Having Tattoos No Longer Affects Your Chances of Getting a Job, Study Finds
14th August 2018
Yeah, but what kind of a job can you get? Barista? Sure. Truck driver? No problem. Attorney? Doubtful. Doctor? Even more doubtful.
The unravelling of civilization proceeds apace.
I would be very hesitant to hire somebody with tattoos, because tattoos (and piercings) are symptoms of more serious psychological disorder. But I guess other people aren’t so picky.
August 14th, 2018 at 15:19
As Dolly Parton said (in “Best Little Whorehouse…”), “..Only cattle need brandin’.”
Lawyers with tattoos? Not unlikely. God only knows what they hide under those gray suits.
Some of those inks are metal based and can be a real problem if you ever have to get an MRI.
When I worked in a refinery, one of our technicians had quite a few tats. The CEO (from Baltimore) stopped by unannounced one day and she was dressed to go to the Rodeo after work, with plenty of visible tats. He threw a fit about it and wanted her fired. I think they convinced him that they “took care of the problem”. Every time he showed up, there was an “emergency” call from the VP’s secretary to find her and have her put on her coveralls ASAP. Same CEO insisted on firing a Pakistani engineer for daring to have an accent. That could have been messy, but it happened that he was planning to leave anyway and was pretty happy to collect a severance check to speed things along.
At another job I had, it was the IT night crew that was tatted, tagged, pierced, and dyed. Occasionally they’d work late into the morning and would get on the elevators with the regular folks coming in to work. Scary looking group of nerds.