Would you hire an employee with a facial tattoo?
Let’s assume the position isn’t for a piercer, tattoo artist, circus performer or a bod mod magazine employee.
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depends if it was a good tattoo….if it was rubbish then no if it was good and not of something crappy like a dolphin then yes
Depends on the nature of the business. If they were working with clients or the public, probably not. It would be an intimidation risk and not something I would want people associating with my business. But if they were behind the scenes, I guess there would be no reason not to hire them.
If they have a giant swastika on their face with “WHITE POWER” on their forehead, then no, not even if they’re just behind the scenes. It would depend a lot on the size and subject of the tattoo, and how closely they’d be working with the public.
It depends on how it looks to ME. I’m the one hiring. If it’s inconspicuous and the person would not have to represent me or the company, I’d go for it.
If it was all over the face and look weird to ME, I would not.
Is it Mike Tyson? Oh please, let it be! Please!!!
Yes, if the position is for bodyguard.
I surely would, as long as it’s not offensive.
I have no prejudice against tattoos, but I’d be a little wary of a prison tattoo such as a teardrop. A lot would depend on what I was hiring the person to do.
ditto to @Quagmire.
dita von teese’s only tattoo is on her face…(:
@robmandu I love Kat’s tattoo. I would do it, if I could still make a living.
Still, depends on what job it’s for. Probably not for most jobs, but there are several exceptions. I certainly wouldn’t have a problem hiring such a person to play in my band (assuming they were good enough), but I certainly wouldn’t hire them as a teacher in my school (not even if they were the best teacher in the world).
Not in any company I’ve worked for so far unless they’d be out of the sight of customers and not in a position to have to engage customers.
Also if the facial tattoo is of a treasure map.
Just prescribe him a go-over with a tan sharpie every morning, or he would be fired.
A large tattoo that would have the effect of the talking stain in that commercial would distract from business. I would not hire that person for customer service interaction.
@jbfletcherfan- Is that a map to buried treasure? I don’t think I want to see where X marks the spot.
X marks the spot where the coffee goes.
LOLLLLL, this is true. I would not want to dig on THAT map!!
Not for the same thing you would. :)
Not for a job dealing with the general public, but most “line” jobs, I would.
Yes, as long as it wasn’t something that would scare clients away.
I would definitely consider it. as long as it wasn’t racist or vulgar. I am heavily tattooed and I have been turned down for jobs before for having them on my ARMS and I am a very hard worker. I don’t think people should be judged on how they look as long as they have a good work history WHO CARES if they have a facial tattoo!
I do, if it loses business.
If someone would seriously walk out of a business, because an employee had a tattoo on their face obviously whatever they were doing at the business wasn’t that important. People really need to get it in their heads that tattoos doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a felon, or a drug addict. Times have changed. People need to be open minded. I would rather see a employee with a tattoo than an employee with boobs and butt popping out all over.
I disagree to an extent. Image is very important in business. Think about this scenario. A woman is looking for an insurance plan and she meets with two customer service representatives from two different companies who try to sell her identical products. Both men are well-dressed with clean offices. However, the first man has a tattoo covering one half of his face. The second man does not. The woman feels uncomfortable talking with the first man, and finds the tattoo distracting. She cannot focus on the product. She buys from the second man.
I guess I just have a different outlook on things than most people. In the above scenario, I would choose the customer service rep who did the best job “selling” me the plan. Whether it was the tattooed guy or the “normal” guy.
where i live, you see a lot of people with many different tattoos working at almost any kind of business. it doesn’t seem strange to me, and it certainly doesn’t scare me away from a business.
it is 2009 right?
Yes, it is. And I’d still be put off if my lawyer had a tattoo on his face.
Because it’s inconsistent with our society’s standards of professionalism. I don’t think that I would personally judge his character or trustworthiness by his facial tattoo, but the judge and the jury sure as hell will. Like the lady at the insurance company.
I don’t like tattoos, I think they look just as bad as women who insist on wearing clown face make up. I have seen some “permanent makeup” which is tattooing to look like cosmetic make up, and it isn’t quite a bad as pictures and designs on the face and neck.
