Tattoos and work
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Our world isn't quite as laid back as some of us wish it to be. I am tattooed. I'm a legal assistant and I have a tattoo on my neck and on my foot, quite visable. I haven't had any complaints just yet but I do my best to cover them up majority of the time. If someone were to approach me about it, I would definitely make more of an effort to hide them. Work isn't exactly the place to "be yourself" so to speak - you're there to work. If you have a job where you can truly be yourself, cherish it. There's not a lot of places like that out there.
Us alternative folk just need to accept that the world isn't always going to be as accepting and non-judgemental as our generation. Just give it another few decades.
YUP! It's what makes us "ALTERNATIVE" we stand out, and mainstream doesn't always like that.0 -
As a hiring manager, if I see tattoos, forget it; next contestant please. I expect my employees to be extremely professional. If you like tattoos, whatever, but be smart enough to put them some place you can cover them easily.
Well that's intense.
I don't see what's wrong with it. It's just how it works. Tattoos visable = non-professional at this point in time within our culture. I don't understand why people complain. They're viewed as casual, not professional, and in most cases - people aren't offended by them, they just don't want to see them. They're distracting.0 -
Us alternative folk just need to accept that the world isn't always going to be as accepting and non-judgemental as our generation. Just give it another few decades.
Mainstream folk don't like anyone who think outside the box. Unless you're coming up with marketing ideas.0 -
Your tattoos are a choice that you make. Where you work is also a choice that you make. If you don't like the results that come from your choices that is your fault and nobody elses.
It's that simple.
I kind of have to agree with this.
If their policy says "no tats"...then no tats it is. At my job, you have to keep them covered because we are putting off a professional business look and atmosphere and the person who pays me has decided he doesn't want tats and piercings visible. Pretty simple.0 -
Well thanks for the tough love yall. i made a decision and i must go with it. I had never been told anything because of my tats, there's always a first, right? Not the end of the world either. Everyone has different views, some i may not understand, others i will, but hey its..its life..thanks again for your input!0
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I applied for a job as a receptionist for a job, only problem was that the costumers had been complaining about the workers and their tattoos. They recently had to let someone go because of her tats. From what one of the workers told me, its the costumers complaining not the managers, but if they see them on me, they wont hire me. Is this legal? has anyone been in this situation? how did you handle it?
Companies have the right to adopt an employee appearance and dress code policy requiring their employees to keep tatoos covered. Can also apply to facial piercings, hair color, and even hair style. However, you should get this in writing before you start.0 -
As a hiring manager, if I see tattoos, forget it; next contestant please. I expect my employees to be extremely professional. If you like tattoos, whatever, but be smart enough to put them some place you can cover them easily.
As a hiring manager myself, the last thing that would exclude a person from being hired is a freaking tattoo. Geez.0 -
As a hiring manager, if I see tattoos, forget it; next contestant please. I expect my employees to be extremely professional. If you like tattoos, whatever, but be smart enough to put them some place you can cover them easily.
As a hiring manager myself, the last thing that would exclude a person from being hired is a freaking tattoo. Geez.0 -
As a hiring manager, if I see tattoos, forget it; next contestant please. I expect my employees to be extremely professional. If you like tattoos, whatever, but be smart enough to put them some place you can cover them easily.
As a hiring manager myself, the last thing that would exclude a person from being hired is a freaking tattoo. Geez.
It completely depends on the postion being hired for. Creative artissts, designers, game designers, there's more leeway there because you want good creative people to do the work. On the flip-side "nicer" hospitality businesses may not want big ole tattoos on arms, necks, and legs showing. Unfortunately there is a certain stigma and feeling towards tattos in society and businesses have to manage to those stigmas or risk losing business. Flexibility in appearance must be in proportion to the job requirements and target customer base.0 -
I'm also a hiring manager. I have at least two employees (that I know of) that have tattoos. One of them, I actually did not hire...he was hired before I was manager. The other, I hired. I did not know he had a tattoo before, and I frankly wouldn't have cared. BUT...I expect them both to comply with the dress code policy, which says that they must be covered up. I didn't make the rule, but I do have to enforce it.
We could debate the issue all day, but if an organization/business wants to project a professional image, that's their choice. Plenty of workplace environments would be accepting of visible tattoos. Plenty are not. There are choices.0 -
I'm also a hiring manager. I have at least two employees (that I know of) that have tattoos. One of them, I actually did not hire...he was hired before I was manager. The other, I hired. I did not know he had a tattoo before, and I frankly wouldn't have cared. BUT...I expect them both to comply with the dress code policy, which says that they must be covered up. I didn't make the rule, but I do have to enforce it.
We could debate the issue all day, but if an organization/business wants to project a professional image, that's their choice. Plenty of workplace environments would be accepting of visible tattoos. Plenty are not. There are choices.
In my last position I was a hiring manager as well and I remember turning one lady away because she came in with a wrinkled shirt and dirty hands. I don't mean like dry not taken care of, I mean there were big dirt and oil spots all over her hand and her finger nails had dirt under them, it was gross. Appearance extends past body art too.0 -
As a hiring manager, if I see tattoos, forget it; next contestant please. I expect my employees to be extremely professional. If you like tattoos, whatever, but be smart enough to put them some place you can cover them easily.
As a hiring manager myself, the last thing that would exclude a person from being hired is a freaking tattoo. Geez.0 -
I wanted a tattoo really bad, but I'm young and worried about how a tattoo would affect my career choices. So I got the tattoo on my foot. Even now, I don't work with customers AT ALL I work with dogs and we are not allowed to have visible tattoos.
So if yours are visible, cover them up somehow (long sleeves, watches, etc)0
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