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**Livingston** · 12th November 05, 08:35 AM

To answer a few questions and comments, yes, it is a Large corporation and I have a copy of the dress code. Yes, skirts for the ladies are ok but.... I won't say what company but it is a very large manufacturer of IT equipment from Pocket PCs to the servers that Yahoo uses and mass quantities of storage equipment. New CEO and a wHole Passel of management and personell changes this year. Just laid off about 40% of the inside sales force here in Colorado Springs. ...so, I don't want to rock the boat any more than I have for the last few years. OK, Christmas party is another thing ;)

**Owl of Oban** · 12th November 05, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by Livingston

.... New CEO and a wHole Passel of management and personell changes this year. Just laid off about 40% of the inside sales force here in Colorado Springs. ...... ;)

How Pathetic that a company already losing it's best and brightest can't see it's way to honor the patience of those employees that remain by allowing equality in the dress code. My wife worked for a similar 'firm' here on the front range for a while. You know things are bad when they eliminate the coffee pots!

Best of luck to ye. Hope to see you at a kilt night some day!

**mudd** · 12th November 05, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by Owl of Oban

My wife worked for a similar 'firm' here on the front range for a while. You know things are bad when they eliminate the coffee pots!

Hey, I think I know the “firm” you are talking about. In fact, I think it’s the one I work for. Especially because you are from Highlands Ranch, which happens to be the location of one of our big buildings.

And Livingston, I can’t believe that a large company like the one you work would disallow a culturally traditional garment like a Kilt. I haven’t had the courage to wear on of mine to work yet (I’m working on it, I’m working on it), but when I do, I don’t even intend to ask if it’s OK.

Anyway, keep Kiltin’.

**Big Paul** · 13th November 05, 06:37 AM

Welcome!

**Livingston** · 13th November 05, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by mudd

Hey, I think I know the “firm” you are talking about. In fact, I think it’s the one I work for. Especially because you are from Highlands Ranch, which happens to be the location of one of our big buildings.

And Livingston, I can’t believe that a large company like the one you work would disallow a culturally traditional garment like a Kilt. I haven’t had the courage to wear on of mine to work yet (I’m working on it, I’m working on it), but when I do, I don’t even intend to ask if it’s OK.

Anyway, keep Kiltin’.

My wife retired from that same "firm", after 2 spinoffs, 4 years ago. Before anyone moved into that new building with the large atrium up north. And that was just before the big merger for the company I worked for and this one.

I've worn it to work a couple times but just for Halloween. Hey, I just wanted to wear it!

Now that I'm in a new management string, I just might be able to convince my bosses new boss. Won't start that till all of the moves around the building happen. Then watch out.

**mudd** · 13th November 05, 11:31 AM

Originally Posted by Livingston

Before anyone moved into that new building with the large atrium up north.

Yup, I work in that big satellite dish in the north. I’m one of the few (and the proud) that have survived both spin-offs and too many layoffs.

So, you say you’ve gone in Kilted a couple of times. Did someone, then, call you in and tell you to stop? That seems kind of orwellian.

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 13th November 05, 08:08 PM

Livingston and Mudd,

Based on my own experiences, and I am in mid to senior management, I would encourage contacting HR and trying to get buy-in before plunging in. You can go either way, and I actually am a fan of "it's easier to ask forgiveness than ask permission", but when you throw the cultural diversity and gender equality (skirts for ladies and kilts for men) you have a pretty solid case. In my case, I did "just wear it" but only after contacting HR and on a day where HR could let it go. I did not wear it the first day with HR's approval, but have worn it every day to work since then and love it. I actually have some concerns with this coming Wednesday, but that is because the high is forecast for 35, with a low of 25! Brrrrr!

Anyway, I know one of your companies, as I have a High Psychic potential. I could have been a medium.. (rare pork roast, that is!) I think that the financial institution I work for is slightly larger and one of the most Highly Sought after Banking Corporations! Now, we do have the international ownerwhip angle to help out, but the division I work for was a solely US based corporation until it was purchased 2 years ago.