Job Talk: Tattoos and Piercings in the Workplace

[xP0P0LINAx]

she called her ear her septum? 0:20

[NINJASNIPESME]

i think not hiring people for tats or telling to cover them up is discrimination

[twilightpony223]

Hell I'm planning on having a small business and hiring people with tattoos and body mods. If customers dont like it, said customers can feel free to go somewhere else.

[GoldennHawk]

It's only a problem with old white guys who own big companies. But unfortunately there are stupid assholes in my generation who will keep the ideology alive.

[gravelandgrain100]

@GoldennHawk - I disagree with your comment. I have no problem hiring tattooed/pierced workers-but I do have a problem when they won't cover them up. I don't have tattoos for my own reason-but won't rule one out. But in healthcare tattoos need covered and piercings need removed to protect against accidents with patients. Work is NO place for fashion statements or personal ideologies-it is for paid compensation for work done. Take your discrimination claims elsewhere-I have zero tolerance for BS.

[TheSupremeDon]

I have my neck, hand, and about an eight of my body covered in tats. I have been getting them for about 6 or 7 years now and I have had minor problems with work. Many people don't view them as professional even if you have a clean hair cut and nice clothing. Because of this I decided to become a truck driver, though it's not my dream job, I feel more respect in the field. I hope that with our generation growing to love the art, more professional businesses will hire tattoo collectors aswell.

[alfiechung]

i have 2 piercings and 3 tattoos. i just hope people can stop judging how tattoos = bad people or wtv..

[InnerSuffocation]

i wish they were accepted . I'm fed up of hiding mine for everything ,

Through school and now for work (when i find a job)

[ssnakeggirl]

Thankfully, looks aren't a valid criteria for employment. It shouldn't matter what someone looks like as long as they do a good job - this applies to tattoos/piercings just as much as it does to race and gender.

[bavarian3]

@ssnakeggirl you're right looks shouldn't matter, unfortunately they DO matter.

[heyho007]

It also depends where your work place is at. If you are going to work in the Guitar Business, no harm at all. If it is becoming a lawyer or work with the government, it "could" be a problem.

[souldragon121]

@heyho007 by why could it be a problem? ive worked at a city job and at that time i had visable tattoo's

[qeti05]

Fuck tattoos 100% real devil

[qeti05]

Fuck tattoos there is nothing cool about them but yeah this is my life and that is yours so but yeah I'll never let some one work on my company if they have ratios yeah little to far...

[GalacticLion]

Of course it affects your chances, the question is SHOULD it.

The answer is no.

Tattoos, piercings, hair, etc does not affect your job performance. Piercings will in certain situations- factories with machines that can catch them, etc. Otherwise, they should be legally protected under the EOE guidelines.

[ger7073]

In the workplace, you will be judged if you have extensive tattoos. I find visible extensive piercings and tattoos disturbing and distracting to look at. I would not hire someone who looks like this. I truly hope that serious young folks with high aspirations and respect for themselves will think twice. Our culture needs to reevaluate this increasingly popular form of 'expression', not a good sign for our future. Please think twice.

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[AnelyMG]

I have my nostril and vertical labret piercings, and I must admit is kind of tough, people still judge, but, I wont let that get to me. They stay!

[L0VE2TROLL]

@AnelyMG thats kind of stupid... what do piercings do for you? I mean the only use I can think of for piercings is that people will be to focused on the piercings to really look at your face.

[dark18fury]

I rather be unemployed forever then change myself.

[xgirlxfightx]

ya look at the jobs those people have some of us dont want customers to spit on us all day long. so we hide tatoos and piercing to do something more rewarding.

[lilrog0909]

Its funny how most of you guys commenting on the video works retail, mail guy,... Fuck the video this very informative

[packers718]

@lilrog0909 this comment is lol i was promoted at my job from an hourly to supervisor with visible tattoos and i make 20k a year im 21 and in college... im doing fine for myself

[azyaninvasion]

Depends where you work, most Bluecollar jobs are very accepting of tattoos and pierciengs, but white collar jobs tend to look down on tattoos, but Its starting to change.

