has a tattoo or piercing ever worked against you?

fendergirl
Mon, 08 Nov 2010 23:10:40 +0000

I work for a very large corporation, but my company is very very lax. It all depends on the company you work for. We have business casual every day - Jeans are okay, however things like t-shirts, shorts, flip flops are not. Our a/c broke over the summer and they allowed everyone to wear shorts. I did notice that my boss has a tattoo on his calf. Never would have noticed if the a/c hadn’t been broken. I know a few girls have tattoos on their lower backs, but that’s not really something you see at work. I don’t think I’ve seen too many visable tattoos. We have casual friday’s where most of us wear sports shirts/jerseys - baseball, football, etc. They are ok with some piercings… though I haven’t seen anyone with the giant plugs in their ears. Two other people started at the same time as me and both had a very very tiny stud in their nose. The one lady was in her late 50’s and it was a tiny diamond. I was amazed that someone would start a new job with a little diamond in their nose. It didn’t look bad, but it surprised me. Hair can be however you want, as long as it looks nice. We have one girl at work right now with Fushia hair. Not my thing, but it does look nice and it works for her. I’m sure if we had direct face to face contact with customers they would be a lot less lax on things… We do have a few days each month where we all dress to the max (Kinda like someone mentioned with someone having a suit kept in their closet for visitors, haha!). I personally tend to wear dress pants and a decently nice shirt to work… unless I’m not feeling well, then I’ll wear nice jeans with a nice shirt… but I’m not afraid to sport my Phillies and Eagles atire on Fridays!!