Nothing bad, really.. I worked as a regional manager with my gauges, my buddy climbed way higher. It's about your education and/or your talents. I wish the rest of the world would stop judging people by the looks.
found a good article that sums it up. There's an increasing number of jobs where it's not as much of a factor, however not everyone feels they should be visible on the job.
Your employer can dictate that the piercings & tats be covered up while at work, for example. Or simply refuse to hire you since "people with body are" don't fall under a protected class.
I realize that some place will discriminate, and I've been fighting these stereotypes for many years already. The thing is, luckily, that alternative looks are gaining more and more acceptance and the way I see it, in 10-20 years from now it'll be even less of an issue.
However, I absolutely don't agree with changing or modifying your personal preferences and style for a job. I do agree with a dress code and uniforms, but no employer has a right to dismiss a potential worker because of neck/skull/hand tattoos or stretched ears.
2) Many of those neck/skull/hand tats are actually recycled gang symbols so technically they could be exercising a "no hate" policy.
Yeah really. I knew a guy who had an interesting spiderweb tat on his elbow. He probably thought it was just a cool image. When in fact it stemmed from prison culture where the tat represented your "mark" for killing a minority. And that each web ring represented how many you killed.
So any business can request that tats are covered up. Besides, as the skull-face kid has already proven, you CAN cover up extensive tats with makeup.
1.it's a personal point of view, I'm not saying that I'll take the employer to court for that, since it's not a protected class, you're right. yet, in my opinion it shouldn't happen at all.
2.Yes, the symbolism used to be represent a criminal hierarchy and give a full report of your "achievements". This created this nagative opinion about bodyart. it is not so nowdays, yes, some kids still get tats in prisons, but it's a dying breed. Most of the "old school" tattooing is just art, nothing else. "No hate" applies ONLY when you have symbols on you that represent/used to represent hate crimes or racist/nationalist gangs.
Biker gang tattooes, for example are absolutely legal.
By the way, spiderwebs on elbows mean something else in every country i've been to. So I wouldn't really draw my conclusions on one place.. kinda close minded.
zombie boy make up was awesome, I know this video (appreciate the links, but i know what you're talking about, lol), however it was a very expensive photoshoot. Why should I spend my time on that to confirm to some obsolete and outdated social norm. it's 21st cetury, about time to review our policies on this issue as well.
What do you think about girls with stretched ears?
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Nothing bad, really.. I worked as a regional manager with my gauges, my buddy climbed way higher. It's about your education and/or your talents. I wish the rest of the world would stop judging people by the looks.
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Thing is, it's par for the course in some higher end jobs.
http://www.resumark.com/blog/tatiana/how-tattoos-and-body-piercing-affect-your-career/
found a good article that sums it up. There's an increasing number of jobs where it's not as much of a factor, however not everyone feels they should be visible on the job.
Your employer can dictate that the piercings & tats be covered up while at work, for example. Or simply refuse to hire you since "people with body are" don't fall under a protected class.
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I realize that some place will discriminate, and I've been fighting these stereotypes for many years already. The thing is, luckily, that alternative looks are gaining more and more acceptance and the way I see it, in 10-20 years from now it'll be even less of an issue.
However, I absolutely don't agree with changing or modifying your personal preferences and style for a job. I do agree with a dress code and uniforms, but no employer has a right to dismiss a potential worker because of neck/skull/hand tattoos or stretched ears.
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Actually they have every right.
1) It's not a protected class as I stated above
2) Many of those neck/skull/hand tats are actually recycled gang symbols so technically they could be exercising a "no hate" policy.
Yeah really. I knew a guy who had an interesting spiderweb tat on his elbow. He probably thought it was just a cool image. When in fact it stemmed from prison culture where the tat represented your "mark" for killing a minority. And that each web ring represented how many you killed.
So any business can request that tats are covered up. Besides, as the skull-face kid has already proven, you CAN cover up extensive tats with makeup.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtUUOxskTA0" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtUUOxskTA0</a>
So there's no reason why it can't be covered for work if the tat is considered to be unprofessional. Even if it's on your face.
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1.it's a personal point of view, I'm not saying that I'll take the employer to court for that, since it's not a protected class, you're right. yet, in my opinion it shouldn't happen at all.
2.Yes, the symbolism used to be represent a criminal hierarchy and give a full report of your "achievements". This created this nagative opinion about bodyart. it is not so nowdays, yes, some kids still get tats in prisons, but it's a dying breed. Most of the "old school" tattooing is just art, nothing else. "No hate" applies ONLY when you have symbols on you that represent/used to represent hate crimes or racist/nationalist gangs.
Biker gang tattooes, for example are absolutely legal.
By the way, spiderwebs on elbows mean something else in every country i've been to. So I wouldn't really draw my conclusions on one place.. kinda close minded.
zombie boy make up was awesome, I know this video (appreciate the links, but i know what you're talking about, lol), however it was a very expensive photoshoot. Why should I spend my time on that to confirm to some obsolete and outdated social norm. it's 21st cetury, about time to review our policies on this issue as well.
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thing is... it's not always easy to tell which were inked for hate and which were just because someone thought a gang violence tat was "cool".
we had a training presentation to watch at work and i was a bit shocked cos... i recognized a lot of tats.