[availabillity1]

I love tats, I have a few myself, but to be honest I don't like it when others leave them showing at work. I don't find it decent and kool. I think it's gross when a woman is wearing a work suit with sleek hair and minimal make up and has her arms full of tattoos and her ears/face full of piercings.

[everEbodE]

For insane tattoos you should go to: learningtotattoos.blogspot,com

[FigureSk8er138]

However I teach skating, and I wear really big hoops through my half inch spacers, and I have to take the hoops out. But that is understandable for safety.

When I was an assistant to a photojournalist there was a problem with all the metal bands trying to flirt with me, but I guess that isn't really much of a problem.

[FigureSk8er138]

I have 21 piercings and 1 tattoo right now and I work at a restaurant, the customers make more of a deal about my piercings then the supervisors/management.

Almost all of my piercings are visible, and no one has asked me to take them out. Customers are sometimes shocked that I don't take any out. But I normally don't get much negative response, I had surface bars and I have Micro Dermals and people are normally curious about them.

[jacepatrick67]

I love people that try to bring others down "Frank Gunderman" even if they have never met or spoken to them. It is sad that someone has to flame people on the internet to make himself feel better. As for success in the job place, i am 18 and i am a junior in college, I am less than a year away from my bachelors degree and then its on to graduate school to become a lawyer, if employers are going to judge on anything then they should look at your personality. Ink it up baby!!

[Fresnos]

Umm how are you 18 years old and you're a Junior in college? You should be a Freshman most Juniors are at least over 20 years old.

[ger7073]

@jacepatrick67 you have to be crazy to think that you are going to be taken seriously as an attorney if you are loaded with visible tattoos. Hopefully you have realized this since your last posting. I find it truly scary that I could potentially be defended by someone with a body full of tattoos. What's the purpose? Really? Individuality?  Who cares about if you are expressing yourself? A professional appearance will serve you much better and set a better example for the next generation.

[mescalero78]

I have 1" tunnels in both ears and I just got a job at IKEA with no hastles

[ger7073]

@mescalero78 A job at IKEA is one thing, but try raising a family on your IKEA salary. Our country should be striving for higher standards, which starts with how one presents oneself. I honestly don't understand the attraction, maybe I'm old (at 39), but I think that you might want to take a step back and think about the long term effects of what sounded like a cool idea in your youth. I am honestly thinking about your welfare here, and the welfare of the next generation.

[mescalero78]

@ger7073 quick update for you, just got a new job at the worlds biggest computer company with my sleeves and tunnels, and that there was a number of couple working at IKEA supporting families, inculding my two managers who have both immigrated from England.

funny thing was, my team leader said she was glad I came along because I was a good addition to her tattoo army.

Yeah, you're just old.

My welfare? A full time salary job at 19 and living independantly?

[packers718]

@ger7073 people our age are the next generation sir, our generation those graduating college and going to college is computers and alot of technical operations that is my understanding that a visible tattoo isnt a problem and shouldnt be a problem

[antiwarkid]

Tattoos are so common now a days employers should just stop judging it

[ChrisCockerDissed911]

antiwarkid, Employers have every right to judge them, depending on what and where the tattoo is. Not everyone on the planet accepts them, even if they are on practically everyone. Some tats are pretty damn tacky looking and would discourage customers in certain places.

[ger7073]

@antiwarkid This is a very juvenile comment. Picture yourself as an adult with children and setting a high standard for future generations. This "art" is distracting and inappropriate in professional situations. If your goal is to work at McDonalds, fine, but the day that professional employers stop looking at -professional appearances will be a sad day for this country. Please reconsider. I'm only 39, and I have changed a lot since I was 19. Just think about when you're 59 or 79. Trust me.

[boner716]

@ger7073 I understand your older and such and have a little bit of a different morale standard for yourself but if thats the case look at me in the face and not at my tattoos, because is they are so distracting, shouldn't you not be staring? I mean its only common courtsey to not to stare at one? And yes my job chances have fallen since geting my hand tattoos (just skulls) but ive been through the Army with them and nothing ever came of it until i became a civilian, its just old people..

