Tattoos in the work place

I think that personality has a lot to do with the acceptance of such things. My wife has 4 tatoos, her nose pierced, her tongue pierced and still was a great top agent in her day .. before we had kids and she became a stay at home mom. I am sure some judged her, but once she opened her mouth and started talking her knowledge and passion for her job and life sort of cancelled it out. I watched it a hundred times. Her personality is such that people just see those things as part of her. She is not a grundge type person, dresses very nicely, is very beautiful and classy looking and her piercing just add to her beauty. We should not judge a book by it's cover.

I think that personality has a lot to do with the acceptance of such things. My wife has 4 tatoos, her nose pierced, her tongue pierced and still was a great top agent in her day .. before we had kids and she became a stay at home mom. I am sure some judged her, but once she opened her mouth and started talking her knowledge and passion for her job and life sort of cancelled it out. I watched it a hundred times. Her personality is such that people just see those things as part of her. She is not a grundge type person, dresses very nicely, is very beautiful and classy looking and her piercing just add to her beauty. We should not judge a book by it's cover.

I think that personality has a lot to do with the acceptance of such things. My wife has 4 tatoos, her nose pierced, her tongue pierced and still was a great top agent in her day .. before we had kids and she became a stay at home mom. I am sure some judged her, but once she opened her mouth and started talking her knowledge and passion for her job and life sort of cancelled it out. I watched it a hundred times. Her personality is such that people just see those things as part of her. She is not a grundge type person, dresses very nicely, is very beautiful and classy looking and her piercing just add to her beauty. We should not judge a book by it's cover.

Crystal:  I am guessing that it depends quite a bit on the type of business you are working in.  For example, a bank or a doctor's office... as opposed to the girl who was a construction project manager.  I cannot understand why they would object to her having a tattoo... I'd think it was pretty common, or at least not out of place in that kind of business.

And... if a guy in her position was allowed to have one, there is not reason whatsoever why a woman could not.

Tattoos are fairly common here in our area. The Pacific Northwest is a pretty casual area anyway (think Bill Gates). Not sure that it is much of an issue. For the record neither of us have any...we are both afraid of needles.

I still think that tattoo's in the professional work place is still looked down upon, My 20 something son and I recently had a discussion on this very topic, and he feels it is acceptable,  many professionals I know stick to smaller tats or hidden tats, In a way if you really want to climb the corporate ladder you need to be ready to conform to the status quo,

I have one.. would I do it over.. I doubt it.. In the work place it's tough. It still has a stigma attached to it for some people.

In real estate and finance, it will be while before it's not considered an obstacle to success and acceptance.

When I worked at the bank they were not allowed to be visible.  One teller had a tattoo on the top of her hand and would cover it by wrapping a giant ace bandage on her hand.  lol  She spent the day answering the same  question from the customers - " What did you to your hand, honey?"

I love that website!!!! That is really neat idea the book. I know several people who have tattoos and they try to keep them under wraps until they let their hair down. I think it is a southern thing.