RIP Suit & Tie?

[AlunB]

Wearing a suit to the wrong meeting can make you look as ridiculous as wearing jeans to a different one.

You will very very rarely look out of place with smart office casual these days in most industries.

Personally I think it's great. For a whole number of reasons,.

[AlunB]

The CEO of SB&G is a chap named Richard Flint, very smart guy (intellectually) with good solid traditional values, but he wears jeans & a jumper most days.

Knowing Richard pretty well this made me laugh a lot. I can't really explain why. I think it's the indignant tone

Tikay didn't mention, but he doesn't have an office either. He hot desks as do all the senior staff at SB&G. It's all part of the removal of Tayloristic structures in the workplace that is just awesome as far as I'm concerned.

[tikay]

The CEO of SB&G is a chap named Richard Flint, very smart guy (intellectually) with good solid traditional values, but he wears jeans & a jumper most days.

Knowing Richard pretty well this made me laugh a lot. I can't really explain why. I think it's the indignant tone

Tikay didn't mention, but he doesn't have an office either. He hot desks as do all the senior staff at SB&G. It's all part of the removal of Tayloristic structures in the workplace that is just awesome as far as I'm concerned.

Ha, pardon my inadvertent indulgent tone, I'm a little clumsy with wordy stuff.

It was a photo I was sent of something from that Office which prompted the thread.

I'm incurably old school, & it's all a bit of a culture shock to me when I go up there. I don't think anyone there has an office, they all hot desk. There are Meeting Rooms galore, & an electronic booking system, all very modern. The Meeting Rooms all have Gaming themed names - Venetian, Bellagio, Vegas etc.   

The place just buzzes, it amazes me, everyone so young.

And they do "presentations" - by which I mean updates, "this is what our squad or tribe (squads, tribes, wtf?) are doing", these are called "Roulette Wheels". Why? Well there's a bloody great, maybe 10 metre diameter graphic of a roulette wheel on the floor.

The place amazes me, but I can't say I'm terribly comfy in it. Times are changing, way too quickly.

We used to have offices with doors, woe betide walking into an office without knocking, & waiting for "come in".......

   

[doubleup]

We used to have offices with doors, woe betide walking into an office without knocking, & waiting for "come in".......

  

Come in?

You mean "ENTER!"

[tikay]

We used to have offices with doors, woe betide walking into an office without knocking, & waiting for "come in".......

  

Come in?

You mean "ENTER!"

Ha, that too.

JNK had a "knock first" Office thing, & by the tone of the grunted reply, I could tell what mood he was in. If he sounded especially grumpy - & he was prone to such things - I'd just walk away, stroll down the corridor innocently.

I turned up one day minus tie, don't quite recall why, think it was like 10pm on a Sunday night or whatever, & he promptly slung me out of his office. It seemed quite natural to me, & I felt ashamed. 

When I retired, I swore I'd never wear a suit & tie again. Ever. But I can't bring myself not to when doing the Show, which must look perfectly ridic to young poker players.  All the Sky Sports Presenters wear a suit & tie, Botham, Jeff, even Carragher - a Liverpudlian of all things - wears a tie. So if its good enough for them, it'll do me. 

[TightEnd]

wearing a suit today, on the right

Richard Flint mentioned in dispatches in this thread, as skybet extended their football league sponsorship

[Tal]

wearing a suit today, on the right

Richard Flint mentioned in dispatches in this thread, as skybet extended their football league sponsorship

Which one is he: half Windsor or Windsor?

Looks like a Windsor on the right, anyway. Don't think it's a Balthus.

[rfgqqabc]

I must admit I kind of miss wearing a suit from my sixth form days. I do enjoy the chance to dress up and I bought a really nice blazer and pair of brogues to wear to dinners as a way of compensating for the lack of suits in my life. I don't even get the chance for the races once a year atm.

[tikay]

wearing a suit today, on the right

Richard Flint mentioned in dispatches in this thread, as skybet extended their football league sponsorship

Very smart indeed - looks like on one of those Royals, Prince William maybe.

Nice deal, too.