@jst1ofknd@unksol I am on almost daily calls. None of the engineers ever turn on cameras, except accidentally. When I am in meetings with sales and marketing people, they sit in an office-type thing and turn on their cameras. I’m usually in bed or outside on the deck.
Today is my first day as an unemployed bum (AKA retiree), so whatever I feel like wearing is the order of the day. But even when I used to go into the office, it was usually jeans and t-shirt or polo.
@macromeh Congrats on retirement especially since first day, this is appropriate to celebrate here. I had attempted retirement last year and failed. Now about to try again. But didn’t set a firm date and so some would say unless you commit to it, it ain’t gonna happen the way you want.
@macromeh@pmarin
gotta go another (approx) 60 days to hit ‘full retirement’ age, but will probably stick around since I only work 7on/7off 8 hour days, so it’s like semi-retired for 30 yrs. Every yr I stick it out is an 8% SSA bump.
@pmarin@chienfou@mc2d2000 Thanks for the kind words. I had planned to retire last year - my wife and I got our passports renewed in fall 2019 and we were ready to do some traveling. Then well, Covid hit and plans were put on hold. So now as things begin to open up again, we will do some smaller forays and see how it goes.
gotta go another (approx) 60 days to hit ‘full retirement’ age, but will probably stick around since I only work 7on/7off 8 hour days, so it’s like semi-retired for 30 yrs.
I had wondered how you manage to work a pretty demanding job and then seem to have so much time for all of the backyard projects you show off on the board. This makes total sense now.
Congratulations on getting and maintaining such an enviable work schedule.
@Limewater
I realized a long time ago if I work less I have less money, therefore I buy less shit, therefore I have less to maintain, therefore I have less need for funds to do upkeep, therefore I have less need to work to make money, therefore I have more free time and I can work less… rinse, lather, repeat…
…my wife and I got our passports renewed in fall 2019 and we were ready to do some traveling…
I have often jokingly advocated that we should “retire” from 25-40 (while we are physically healthy and can enjoy it), then work 'til we kick the bucket.
I can’t tell you how many folks I have seen in the ER that dropped dead or stroked out at retirement age, or said “I was planning to do “X” when I retired, but now with the cancer/heart attack/diabetes/back trouble etc etc I can’t any more”.
Hope you get to travel to your heart’s content soon Carpe Diem!
What work??? I’m retired. I still attend virtual conferences for fun and to keep my brain working, and in those there is no dress code. I wear a button sport shirt or polo shirt usually and occasionally a T shirt.
Business casual usually. But since working from home since 3/2020, it’s been gym shorts and tank tops. They tried to lower the dress code to jeans to entice people to come back to the office but no one is buying it. Besides, they haven’t opened up the coffee bars and ice machine yet.
@ironcheftoni No free coffee, no goin to office! (and office coffee usually sucks anyway, though I have seem some exceptions with nice Espresso machines.)
If you ever get to the corporate offices for Krispy Kreme they have a wall sized coffee dispenser system that will make pretty much any caffeine drink you can ask for… oh… and free donuts!
I work in a small stat lab. My boss wears tshirts and scrub pants, and I wear patterned scrub tops and black scrub pants. As long as my toes are covered, I doubt she’d care what I wore
I’m normal times it was business casual, but jeans were ok as long as no rips. But for the last year since there has only been 3 of us in the office, tshirts and shorts.
I’m still working from home, so it’s pjs all day, every day. When in the office, though, the only rule that’s ever enforced is ‘no shorts’. Most people are on a range somewhere between business casual and jeans/tshirts
@blaineg I work in a BioA lab. Thankfully we don’t do full suits, but masks, gloves, coats and face shields (and booties depending on your shoes) are required in the lab (we work on lots of recent relevant issues). We are FDA regulated and a picture like this would get someone fired. Thankfully I spend most of my time in my office
@blaineg@capnjb Yeah I forgot about the “bunny suit” thing; yeah, I had to do that occasionally in semiconductor fabs. Can’t imagine having to do it all day every day. It wasn’t full-isolation like some medical workers, but kind-of like the pic above. I have to say it was fun for the experience like I can look back and say “yeah, I did that, it was pretty cool.”
EDIT: little did we know that since they toss the gear anyway after you use it, we should have asked “can I take this home to get ready for the next pandemic in 20 years?”
@capnjb@pmarin We’ve got multiple cleanrooms, with varying dress standards. Most are to protect the product from those nasty, filthy humanses.
But one of them is also to protect humans from toxic processes. Full respirators are part of the gear. Used bunnysuits are considered hazardous waste, and disposed of accordingly. I’m really glad that’s not part of my job!
