Starting to go to work in a skirt
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Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
Well done Jeffrey!
Did you meet with any resistance from HR, or were they OK with the idea straight away?
Must say though, everyone at my work would think it very odd if I turned up dressed like that. Lab coat in an accountant's office? No way! As for the skirt and tights, I look forward to the day ...
Did you meet with any resistance from HR, or were they OK with the idea straight away?
Must say though, everyone at my work would think it very odd if I turned up dressed like that. Lab coat in an accountant's office? No way! As for the skirt and tights, I look forward to the day ...
Keep on skirting,
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Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
Thanks. That is a rather old SEM. That job was looking at concrete, but it can be any type of sample.crfriend wrote:I like the lab shot. 'Tis a good look you're sporting.
I have to ask, though. That looks like some pretty heavy-duty imaging kit you're sitting next to. What do you do? Immediate thoughts are either biology or materials-science...
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Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
Thanks. No there was no problem at all from HR right from the outset. This is part of the reply I received "You are fully protected by the legislation and xxxx would fully support you.... the Equality Statement and the Bullying and Harassment Policy would be sufficient to deal with any potential fallout..." So a very positive attitude.skirtyscot wrote:Well done Jeffrey!
Did you meet with any resistance from HR, or were they OK with the idea straight away?
Must say though, everyone at my work would think it very odd if I turned up dressed like that. Lab coat in an accountant's office? No way! As for the skirt and tights, I look forward to the day ...
Accountants' office might require a different approach, I agree. I don't know if people here follow http://legstyle.blogspot.co.uk, but this guy has some good corporate looks that you might want to try.
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Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
Credit where credit is due! The look is entirely appropriate to the setting, looks comfortable and eminently wearable, and you look happy and confident in it. As such, it looks very much "at home". Well done.jeffreyrichards2015 wrote:Thanks.
I thought it was a SEM. Age, in many things, doesn't really matter so long as the operator knows what he's doing and the machine is in good repair. I routinely run computers that are well over 20 years old and behave entirely as their designers intended. Some of my personal front-line machines are getting up into that bracket as well, and not just the "museum pieces" (like this one which recently celebrated its 43rd "birthday"). In fact, the machine that serves as the primary off-site backup for the SkirtCafe database and intrusion-detection host is almost 20 years old -- and still functions as her designers intended.That is a rather old SEM.
So, "materials science" is was for that job. But, yes, those tools are appropriate in many settings.That job was looking at concrete, but it can be any type of sample.
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Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
Great to hear (read)!
I'm gradually working up to working skitted myself - first step was a pair of denim-look leggings last week. I have high hopes of going the whole way (the tech side of a price-comparison website is a pretty easy-going place).
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I'm gradually working up to working skitted myself - first step was a pair of denim-look leggings last week. I have high hopes of going the whole way (the tech side of a price-comparison website is a pretty easy-going place).
J
Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
Good show, and the tights as well!jeffreyrichards2015 wrote:...A photo in my lab on day three of wearing a skirt to work...
The combination with the lab coat works very well.
The hard part should now be over. Just keep it up!
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Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
Good first step!Jerevo wrote:...I'm gradually working up to working skitted myself - first step was a pair of denim-look leggings last week. I have high hopes of going the whole way (the tech side of a price-comparison website is a pretty easy-going place).
So, you just wore the leggings? No pants or shorts or anything else below the waist?
Cuz if that went ok, wearing, say, a knee-length skirt or utility kilt over the leggings seems pretty nonconsequential.
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Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
jeffreyrichards2015 wrote:No there was no problem at all from HR right from the outset. This is part of the reply I received "You are fully protected by the legislation and xxxx would fully support you.... the Equality Statement and the Bullying and Harassment Policy would be sufficient to deal with any potential fallout..." So a very positive attitude.
Everyone in the UK is protected by that law ... in theory!
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Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
That's true. However, my employers staff handbook includes the following:skirtyscot wrote:jeffreyrichards2015 wrote:No there was no problem at all from HR right from the outset. This is part of the reply I received "You are fully protected by the legislation and xxxx would fully support you.... the Equality Statement and the Bullying and Harassment Policy would be sufficient to deal with any potential fallout..." So a very positive attitude.
Everyone in the UK is protected by that law ... in theory!
Whilst this is almost certainly illegal, a frontal assault on it is likely to be doomed to failure. Instead, I have continued with a softly, softly approach. A number of my colleagues have seen me (off the clock) in skirts of various designs. The subject has come up at work informally and I've happily engaged with the ribbing and micky taking and, at an appropriate point in time, I will use a charity day to try a kilt and see what happens next.Whilst we have no objection to female employees wearing suits or trousers, it is not permissible for
male employees to wear women's clothing and/or clothing that would normally only be worn by
women.
When there is something to report, I will share it here, but don't hold your breath. I need this job more than I need to wear skirts to work and that reality will continue to influence my clothing choices in the office.
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Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
Thanks I will!Caultron wrote:Good show, and the tights as well!jeffreyrichards2015 wrote:...A photo in my lab on day three of wearing a skirt to work...
The combination with the lab coat works very well.
The hard part should now be over. Just keep it up!
Here's today's outfit. Very comfy. This is me for the rest of my working life now.
I got few stares from some students as I was walking around the campus, but nothing more than that. Most didn't even register it.
(for tech-heads, guess the instrumentation!)
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Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
Some sort of auto-sampling G.C.?jeffreyrichards2015 wrote:(for tech-heads, guess the instrumentation!)
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2 marks for an auto-sampler.pelmut wrote:Some sort of auto-sampling G.C.?jeffreyrichards2015 wrote:(for tech-heads, guess the instrumentation!)
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Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
That look is great - so natural.jeffreyrichards2015 wrote:... Here's today's outfit. Very comfy. This is me for the rest of my working life now.
I got few stares from some students as I was walking around the campus, but nothing more than that. Most didn't even register it.
(for tech-heads, guess the instrumentation!)
And you are finding out very few notice at all and even less bother about it!
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Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
jeffreyrichards2015 wrote:This is me for the rest of my working life now.
Excellent. Lucky you!
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Re: Starting to go to work in a skirt
Tell me if this is getting tedious or I shall just keep posting pics of my work outfits day by day.
It's as much a record for me as anything else, but also to get some feedback on what people out there think works, and what doesn't.
coffee time!
It's as much a record for me as anything else, but also to get some feedback on what people out there think works, and what doesn't.
coffee time!
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