Kilts in the office

[Eujeankilt]

To KiltedCodeWarrior,

I agree with using caution and checking out beforehand. And I would go armed with information too. You might point out how many kilt makers there are in the US now. Show them some web sites. Also, we IT guys are a breed apart and are expected to dress a little differently. I work at a community college and our administration is very concerned with diversity issues, especially cultural and gender issues, so when I went kilted full time, no one cared. In fact, I'm on our departmental web page representing the face of IT (at least on a rotational basis) http://www.lanecc.edu/it

It could be a non-issue.

Good Luck,


Dale

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Alan and Mowgli,

You both have confirmed something that I suspected, i.e. that I would have an easier time doing this if I were still on the IT side of the company. When I started here (in May of this year), I moved into the business side. I think that traditionally IT has been more informal about some of the corporate policies because of the service they provide to the organization (the fact that we were always locked away in a data center probably din't hurt!).

RJI

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

My own approach/attitude would be to go with the low key sales/diplomatic approach. I like the idea of wearing the kilt to a social function attended by co-workers and will definitely work that in, even if I have to throw a party at my place!

The idea of pictures and pointing out the increased interest and wearing of kilts will alos be good.

It is unfortunate that the dress code policy is not more definitive on the subject. It is about three sentences and is completely vague. In fact, it only mentions trousers and "appropriate" shirts as accepted attire in a way that seems aimed at what a man can wear and no mention at all about female attire, which seems unusual.

Keep the ideas and experiences coming and I will keep everyone updated as I move forward.

RJI