(The photo above is just one I found on the net, but the dress is similar to one of the cleanrooms.)
@blaineg We are a CRO. If you can name a pharma company, we likely have done research for them. Phones in labs are a big no-no. Pictures inside of labs are a really big no-no. It’s a violation of SOP and policy.
Jealous of you guys that still get to work from home. I live in Florida so everyone is busy pretending everything is fine now and they made us all come back in. Just because. Even though everyone was happier at home and quality of work improved. But the boomer boss was lonely soo I guess we gotta go?
@mbersiam@SnDMommy I can’t do the majority of my job from home. I worked from home one day during the pandemic.
During a huge chunk of the school year, that meant home schooling my kids during the day while my wife worked, then going in to work at night.
When in-person school resumed it was a huge weight off our shoulders.
BTW this is a serious question. I have business suit attire from a few years ago that is rarely used and in good shape, and I’d like to donate it. I had it for rare occasions where I did trade shows and it was still expected.
Years ago I heard of organizations that would take good-condition business formal attire and set up young men (and women) with office-ready (and interview-ready) clothing. Especially for people from underprivileged backgrounds that would not be able to afford it on their own. (Even Men’s Warehouse stuff will set you back a few $100 for a decent suit). Of course last year probably nothing happened due to Covid.
Anybody have any ideas on this?
But need to clean out some closets of stuff I know I will never use again and would like to get to someone that can use it. And, no, I don’t want to be buried in a suit either. Except maybe the birthday suit I came here with.
@pmarin My city has something like this - I think it’s run by a church group; they coordinate with the city’s social services.
Maybe try asking those organizations?
@pmarin See if there is a Junior League in your city. They are usually clued in to groups who do things like this. And it’s a very nice of you to want to do this.
@pmarin I used to work with several non-profits that would do this. Generally if they have a re-sale shop associated with a non-profit they probably have a voucher program for clothing as well.
In our area Goodwill and Salvation Army are pretty big organizations; but I understand several people who won’t support one or both of them for various reasons.
You can also look at very localized organizations like shelters (we have both a men’s and women’s shelter in the area) that can either take the clothing or will know where to guide you to donate.
@chienfou@Kidsandliz@pmarin
211 is a great place to start. If that is not available, then you might seek out a local social services agency that works with folks on things like job skills training, GED, etc. They may have a clothing closet themselves or more likely they make referrals. They will know which ones are better.
It’s been really hot in the plant, so the dress code is kinda out the window. They never really enforced it anyways. Occasionally they’ll make announcements such as no spaghetti strap tanks, or no yoga pants, but they don’t stick to it.
@brainmist the “naughty bits?” – I remember learning that term from watching Monty Phython as a kid. (probably would have a “Parental Advisory” now, but that was the '70s and everything was cool. Also when Saturday Night Live got their start. Different time then).
Never had a dress code when I was in a workroom or now at home. I do work in front of glass doors and have occasional clients stop by so being covered is required.
Business casual most days. Jeans on Friday if I choose to wear them (today I didn’t, just went with slacks). On days I meet with vendors or c-suite I have to dress the part for that.
I’m wearing it in this video.
@PooltoyWolf That’s terrific! What a marvelous job - it must be so fun.
@PooltoyWolf i have a friend that lives in Winter Garden. I’ll have to visit the museum next time i visit her.
@Kyeh I really enjoy it. I get paid to talk about trains all day.
@ironcheftoni I work Wednesdays, I’d be happy to show you around C:
@PooltoyWolf Can I have a Union Pacific hat?
@ChadP All we sell are generic engineer hats.
I wear a shirt for Zoom meetings. Otherwise nothing.
@jst1ofknd nothing? I hope you verify your camera angle.
I don’t get the zoom thing. Worked from home for a decade and we’ve never needed to see each other
@jst1ofknd @unksol I am on almost daily calls. None of the engineers ever turn on cameras, except accidentally. When I am in meetings with sales and marketing people, they sit in an office-type thing and turn on their cameras. I’m usually in bed or outside on the deck.
Today is my first day as an unemployed bum (AKA retiree), so whatever I feel like wearing is the order of the day. But even when I used to go into the office, it was usually jeans and t-shirt or polo.
@macromeh congratulations on retirement!
@macromeh Congrats on retirement especially since first day, this is appropriate to celebrate here. I had attempted retirement last year and failed. Now about to try again. But didn’t set a firm date and so some would say unless you commit to it, it ain’t gonna happen the way you want.
@macromeh @pmarin
gotta go another (approx) 60 days to hit ‘full retirement’ age, but will probably stick around since I only work 7on/7off 8 hour days, so it’s like semi-retired for 30 yrs. Every yr I stick it out is an 8% SSA bump.
