a machine working at the mouse or keyboard. I do object to being expected to wear a suit and tie when I'm literally on all fours in a crawl space that has never been vaccumed, fitting another power supply. Perhaps I'm just unreasonable?

The analogy I always use is that electricians work in a similar environment/manner and you expect them to be, at best, wearing a polo shirt, black jeans and black work shoes/boots. Our dress code in the office is smart casual, but if it's hot, I ignore that and wear whatever's comfortable. No one has ever pulled me up on it.
The idea that you're somehow going to work better when you're close to passing out (metal building + no aircon + shirt and tie = far too hot), rather than in shorts and t-shirt, simply because you're "smarter" is draconian, not to mention insane.

Dress code,

ah yes, something I have ever been to fond off. On rare occassions I see high end clients I wear a suit, and its rare for me to do so. Normally black jeans, boots and t-shirt or black polo shirt. I still have a four day beard that I will shave off tonight.

I have had the odd complaint, but I tend to stay out of the way being the IT guy, so its kinda expected for me to look a bit more causual than usual.

They all know I ride a bike, and I live no where near London so they cut me some slack.

As I discussed with my manager, you need me smat, let me know there is a dress code for that engagement, if not I will be causual and comfortable.

I am flexable, depends on the circumstances.

Rich

Smart dress in our office