Tattoos. Curious

I have 12 tattoos; one of which is a 3/4 sleeve of a valkyrie and a wolf on my left arm. I am an operations lead at a conservative oil&gas company

I can cover all of my tattoos if needed.

i have my mums name on my wrist. i got it during a job i had this year.
if they had said anything i would have walked out haha
im getting another on my hip so no one can see it.

it wouldn't bother me if i got rejected because of a tattoo. they mean more to me
than a job i'm going to hate! depends what job you are going for though

I'm 30, got my first one at 25, second at 26, and third/fouth at the same time in January.
My shoulder is a Sun with the rays blowing over it's face, it represents a new beginning (I had just broken up with my fiance when I got it).
My ankle is a crescent moon with a star. no real meaning other than I liked it.
The underneath of my forearms are paw prints, which I have yet to have a negative comment on.
I did have a job interview where I went in long sleeves, I got the one's on my forearms a little higher so I can easily cover them with sleeves.
I work as a Senior Pharmacy Technician at a major retail chain pharmacy in the US. My bosses so far have loved the paw prints. I have been there 6 years, and we have employees with neck tattoos, piercings, and I go in with different colored hair all the time. Thankfully the company is very tolerant of employees body art and I don't think they would discriminate unless you had something politically incorrect tattooed in a visible spot.

I got my first tattoo in 1990. Not many girls had tattoos then so it was pretty cool and ballsy at the time. I've gotten 3 more since - and now everyone has them - seems like it's more rare to find someone with "virgin skin" than someone with a tattoo. So much for being unusual.

If my tattoo showed when I was having a job interview I'd be very worried!

I didn't have mine done until I was about 45, and I have a spray of stars with a butterfly emerging on my right hip.

Actually glad it's there as the outline ink has bled into the rest of the tattoo, too thick a needle was used apparently and poor quality ink, so I tend to forget I have it until I catch a glimpse of it in the mirror......

I am tempted to have one on my foot but finance decrees otherwise..... I don't think it would adversely affect job prospects as tattoos are seen more as a work of art these days, and are much more socially acceptable I think.

I dont haVe any but i have considered it but i wasnt sure where to put it???

I have tattoos. I don't have anything against them at all, but if that is you in your profile pic, my advice to you would be don't mess with perfect. :blushing:



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I'm nineteen, got mine when I was sixteen. It's on my back (From the neck to the middle of my back). I've never had any problems getting a job, but then again I can easily cover that tattoo, but I do have an eyebrow piercing and a side cut and never had a problem, I think society is becoming more comfortable with body modification I plan on getting a sleeve done (once I hit my goal weight ), also getting one on my foot.

I'm 24 and I got my tattoo when I turned 18. I work in fashion, but have worked in a range of places, from supermarkets to offices while I was a student. It's easily covered, but I found people were interested to see it, rather then going 'ew you have a tattoo'. I think it's generally accepted, unless you plan to work in a particular profession, like law or politics.

I have 3, on my inner right wrist, just above the elbow on my left arm, and one right over my heart.

I haven't had any issue with getting a job, although I am a call center trainer (been with the company 5.5 years now and had all 3 showing during the interview), so around the call center they are usually pretty cool with peircings and tats as long as they arn't vulgar or over-the-top. It was requested by my supervisor that I wear a shirt that covers the chest and arm tats only when meeting with potential clients, which is pretty rare and completely reasonable since that is a more professional atmosphere. My wrist tat wasn't even noticed by my manager until I had been with the company for almost 3 years and even then she as like "oh, is that a butterfly?" (it's a tiny brontosaurus) and asked me when I got it done. She looked a little dumbfounded when I pointed out that I had it for 6 years at that point, and also pointed out it was a dinosaur.

Still to this day not sure how she thought it was a butterfy.....

I think the corporate culture towards tats is shifting a lot, which is a good and bad thing at the same time. Good because it lets people be more unique, and not being judged as much, but bad in the sense that it does lead to abuse when employers are cool about it. Such as the agent who got a very vulgar and pornographic tat on his arm and then tried to dispute as to why he was asked to not wear short sleeve shirts anymore when other people had tats. You'd think there would be common sense, but there are always the people who lack it, or, just like causing controversy for the sake of causing it.

So whenever i struggle to find the strength to go on, i suck it up from the bottom of my spine and remember what she taught me.

^^^Words to live by

I'll be getting my first tattoo this Thursday on my back. I'm not too worried about having tattoos effect my professional career in the future, since I do plan on getting one on my wrist and ankle at some point. Tattoos are becoming more and more okay in the professional world(not really face tattoos) but for my career I'm not worried about it. I could see other careers where it would be something that I'd worry about.

My tattoos have not caused me any issue. I am a nurse. I have one on my chest (sometimes part of it is visible, some times not) one on my shoulder blade, my thigh, my ankle and the word "believe" in a pretty script on my left wrist. The only ones that show at work are sometimes the one on my chest and of course the one on my wrist. A lot of nurses I work with have tattoos. I think if they are tasteful they have not been a problem for anyone I know.

Do any doctors in your office have tats?
Thanks

I work in a hospital rather than an office. But you know...I never really noticed if they did or not. If they do, they are not very obvious. A couple of the Nurse Practitioners in the unit do have them. I cant honestly remember it ever being an issue. As a matter of fact, when I interviewed for that job I had an eyebrow piercing. I took it out a couple of years ago, but not because anyone asked me too. I just got tired of it getting caught in my bangs all the time

Yeah they seem to be getting so common these days (just like piercings.) I got my tattoos in 2009. They're on my ankles (couldn't think of anywhere else to stick em.) I work in radio so it's not a big deal but in college they had said even getting a job in radio with visible tattoos would be hard. I think times have changed since then. When I lose all my weight I'm thinking I would like one on my rib cage but we'll see.

I have 5, my wrist tattoo bracelet is the only one thats visible, the rest are real easy to hide. I got 2 on my back and one on each ankle. I got them all before my weight loss journey, I have not had any problem with them. My bracelet needs touched up, I think it's just due to location. My career is early childhood. I work daycare currently in the infants room, but my preferred age group is ones or twos.

I have a few..., one really big one. I worked in accounting and payroll for 13 years so made sure that mine weren't visible in a "professional" environment. All of mine have a story or a meaning... I think the people that go out and get matching ones with their friends will be the ones that regret theirs later in life.