I’m not big on tats either. That being said, I love a nice tramp stamp. Very sexy!
i suppose i should learn to judge people a little more, and not be so open to differences.
then i could live in the ‘real world’
@quasi It’s not so much judging people as it is being aware of the perceptions of the general public in the market place. Being open to differences is not the issue here.
It would depend on what I was hiring the person for. For customer service jobs, it would depend on the tattoo. For other jobs, it would be unlikely to be a problem: I’d be paying him for technical knowledge and skill or for labor, and what does a facial tattoo have to do with either of those?
i understand @YARNLADY
i often don’t find myself within the tight, constrictive boundaries of “general public perception” on many issues, so we’ll just add this to the heap.
i also wanted to say.. i don’t have a tattoo on my face, but i have several friends that do. and they are some of the sweetest and most genuine people i have had the pleasure of knowing. i have also seem the way they are generally treated by their fellow citizens.
sorry to continue to harp on this. but i wanted to clarify myself a bit..
i do understand that general public perception exists and has to be reckoned with.. however, it is when these perceptions promote fear and misunderstanding as opposed
to tolerance (for lack of a better word) and understanding that I find myself at odds with
the status quo. this certainly extends beyond the parameters of tattooing.
It depends on the type of business and the tattoo. If I worked at a tattoo parlor and the tattoo was badass, hell yes I’d hire him. If I worked at an office and the tattoo was good, no I probably wouldn’t. Visible tattoos will almost always make someone pass on the possible employee because it says to them they don’t care to have a professional appearance.
< < thinks it’s a little funny/ironic that someone is attempting to teach tolerance concepts to @lefteh.
@robmandu: That gave me a little chuckle, too.
I have a tattoo on the back of my head, and my hair, if I let it grow back in, will NOT cover it. damn you, male pattern baldness In my job, visible tattoos are not allowed while on post. So I have to cover it up. Some people think to cover a tattoo for a job is somehow discrimination. I feel that if a company wants to pay me to do a job, and wants me to cover my eyeball tattoo on the back of my head, hey, I can do that. I need money more than I need to express my quirky sense of humor. Besides, having it covered 8 – 10 hours a day isn’t going to kill me.
Of course, if I had a dollar for every time someone asked about the ‘band aid’ on my head, I wouldn’t need the job anymore! =)
I’d have to say I agree with lefthe on this one. Who can honestly say they would want to have surgery preformed on them or a loved one by someone looking like this?
Yes, we should be open minded, but It does make a difference in how serous clients/customer would take you if you have facial tats.
@scamp Does the way someone look affect their job performance?
we should all pat ourselves on the back for being so “open minded”
@scamp: if the person was a world-class surgeon with a facial tattoo, it would be utter idiocy to refuse his services as a surgeon.
@Ashalah Would that the rest of society saw it that way. For many people their looks have made it practically impossible for them to excell in their chosen profession. Some resort to very expensive procedures to “correct” their looks.
@cwilbur Show me a world-class surgeon with a facial tattoo like that and you’ll have a point. There’s a reason we don’t encounter situations like that often. Certain occupations come with an expected degree of professionalism, which includes a lack of facial tattoos. Whether that’s right or wrong is an arguable point, but it seems to me like the fact that it is true is pretty indisputable.
@lefteh: but that’s completely beside the point. Yes, there are many people who would not engage the services of someone with a facial tattoo, no matter what his other qualifications were; those people are, to put it bluntly, stupid.
Yes, there are a lot of stupid people out there, but you knew that already.
It’s not beside the point, it answers the question. Because there are many people that would not engage in the services of someone with a facial tattoo, as you said, it wouldn’t be a smart business move to hire someone with a facial tattoo.
case in point; smart buisness moves rule the world. nothing less, nothing more.
It depends on what you’re hiring him for.
Millions (and I mean that literally) of people spend millions of dollars (and I mean that literally) on the services my company provides, without ever seeing the faces of any of the programmers.
Hiring a brilliant programmer with a facial tattoo, in that environment, is a smart business move.
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