[randomchic4]

what the hell, getting jobs with tattosand being person of color without felonies is the hardest thing in the world, especially if theyre visible. with a bachelors degree too. thanks though

[frankgunderman]

nothing screams "I'm a big pussy " more than putting alot of tattoos all over your body

[HotEntrepreneur]

This video was very informing. Im 16 with a tattoo on my wrist and I have hopes of getting a corporate job. I only am now finding out how people judge those with tattoos.

[tsuchan1]

Of course prejudice happens, but mostly it's self-censorship. I'm the only consultant in a big corporation who has hand and face tattoos lots of stretched piercings, and always wear ripped jeans and hoodies. I decided long ago that I'd be myself, even if that meant I never work again. But surprisingly enough, I still get jobs as a project manager, on major projects. For plenty of roles, it seems being effective in the job is most important.

I really really have to be myself. How about you?

[HotEntrepreneur]

I have my initials on my wrist and I don't really feel the need to hide it. I work in a grocery store and they could care less. The only time I did hide it was for a scholarship interview.

I'm 18 now and I'm going to school for nursing. So far with the research I've done I've learned that policies against tattoos depend on what hospital or clinic I plan to work in. Also nurses are usually required to wear wrist watches in hospitals so even if tattoos aren't allowed mine will be hidden

[tsuchan1]

I just keep wondering about the wrist watch. I'd be quite surprised if your wrist tattoo is a problem: they would surely have to show - at the least - that this is intimidating to patients, and I can't see how they'd be able to do that, given how popular such tattoos are.

But I am surprised about the wrist-watch part... nurses usually wear fob-watches because watches and short sleeves because wrist-watches and sleeves are considered unhygienic in a nurses jobs. Isn't that how it works?

[L0VE2TROLL]

@HotEntrepreneur You're reallny not going to find a corporate job when you're 16 and more importantly when you don't have (I'm assuming) you're high school diploma.

[HotEntrepreneur]

@L0VE2TROLL Awww I remember when I commented on this video. Well now I'm a sophomore in college majoring in international business and when I do have meetings with professors, advisors etc I just wear a bracelet or watch. I do that just in case they are close minded to avoid their preconceived notions.

[L0VE2TROLL]

@HotEntrepreneur majoring in international businessis really unimmpressive... I would think a B.E. or a B.S. would be something you would want to brag about when business majors are pretty much generic crap...

[HotEntrepreneur]

@L0VE2TROLL If you think thats bragging you obviously have low standards in your life and 'more importantly' when you have no degree yourself (I'm assuming) I only told you that info since you wanted to be a smartass. I was setting your facts straight because you were obviously to stupid to realize my original comment was from "2 years" ago and those circumstances no longer applied. And oh by the way asshole it is a BS degree

[Scottydoo69]

@HotEntrepreneur  tololololololol

[packers718]

@HotEntrepreneur damn ur 19 now hows ur job life and hopes doing for ya?

[HotEntrepreneur]

@packers718 Just turned 20 last week. And right now I'm just doing school. I start my core business classes next year and will be applying for internships then. So far so good. :)

[themightydumbass]

@HotEntrepreneur how did that end up for u 3 years later? i got one on my wrist too and my ears stretched *not so big, i can take them out if i had too*

[HotEntrepreneur]

@themightydumbass Well it doesn't really affect anything because usually people never notice until they get a clear view of my wrist when I'm handing them something. I do get self conscious about it sometimes when I'm talking to people with titles. Like recently I noticed my current employer staring at my wrist sometimes and I can tell she wants to say something but she never does. This summer I should be interning in a formal business setting so I will see what reactions it garners.

[themightydumbass]

@HotEntrepreneur cool stuff :)

[fenrirlucky13]

lov this vid guys and gals. (^_^) well since some companies are telling their workers to lose weight it prob will not be long before they tell us to stop getting tats and peircings. maybe I should become a tattoo artist, that has to give a tatted gorl loke myself some job security :-)