I will stand behind tattoos on the body anywhere besides the face. If you have a tattooed face you will not be working in my facility.

Gamgee wrote I will stand behind tattoos on the body anywhere besides the face. If you have a tattooed face you will not be working in my facility.

Agreed 100%

I think anything below the neck should be fine. Maybe with the exception of the hands though. I just fail to see how artwork on skin implies you can't be good at the job. It's ignorant, and archaic.

Was this a long sleeved shirt? Got confused with uniform shirt so not sure if long or short sleeve. If it was long sleeve, literally all she had to do to compromise was ask for you to wear a watch or something. I personally find it bullshit if a company denies you a job from a tattoo on the arm - that isn't offensive like a gang tattoo or something racist. I've said it before and I'll say it again. If I had to have surgery and the surgeon was nothing but tattoos on every inch of their skin, as long as they went to medical school and passed, I wouldn't care who is doing the surgery. Sure business(guessing where you interviewed?) is/can be different in being "professional" but having a tattoo doesn't magically make a person worse at a certain job. The only argument they can say is it would be "distracting" because people may ask you about that, but that's easily fixed by telling them or just ignoring them.

TaigaAisaka wrote Was this a long sleeved shirt? Got confused with uniform shirt so not sure if long or short sleeve. If it was long sleeve, literally all she had to do to compromise was ask for you to wear a watch or something. I personally find it bullshit if a company denies you a job from a tattoo on the arm - that isn't offensive like a gang tattoo or something racist. I've said it before and I'll say it again. If I had to have surgery and the surgeon was nothing but tattoos on every inch of their skin, as long as they went to medical school and passed, I wouldn't care who is doing the surgery. Sure business(guessing where you interviewed?) is/can be different in being "professional" but having a tattoo doesn't magically make a person worse at a certain job. The only argument they can say is it would be "distracting" because people may ask you about that, but that's easily fixed by telling them or just ignoring them.

Sorry, it's a short sleeve police uniform. My tattoos end right where the sleeve ends. They were not visible with my arms fully extended in the shirt that she had me wear.

Sorry you got disqualified because of your tat.

It's not at all about how you can perform your job, it's about how you represent your company. A Harris poll in 2012 found that 1 out of every 5 adults had 1 or more tattoos leaving the majority of Americans like me, not having a tattoo. Yes that pole is out dated, but the point still remains that a vast array of us don't have tattoos and some people don't like them.

I myself won't get one but I don't care if others have them. Now am I selective when it comes to people and tattoos? Absolutely. I don't want my doctor or lawyer to have a sleeve, but I don't mind if my mechanic has a few tattoos. I also don't like people that serve me my food having tattoos. I'd get into that more but it'd offend people like it did last time and the point really is null, what it comes down to is people like me, the consumer. The company wants to make sure that the employee fits in with either the type of customer they want to attract, the type of business they do, or just socially normal.

In most cases tattoos do not present a professional look to the person which is why you don't see a lot of people with tattoos working higher end jobs or being the faces of lower end jobs. It's nothing against the person, it's just what the company wants to portray themselves as.

I agree with you, tattoos shouldn't really matter it's just art on your body, a lot of people get some to remember a family member that passed away, I don't think you should be punished for honoring a family member or anything similar to that and not have a chance to get a good job. Luckily a lot of jobs are easing up in there tattoo regulations and restrictioning the face and neck areas. I read a comment saying it was a police uniform, I know in my local area they allow full sleeve cops now hopefully they'll change it in your area soon.

To a certain extent, I agree and disagree. Certain job fields are obviously pickier than others about these things.

However, I've seen your tattoo before. Yours end well above the elbow, and its a clean straight line on the bottom of the sleeve. I as am employer, would have no issue with that, even if it is partially visible when wearing a short sleeved shirt.

002 wrote Sorry you got disqualified because of your tat.

It's not at all about how you can perform your job, it's about how you represent your company. A Harris poll in 2012 found that 1 out of every 5 adults had 1 or more tattoos leaving the majority of Americans like me, not having a tattoo. Yes that pole is out dated, but the point still remains that a vast array of us don't have tattoos and some people don't like them.

I myself won't get one but I don't care if others have them. Now am I selective when it comes to people and tattoos? Absolutely. I don't want my doctor or lawyer to have a sleeve, but I don't mind if my mechanic has a few tattoos. I also don't like people that serve me my food having tattoos. I'd get into that more but it'd offend people like it did last time and the point really is null, what it comes down to is people like me, the consumer. The company wants to make sure that the employee fits in with either the type of customer they want to attract, the type of business they do, or just socially normal.

In most cases tattoos do not present a professional look to the person which is why you don't see a lot of people with tattoos working higher end jobs or being the faces of lower end jobs. It's nothing against the person, it's just what the company wants to portray themselves as.

The thing is, it's not a private company. There is no consumer. It's for a police agency. I understand tattoos may not look "professional" in some people's opinions. But when it comes to police work, I don't think a suspect or victim in a crime cares if the responding officer has a sleeve. Plus, in my case, it's just a half sleeve. In a short sleeve uniform you wouldn't even see it.

I wish we could get to a point where no one really cared about tattoos. I have one tattoo on my leg that is easily covered, but I'm fine with just about any profession having people with visible tattoos anywhere, including face. I just don't really see the big deal. Someone decided they wanted ink put into their skin in that particular spot. Unless it is something trash that spreads negativity, like a Nazi tattoo, I just don't get it just as I don't get the issue with hair color. It is odd what we have classified as inappropriate and unprofessional. I hope future generations change it.