Where do you work?

[Moosehead]

I don’t really feel that the Kilt is going to be vary practical for me as a regular work garment.

It happens. When I fly, I would never think of wearing shorts or a kilt. I've been burned before and it ain't fun! And that was wearing full nomex.

[CameronTaylor]

As said previously, I'm a Heavy Equipment operator and fair-skinned so jeans are a requirement for safety and comfort. Having been burned more than once by hydraulic oil and what normal operations does to jeans I will not wear a kilt to work.
Afterward however .....


CT - can you kilt me now? good.

[NewKilt]

I don't work. Well, actually I can't work. I've been disabled since January of 2005. Prior to that, I was manager of industrial engineering for a mid-sized manufacturing company. Wearing kilts would have been a safety issue on the production floor - sheet metal stamping, forming, and welding - like working with giant razor blades.

I now have my own dress code, and it requires that kilts be worn full-time. They are also a great benefit for my medical condition - I can't sit, stand, or walk for any length of time, and many of my sweat glands no longer work. The extra vetilation is a blessing - keeps me from overheating.

Darrell

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Great thread. I love seeing the background about everybody. I am actually a senior manager for a global banking corporation, which is based in the UK. The unit I work for was acquired 2 years ago and was a well recognized name in personal finance in the US. It was a very beneficial company. My path to wearing the kilt is well documented on another thread, but I have found that our own fears are worse than anything a company can actually do to us. Every company embraces diversity, at least in lip service. Wearing a kilt should prompt no more reaction than someone wearing a yamulka or someone wearing traditional robes to celebrate and support their religion or someone wearing a turban, all of which I had seen and nevern heard any concerns. I have found wearing the kilt to be positive because more people know me than when I did not wear it.

What we wear shoud not matter one bit, as long as we get the work done. I originally had some thoughts about interviewing in a kilt if I ever needed to get a new job, but since I have interviewed and hired people while wearing the kilt, I have come to the realization that people need to evaluate me as a person and not based on what I wear.

[sorcererdale]

I am a horologist. Ok, I always like people to guess what that is, noooo, don't look it up, I will tell you later. You don't have to post your guesses, but come on, guess NOW and see what you think I do.

I will give you a hint, the word is Latin, so if you know that it might help. Actually I don't wear a kilt while I work at home and I will explain that in a minute, but when I go out to customer homes for service calls, I sometimes wear a kilt. Mostly the black Survival from UK.

Ok, give up, and havent' figured out that hora is Latin for "hour." Ok, so I work with hours, what could that mean? I repair clocks from my home and go out to get the movements from grandfather clocks in peoples homes. I tried wearing the kilt in the shop, but it is a small area and the kilt brushes up against all the weights hanging on chains for the clocks; cuckoo and grand father. Also the work can be very greasy and dirty at times, and would really ruin too many kilts. So blue jeans work good for that.

Just a note, my license plate is "TIMEFIX" and here is a web site for you. I also have a large automated Christmas light show every year and those links are on there too! The picture shows me in my tan mocker (now shortened) as I didn't have the Survival at the time. www.dalesclockshop.com And one other little fact about me, I have an automated home all run by computer. The house talks to us, and does many "amazing" things.

DALE.

[mkmound]

My bills get paid by working for a global computer service outsourcing firm called EDS ( competitor of IBM global services ) . . .

I was once on the account team for the other side of that competitive relationship . . . it's interesting trying to sell to a customer who's also a competitor!

I still work for that company (greetings, Magnus!!!) . . . and some of you in IT may be familiar with its mainframe relational database ending in "2". I work on the sales and marketing side, but assist the development lab give birth to its new releases, aka help run beta programs. It's fun to play with the new toys!

I go to work kilted 2-3 days a week. Most of the time I'm in the office, but I am starting to wear the kilt sometimes when I visit customers or do presentations for users groups. In our last release, there were major changes in how we deal with character data and represent it internally, and the context could make a difference in how a particular character was interpretted. I came up with (what I thought was) a brilliant visual example . . . "kilt" in Scotland, with pictures of a great kilt, casual kilt, PC outfit, vs. "kilt" in Seattle with pictures of UKs . . . the message being that the context of a word can change the impression that people get. At least it gave me an "excuse" to wear the kilt while presenting. (I promise that I was purely interested in the educational aspect! :rolleyes: )

At the conference last month where I met Verlyn, I was kilted most of the week. I recognized one of my customers, and greeted him. He then recognized me, as I had worn the kilt doing that presentation at his shop a year earlier.

I wore a kilt yesterday for Tartan Day, and was mildly disappointed that no one said anything.

Regards,

Mark

[MacSimoin]

I don’t believe that I am allowed to name my employer on this forum, for legal reasons...

I am, or rather I was, bound by similar stipulations legally enacted by my employer (akin to a cease and desist order). I work[ed] for a foreign company with operations here in the USA but for patent and international copyright reasons, I can say what I do just not who I do it for (ridiculous, I know). Anyway, there's not a snowball's chance in hell that anyone working there could show up kilted, even if they work in the offices; there's a strict employee dress code that some have found [out the hard way] it's unwise to deviate from. Not every employer is 'kilt friendly' and a lot of those that aren't have good reasons for taking that stance (i.e., OSHA and insurance regulations). It's pure fantasy to say or think we all could or should go about our work wearing a kilt but I'll admit it's a nice fancy nonetheless.

[Tiran]

I am a recent grad, with a Bachelor of Communications specialized in Public Relations. Well technically Im not graduated yet, I need 4 months work experience, and I am having a devil of a time finding a job. So for now I work at Kinko's as a supervisor/project co-ordinator. Which means I tell people what to do, make decisions when the ***** hits the fan and try to keep my manager of the floor and away from the customers. Dress code doesnt allow much variety for anyone, we all wear dress slacks or kakhis, male or female.
I did get the opportunity the other day to go to an agency opening and wore a navy dress shirt with the cuffs rolled up, my blackwatch and green hose and dress shoes. Got lots of compliments, 2 leads and positive feed back from everyone I talked to. I figured I havent had any luck in the job hunt yet so why not make sure they remembered me.
I actually had a company tell me I was better suited for nonprofit/advocacy work and not corporate, so I might have a good shot at wearign a kilt to work some day.

[GMan]

I have been blessed in being self-employed. However I did sell my architectural firm about the same time as Kilts became my life essence. Even though I could have warn them then, as self-employed architects are known for being a little bit odd and creative.

Now I work out of my home as a fiduciary (I manage the family trust) and am also considered the resident coffee shop character, and neighborhood activist (take that to mean whatever you want)

[MacSimoin]

Now I...am also considered the...neighborhood activist (take that to mean whatever you want)

So, you're the one responsible for those leash laws! My dogs turn up their snouts in a hearty 'harumph!' at you, kind sir (just teasing...).