@pmarin @chienfou @mc2d2000 Thanks for the kind words. I had planned to retire last year - my wife and I got our passports renewed in fall 2019 and we were ready to do some traveling. Then well, Covid hit and plans were put on hold. So now as things begin to open up again, we will do some smaller forays and see how it goes.
@chienfou
I had wondered how you manage to work a pretty demanding job and then seem to have so much time for all of the backyard projects you show off on the board. This makes total sense now.
Congratulations on getting and maintaining such an enviable work schedule.
@Limewater
I realized a long time ago if I work less I have less money, therefore I buy less shit, therefore I have less to maintain, therefore I have less need for funds to do upkeep, therefore I have less need to work to make money, therefore I have more free time and I can work less… rinse, lather, repeat…
@macromeh
I have often jokingly advocated that we should “retire” from 25-40 (while we are physically healthy and can enjoy it), then work 'til we kick the bucket.
I can’t tell you how many folks I have seen in the ER that dropped dead or stroked out at retirement age, or said “I was planning to do “X” when I retired, but now with the cancer/heart attack/diabetes/back trouble etc etc I can’t any more”.
Hope you get to travel to your heart’s content soon
Carpe Diem!
What work??? I’m retired. I still attend virtual conferences for fun and to keep my brain working, and in those there is no dress code. I wear a button sport shirt or polo shirt usually and occasionally a T shirt.
Shorts and t-shirts, baby!
@jsh139 ooh fancy! You bother to put on a shirt!
I work at home and dress business casual most days. Just gets me in the work mode.
Business casual usually. But since working from home since 3/2020, it’s been gym shorts and tank tops. They tried to lower the dress code to jeans to entice people to come back to the office but no one is buying it. Besides, they haven’t opened up the coffee bars and ice machine yet.
@ironcheftoni No free coffee, no goin to office! (and office coffee usually sucks anyway, though I have seem some exceptions with nice Espresso machines.)
@ironcheftoni @pmarin
If you ever get to the corporate offices for Krispy Kreme they have a wall sized coffee dispenser system that will make pretty much any caffeine drink you can ask for… oh… and free donuts!
Naked and with sticker over laptop cam in case it accidentally gets activated during a call.
When I worked in IT, it was jeans and tee shirt. Polo shirt if I had to meet the customers. Now, it is golf attire as I hit the links in retirement.
Ask Jeffrey Toobin? Lights, camera, action!!!
I work in a small stat lab. My boss wears tshirts and scrub pants, and I wear patterned scrub tops and black scrub pants. As long as my toes are covered, I doubt she’d care what I wore
Scrubs. It’s like wearing pajamas to work.
@cinoclav Same…
PJ’s & sneakers, can’t complain.
@2many2no @cinoclav
THIS I had a job at a local not-for-profit hospital where I learned the magical wardrobe of scrubs and comfy shoes.
No kidding: IT’S AMAZING.
@2many2no @cinoclav @therealjrn
Wow… guess I should have read all the comments before I made basically the same one! Damn those pesky patients that interfere with my meh postings!
Bottom line: scrubs FTW!
I’m normal times it was business casual, but jeans were ok as long as no rips. But for the last year since there has only been 3 of us in the office, tshirts and shorts.
I’m still working from home, so it’s pjs all day, every day. When in the office, though, the only rule that’s ever enforced is ‘no shorts’. Most people are on a range somewhere between business casual and jeans/tshirts
The stupidest thing I’ve had to wear for work?
Fortunately I only have to wear it occasionally. A lot of folks have to wear them every day.
@blaineg I work in a BioA lab. Thankfully we don’t do full suits, but masks, gloves, coats and face shields (and booties depending on your shoes) are required in the lab (we work on lots of recent relevant issues). We are FDA regulated and a picture like this would get someone fired. Thankfully I spend most of my time in my office
@blaineg @capnjb Yeah I forgot about the “bunny suit” thing; yeah, I had to do that occasionally in semiconductor fabs. Can’t imagine having to do it all day every day. It wasn’t full-isolation like some medical workers, but kind-of like the pic above. I have to say it was fun for the experience like I can look back and say “yeah, I did that, it was pretty cool.”
EDIT: little did we know that since they toss the gear anyway after you use it, we should have asked “can I take this home to get ready for the next pandemic in 20 years?”
@blaineg But it’s really cool when you come out the other side the same size as a bar of chocolate!
@capnjb @pmarin We’ve got multiple cleanrooms, with varying dress standards. Most are to protect the product from those nasty, filthy humanses.
