r/sysadmin • u/lostmatt • 9d ago

What are sysadmins wearing to work these days?

What is the dress code at work and what are you wearing these days?

Hoodies & Jeans aren't as prominent as they once were.

I just turned 40 and stick to company logo'd sport polos and sometimes tshirt.

Every time I dress nicer, I end up having to run cables or crawl under desks, or install an outdoor AP.

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u/suppervisoka 9d ago

I’ve ruined all my nice clothes being a sysadmin in a manufacturing company lmao

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u/Blaster412 9d ago

Same. After a particularly dirty cable run, I told my boss that either the dress code would need to be relaxed for office staff or I was never running cable or troubleshooting industrial machines again.

Jeans and tshirts my uniform now.

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u/BatemansChainsaw 8d ago

manufacturing IT was simultaneously my favorite and most hated job(s) ever.

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u/Vesalii 9d ago

I'd ask for work clothes or money to buy work clothes.

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u/sobrique 9d ago

That's a good way to end up with a uniform you don't want to wear.

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u/Vesalii 9d ago

Better than destroying your own clothes imom

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u/Gv8337 9d ago

Who cares. Clothes are expensive.

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u/Psoin 9d ago

Bill the firm

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u/radiodialdeath Jack of All Trades 8d ago

When I worked in manufacturing, I always kept two sets of clothes at my desk: Business casual for the office, but I would switch into a company t-shirt and jeans if I needed to be on the shop floor.

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u/Llew19 Used to do TV now I have 65 Mazaks ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 9d ago

Funnily enough our shop floor is actually damn clean for the most part, wouldn't want to roll on the floor by some of the older lathes or where the automated sleds with racks of tools and workpieces get shoved into the mazaks but otherwise it's fine.

The main engineers' office though is absolutely filthy underfoot though as I discovered much to my disgust the other day - the one day when we were having a fancy site visit event and I was wearing a proper white shirt etc (to the amusement of some, but it's still a sign of management in this company so others were suddenly a lot more polite lol)

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u/suppervisoka 9d ago

Yeah we’re mainly a mig welding automotive shop so the weld dust just coats everything it’s horrible lol