You do work in IT though
They have always been exempt from work dress codes 
Never trust an engineer or techie in a suit. Usually a sign theyāre trying to compensate for not being competent.
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Or theyāre a service manager which is what an engineer/techie becomes when they donāt know what they are doing.
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City IT uniform is dark slacks, double-cuffed shirt (usually blue) with cufflinks (to express your individuality 
).
You get the occasional outlier but theyāre few and far between.
I once tried to point out someone to a colleague by saying āthe guy over there in the blue shirtā. Fundamentally because I was trying to avoid saying āthe guy in the turbanā.
I soon realised that I had just gestured in the direction of about 200 guys in blue shirts.
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I am proud to say that I have not owned a suit for years (gimp or otherwise).
I have no plans to buy one either.
I do have plenty of cunty shoes though.
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No. Iāve kept 5 pairs and let the charity shop sell the other 12 pairs giving them an idea of their value.
Iād broadly agree, but in the automotive sector, especially BMW once you got to chief engineer grade then suit was pretty mandatory.
In consulting and healthcare youāre going to have to wear a suit to go to Exec and Board level meetings which I donāt miss one jot. Trousers and shirt, no tie or jacket to work with nurses and service staff.
Luckily I now spend most of my time with either pharma marketing bods who wear pretty much smart and most often casual wear, and oncologists who also avoid suits and formal wear.
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Wondering if you have come across a best mate of mine called Andy Haley ?
Which company does he work for?
I think IBM was still making employees wear dark suits, white shirts and a plain tie until the early 90ās which went back to the roots of the company. My dad was head hunted by them in the early 80ās but turned them down as he wasnāt wearing a āMormon uniformā
TBWA, part of omnicon group
Times have certainly changed.
When I was 15 I got a Saturday job in a local supermarket.
On my first day I was given a white coat and asked where my tie was.
You werenāt allowed on the shop floor without a tie.
I ran home and grabbed one out of my Dadās wardrobe.
Later that morning a customer asked me what squadron I had served inā¦ unbeknown to me I was wearing an RAF Association tie!
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Not worked with them yet. Most of my work in pharma has been mostly around oncology drugs, with some growth in other disease areas including skin, neuro etc.
Mate of mine (theoretical physicist, and brilliant at it) moved from our quasi-academic government lab to a more senior job at a place which answered to the MOD. If you wanted funding for something serious (=expensive) then you had to go and ask the Ministry for it. I donāt think Iād ever seen Steve in a suit or a tie but it was explained to him, before his first funding request trip, that heād better wear one. He tried to object, saying that heād never worn one and that didnāt seem to have done him any harm so far, and anyway there was no written mention of a dress code anywhere. āNoā his informant told him āand if you turn up in chinos and an open-necked shirt no-one will bat an eyelid. They will listen and discuss your proposal with all the interest and enthusiasm you might hope for. Then you wonāt get the money.ā
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I once had a short secondment to The Observer, and remember a colleague asking the whereabouts of our diplomatic correspondent, who always wore a suit. āOh heās gone over to Whitehall to have his pinstripes repaintedā came the answer.
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Traveling down to that Brizzle, excellent meal at the Giggling Squid and a night in the Marriott ready for step sonās graduation tomorrow.
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Is he thinking shit Iāve forgotten the valentineās card
Does he work for MI5 and must have a permanently blurred face in photos?
If I told youā¦
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Heās got the family hair line I see 