You're free to 'express yourself' by dyeing your hair any color you want.
And companies are free to express their desire for professionalism by not hiring someone with green hair, or by disciplining those who can't follow the simple dress code rules.
Don't like it? Get a job that doesn't care. I can have whatever tats I want, my hair whatever color I want, and (most) piercings are OK, as long as they don't create a safety issue (getting caught on things). But unlike office dwelling cubicle gophers, we actually WORK. I spent 7 hours on a bridge last night, about 600 feet above the ground, with wind gusting up to 45 miles per hour. If I'd fallen, the only question would be are the rocks going to kill me, or am I going to die in an ice cold river? Granted, I get paid well, with good benefits, and the job isn't truly dangerous just unforgiving, but some people need to be safe and warm and comfortable, pushing papers for mediocre pay. Well, again, "People face tradeoffs". And the tradeoff for sitting on one's ass in a climate-controlled building is having to abide by 'codes' for professionalism.
No. They should be allowed to make any rule they want. If they want to only allow brown and green hair that's exactly 5 cm long, they should be allowed to do that. It might be a stupid business decision, but it's their decision to make.
The employees have a choice in which companies they work for. And the companies have a choice in which employees they hire.
I know we're talking about hair, but along the same line of thinking, I have this anecdote:
I was wearing some classic Tripp pants at work one day, because it was near Halloween. I'm standing behind the counter to where you can only see me from the waist up. This lady is chattering at me about all these "messed up kids" with their crazy hair, tattoos, piercings, and their pants with "all those buckles and straps", and how these kids are all so rude and disrespectful and ruining our city.
I just keep politely smiling and nodding and saying "Yes ma'am."
I finish boxing her order, and step out from behind the counter to carry it to her car, she didn't even ask me to, and then she sees my pants. "Oh. But you're such a nice girl."
"Yes ma'am, and my pants don't change that." Most of the people I meet are shocked to find out that I have a tattoo, it's just usually covered by my plain, undyed, brown hair.
Yes. Not just because I love coloring my hair and it isn't allowed in my office right now. For me it's like having a tattoo: it changes your appearance but it doesn't change how professional or competent you can be. My office allows tattoos—they don't discriminate against tattooed people. But once someone colors their hair an unnatural color (say purple) they have a couple weeks to dye it back to a more natural shade (which does not include red, by the way, because we're Asian and there aren't any naturally red-headed Asians, I'm assuming?)
Yess! I don't see what the big deal is about piercings, tattoos, and hair colours. I mean, I'm very conservative when it comes to my appearance, but I love the way it looks on other people and I love their willingness to switch things up. I've never looked at someone with pink hair and thought "gee how unprofessional" because I don't think it is. I don't see how someone's personal style interferes with how well they do their job. It seems to me like it's only the older generations who seem to care.
Who is stereotypical enough to say that people who dye their hair unnatural colours are hard working?
I've never heard so much crap in all my life. Its like saying people with tattoos are thugs.
I think it should be allowed, after all who are we to tell people what they can and can't do. Or how to live their lived.
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None of this have anything to do with nature. It's about profits. Unfortunately unnaturally colored hair is currently seen as unprofessional. Most people would hire a lawyer with a plain haircut in a suit before hiring a lawyer who looked like Dennis Rodman. Why? for the same reason I'd hire Dennis Rodman for a comedy show before I'd hire a guy in a suit. Alex Baldwin bases his whole career after this dichotomy. We associate certain looks and behavior with certain activities. Because that's just the way human beings work. Simply put green hair doesn't say look at me I'm serious efficient and conscientious. It says I'm fun creative and expressive. Not every business wants to put out that image. Because people naturally don't go to Taco Bell for gourmet food. It's branding and the companies that adhere to it will always be more successful. That don't do it to restrict your freedom of expression they do it to reduce the amount of dissonance a customer would experience upon entering your store. It has nothing to do with the worker and everything to do with the customer. That's why tattoo shops hire people with a lot of tattoos. Salons hire people with well maintained hair. And the most successful dentists offices hire people with beautiful smiles. It's branding not purposeful oppression.
It depends on the job position. If I were to hire someone to work in the warehouse they could come to work with purple hair for all I care. However, if they are in direct contact with potential customers I will expect them to follow a professional dress code. Things like facial piercing, exposed tattoos other than on the arms, unnatural hair color, etc will not only chase off potential customers, it will cost me money in lost profits.
If you want to have unnatural hair color make sure it fits with where you are employed.
Nope. If you're working back of house, that's one thing. If you're working a position that involves customer/client interaction, it's perfectly reasonable that they are expected to maintain a professional image--limits on piercings and jewelry, hairstyle limits to more conservative, professional styles, and normal colors.
For instance, short hair, professional dress, and short/maintained facial hair can look plenty professional.
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Buuuutt you throw in piercings and hair dyes and crap... it rather deviates away.
It really depends on the job.
Many jobs that are customer-facing don't allow this, and have strict dress codes and other restrictions that apply to anyone in those positions. And large corporations generally won't promote people with non-mainstream appearance to management or executive positions (nor to customer-facing positions) - though they may allow them to work in "behind the scenes" positions such as programmers, engineers, etc. as long as they don't have direct customer or public interactions.
Obviously, if you work in a bar or a tattoo parlor or teen-oriented retail store, you're good to go.
It shouldn't be any surprise that some companies, by their very nature and market position, are very conservative, while others are much more liberal. When you choose to alter your appearance, you do so knowing that you may be limiting your choices - in fact, that's often the POINT of making those changes.
