Teo asked In your onion, should professional workplac…

Yes, because I like tattoos and professional workplaces really should be forming their policies around what I like.

Commons · 4y

It depends - an even more boring answer for you ;)

Yes. You can be say, an industrial worker, and have tattoos for days though, ofc. No one worries about it. It's just most retail and certain highbrow professions that really have an issue with this in terms of image. A doctor with a few visible tattoos really shouldn't be anyone's concern. You can be elected for the highest office if you have 20+ allegations of sexual assault brought against you. Would that matter more if the dude had a visible tattoo? Are tattoos really where people want to draw the line here? If they do, they surely need to reevaluate what does and doesn't make someone seem professional or trustworthy in this era.

nefarious yeets · 5y

If the job really demands it, say for instance being a spook, I can see a reason.

The potential employer is free to discriminate against it if it's a personal choice,
but must atleast give their reasoning clear as day if they want to drop your resume because of your sick tats.

#4001 · 5y

Nope. That’s a big can of worms to open. I can understand not wanting to police your employees bodies the whole time at work. I wouldn’t want to be the tattoo police at work. Worrying about whether you’re violating their rights or if your behavior borders on sexual harassment. What if they have inappropriate messages or images tattooed on themselves? What if I decide to get Swastikas tattooed on my eyelids? Or gang signs? Nope nope. Better to have everyone just cover up instead of having to deal with super uncomfortable situations. Besides, those companies/corporations are trying to protect their images/livelihoods. You can show them off all you want on your free time away from work. I’m not anti tattoo... I’m just thinking about having to be the wardrobe police at school and how exhausting that can be. I certainly wouldn’t want to police an adult’s body art.

LaDamaX · 5y

I hear some companies would introduce veils for everybody, but then some will still have ugly voices to alienate customers. And then some people have more metal in their faces than my car has. And blonde service girls have an undue advantage. And fat service people are... better for fat customers to deal with? I do not quite get the rationale here. When people in a company have to deal with clients you should probably not offend them by having a tattoo in their face that reads: Customers Suck! .
A former boss of me once said: And when we see the client you should wear reasonable trousers. I still until today do not know what he expected, since I did wear a suit and I did wear it when the client was seeing us. So yeah, we must accept clients the way they are, and vice versa, plus we all do behave better than an average customer. I think to be friendly, civil and reasonable and washed and wearing clean clothes and not looking like a zombie is something I expect from everybody outside of a slum or catastrophic event. When staff has tattoos, so what? OK, you should not have ink on your forehead with offensive messages, but well, a bit more relaxed civilised tolerance might be better than a no tolerance policy aimed at tattoos or anything else.

Kate Matsuda · 5y

I think they should do whatever they want to do. They probably have their reasons for being as strict as they are about tattoos. I'm guessing having employees with tattoos lowers customers' impressions of the business, and perhaps rightly so. I'd guess another factor is probably that people without tattoos are likely more civilized, serious about their job, or whatever.

inhahe · 5y

Well I'm someone who considers the necktie one of the bottom 5 apparel creations of all time, in Crocs territory - so I'm baised against bullshit formalities

Anyway yeah, I don't care about things like this, as a manager I just want someone to do their job, and as a client/customer, I want the same - I don't need you dressed up like much of anything, it almost feels kinda condescending, like when Paula Deen would have those plantation-themed events. "Just look at those negros in their little suits, how impressive!' That's the vibe I get from that whole culture of suits and shit.

just give me whatever it is I came to you for, tax preparation or cheese doodles, and let's both move on with our lives

Sean ⚡🤖 · 5y

Yes, if it's within reason. I can't imagine someone covered in face tats being sent out on business trips to represent their company. No one should be burdened with someone else's poor decisions.

That being said I know you've got some ink on you, I can tell you from experience it's not a disqualifyer. We've got some business ladies here at work with arm tats and they show them off sometimes.

Alice 💋 · 5y

no, because everyone with tattoos is basically a criminal

Daniel · 5y

I don't know exactly how their policies/attitudes look like but I will say that I am not a fan of tattoos. Plus it is unhealthy and to give it even more power is a wrong step. Sure it is a personal decision and if you have the feeling you need to do that to your skin, be my guest but to give it more power than it already has, is no good. It might even open the door for tattoos for pre-teens or whatever, we can never know.

Teo · 11 answers · 5y