But one of them is also to protect humans from toxic processes. Full respirators are part of the gear. Used bunnysuits are considered hazardous waste, and disposed of accordingly. I’m really glad that’s not part of my job!
(The photo above is just one I found on the net, but the dress is similar to one of the cleanrooms.)
@capnjb What’s the firing offense you see in that photo?
@blaineg We are a CRO. If you can name a pharma company, we likely have done research for them. Phones in labs are a big no-no. Pictures inside of labs are a really big no-no. It’s a violation of SOP and policy.
@capnjb Gotcha. What’s a CRO?
@blaineg @capnjb Clinical Research Organization.
Source - am one of the pharma people employing them
@blaineg @Ozzie2191 YAY YOU!!
Lately it’s been a swimsuit and a sarong.
Jealous of you guys that still get to work from home. I live in Florida so everyone is busy pretending everything is fine now and they made us all come back in. Just because. Even though everyone was happier at home and quality of work improved. But the boomer boss was lonely soo I guess we gotta go?
@SnDMommy lonely and can’t micromanage…watching our Skype status changes to make sure we are adults.
@SnDMommy i have worked in the office this entire past 18 months. Only in the last month have I forced myself to wfh one day a week and I hate it.
@mbersiam @SnDMommy I can’t do the majority of my job from home. I worked from home one day during the pandemic.
During a huge chunk of the school year, that meant home schooling my kids during the day while my wife worked, then going in to work at night.
When in-person school resumed it was a huge weight off our shoulders.
T-shirt and jeans 365. I retired when COVID hit. Business casual when I worked.
Keep it in your pants and Meh shirts are fine.
BTW this is a serious question. I have business suit attire from a few years ago that is rarely used and in good shape, and I’d like to donate it. I had it for rare occasions where I did trade shows and it was still expected.
Years ago I heard of organizations that would take good-condition business formal attire and set up young men (and women) with office-ready (and interview-ready) clothing. Especially for people from underprivileged backgrounds that would not be able to afford it on their own. (Even Men’s Warehouse stuff will set you back a few $100 for a decent suit). Of course last year probably nothing happened due to Covid.
Anybody have any ideas on this?
But need to clean out some closets of stuff I know I will never use again and would like to get to someone that can use it. And, no, I don’t want to be buried in a suit either. Except maybe the birthday suit I came here with.
@pmarin My city has something like this - I think it’s run by a church group; they coordinate with the city’s social services.
Maybe try asking those organizations?
@pmarin See if there is a Junior League in your city. They are usually clued in to groups who do things like this. And it’s a very nice of you to want to do this.
@pmarin I used to work with several non-profits that would do this. Generally if they have a re-sale shop associated with a non-profit they probably have a voucher program for clothing as well.
In our area Goodwill and Salvation Army are pretty big organizations; but I understand several people who won’t support one or both of them for various reasons.
You can also look at very localized organizations like shelters (we have both a men’s and women’s shelter in the area) that can either take the clothing or will know where to guide you to donate.
@pmarin Women’s stuff is dress for success. Free to them. Catholic Charities in some cities has this too.
@Kidsandliz @pmarin
try calling 211 if that service is available in your jurisdiction.
@chienfou @Kidsandliz @pmarin
211 is a great place to start. If that is not available, then you might seek out a local social services agency that works with folks on things like job skills training, GED, etc. They may have a clothing closet themselves or more likely they make referrals. They will know which ones are better.
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We’re pretty casual around here. Usually shorts and a mediocritee shirt for me.
@ChadP ^ What he said. Only w/pants instead of shorts, because I hate wearing shorts.
@ChadP can’t beat graphic tee and gym shorts combo
Similar to my fellow Okie, @jst1ofknd I work from home in a mostly pant-less environment.
But if anybody or family comes to visit, or if I need to go out, it’s business casual Fridays every day.
It’s been really hot in the plant, so the dress code is kinda out the window. They never really enforced it anyways. Occasionally they’ll make announcements such as no spaghetti strap tanks, or no yoga pants, but they don’t stick to it.
Jeans, tank top, farmer tan.
Scrubs and athletic shoes… it’s like working in PJs!
“Cover your bits”. And also adhere to relevant safety requirements.
@brainmist the “naughty bits?” – I remember learning that term from watching Monty Phython as a kid. (probably would have a “Parental Advisory” now, but that was the '70s and everything was cool. Also when Saturday Night Live got their start. Different time then).
Never had a dress code when I was in a workroom or now at home. I do work in front of glass doors and have occasional clients stop by so being covered is required.
Business casual most days. Jeans on Friday if I choose to wear them (today I didn’t, just went with slacks). On days I meet with vendors or c-suite I have to dress the part for that.