It depends by what you mean by ''Unnatural'', If say, They were a brunette and died their hair blonde, Sure. (Or another realistic pigment)
But, If you mean, Say, Dying it red, or blue, Or green, Then no... It looks unprofessional, If i was in charge of employment i wouldn't employ someone with lime neon green hair. It looks bad to customers.
We can sport the ''Express ourselves'' card all we want but at the end of the day if your staff look ridiculous the image of the business looks ridiculous
u 1. You absolutely have the right to express yourself with different hair colors.
2. You have the right to cover your body in tattoos if you desire.
3. Many people in the world will have the belief that you are some kind of nut if you have blue hair or an arm full of tattoos.
4. Employers want to make a good impression on all of their customers/clients, including the one who don't like tattoos or blue hair.
5. In the US, an employer cannot discriminate in hiring based on race, religion, national origin, age, but they have the right to discriminate in hiring based on other factors which would affect your usefulness to their business.
Bottom line: express yourself however you want but there are always consequences for the choices you make.
no thats not how it works. there is plenty u are allowed and can COVER or hide. they have chalk and coolaid and shit u can put in for the night.
there are places that u DONT get to show ur identity. i won't waste my breath on u as u clearly dont understand. and these are jobs u clearly dont apply for nor clear for probably. but there are good reasons. why people try to fight things that are stupid is stupid. keep wasting ur time and energy on stupid efforts while there are real issues in this world that need attention... first world issues...
No way. Not all. Might be fine for some, but not all.
As a general contractor, many of my clients would not appreciate (or feel safe quite frankly) if some dude showed up with green hair or a face full of hardware to work unsupervised in their homes.
Now this doesn't mean green hair bothers me personally (wierd but doesn't 'bother' me per se), but it would most definitely have a negative effect on my business. Particularly with the more convervative homeowners I contract for.
And I'm in the renovation business... not the business of re-aligning my clients' personal preferences and/or values.
Now, if someone's hair was green because of some physical ailment outside their own control and I didn't want them working for me, that's COMPLETELY different. It's discrimination.
Two VERY different situations.
Yes. Its 2016 and not everyone wants to look and dress like everyone else. Honestly I would be more comfortable with employees with unnatural hair colors, tattoos and piercings showing because it tells me they are not as uptight and seem more unique and easy to talk to. As someone who dresses and looks different I love having an employee of stores who dresses and/or looks similar to me fashion wise because I think they are easier to talk to compared to someone dressed too nice and with "perfect" hair. You can sense when you are being judged because you are not a "preppy" clone lol trust me!
I usually like it, it can be sexy, and I love people with interesting personalities and aren't afraid to show it, but it's their company, they should be able to set the dress/appearance code. Right or wrong some clientele may not patronize them if they have off the wall hair colored employees, your self expression shouldn't cost your employer money. You wouldn't buy a Rolex or Rolls Royce from a dealer who wore a bathrobe in to the office, or looked in other ways unprofessional right? The employer has the right to decide how the employees will present themselves while on the clock, and you have the right to work elsewhere if your desire for self expression out shines your desire for that job.
No, if they require you to have a professional appearance then abide by it. It's their business and you're a representation of that business. You can look like however you want to look like when you're outside of work, but once you enter that building it's not about you anymore. You become the face of the company and the company doesn't want to look unprofessional.
When you work at a store you are not there to express yourself. You are there to promote a brand. So if your personal style is contrary to the brand you sell then you should not be working there. Example someone tatted with gauges and multicolored hair isn't a great fit for Henri Bendel or an upscale restaurant.
I think that it depends upon the role in which the person would be employed.
If that role is to interface with the public (reception, sales, that sort of thing) then weird hair and piercings are a big no. That would not be the sort of image that any company would want to project to customers.
If the person would be packing boxes in the back room, then it should not matter what they did to their hair.
Although I look upon that sort of hair and piercings as a freak show, I am also thankful to the person for providing an outward warning sign that they are not the sort of person in whom I would be interested as a potential partner. It is a bit like putting a lighthouse on a reef.
Depends on the image the company wants to maintain, which is especially important if there is client face-to-face work expected of the employee's role. Even if no-one finds unnaturally coloured hair offensive, it can change the perception of a company's professional image.
Absolutely self-expression is important and it is that self-expression that helps people's personalities come across. Different hair colors and all kinds of makeup and fashion are all expressions of oneself is nothing to be ashamed of it is something to be cherished. People can still look beautiful, sexy, handsome, smart, professional no matter their hair color or the kind of make up the use or the color of her lipstick. And by people I mean both sexes male and female.
I don't know why people are so against it. I know it use to just the punk and metal heads that use to dye their hair funky colors. But today it's different. It's just a person trying to be who they want to be. If people can bleach their hair blonde then other people should be able to dye their hair pink. None of its natural. I'm glad to see that a good amount of people agree. But not enough unfortunately.
Hmm, I guess. Someone's hair colour doesn't stop them doing their job, after all. I was nervous about going in for my job interview when I still had the ends of my hair dip dyed pink but apparently they thought it was great - the job was for extra tutoring in schools and they've put me with the younger kids like 8 - 10, and they think that my hair would be awesome for working with them :P
I don't think the government should stick their hand into what's allowed and what's not allowed in a private business.
Tho personally I don't see any issue with "unnatural hair colours".
As long as the employee does the job up to standard , then it's not biggie isn't it?
He/she could wear a penguin suit for all I care. Actually that'll be pretty dope.
they have to run a business and do what's best for their business. if they feel like certain hair colors, tattoos, piercings, dress can negative effect their business than they absolutely should have the right to make a rule against it
No i dont think so. Different companies have different needs and expectations for their customers. That being said, i work in an industry and a company that is very open and diverse, our talent pool would be greatly harmed by having such an arbitrary rule.
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