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Would you be okay with an employer ranking you on a scale of 1 to 10 on your personal appearance. (Overall looks). Or should they rate you based on how you dress and present yourself only?
Only if it were for a sex-worker job.
Otherwise looks should not come into the ability to do the job. Just tell that to the companies, though. Looks always come out ahead especially if you are female.
I worked at an interior design firm and that was part of their evaluation process for employees whenever they did performance reviews.
Really? That's nuts. You mean interior decorators? Rated on personal appearance?
I can see if someone in contact with customers from the general public is expected to maintain certain dress, grooming, and cleanliness standards. But nose too big, eyes too squinty, buck teeth, jug ears, prominent Adam's apple, paunchy, balding, grey hair, as negative factors in a performance review? Run away.
Very weird for an interior design job. Rating your professional appearance (do you dress appropriately? Is your hair neat? Do you wear garish makeup?) is one thing, but your looks like "you could do with some braces and I think you'd be better as a blonde"? Super strange.
Employers/clients do judge you based on appearance, though. I work mostly remotely, and I make sure that my photos that go along with my social media and email accounts look a certain way.
I worked at an interior design firm and that was part of their evaluation process for employees whenever they did performance reviews.
The only way I could see that looks would be relevant in such a job would be if the company is trying to cultivate high-end clients who care about their own looks and their surroundings. If you were trying to get a job doing interior design for the Kardashians, you might want someone who approximated their aesthetic because it seems important to them. First impressions are important and they might be less willing to hire someone who wasn't attractive.
I just used the Kardashians as an example of wealthy people who spend a lot of time thinking about how they look. I don't particularly think they're all that great looking.
I think that's pretty much expected in modeling, but I wish it were different for actors. Some of the most talented actors are not textbook perfect in their looks.
As a child, I remember thinking that Barbra Streisand seemed very successful. Why didn't she get a nose job?
I've always been heavy but I dress neatly and am clean and orderly. I'm overweight- I'm not a pig and I'm not a sloth. Although I know for a fact I have been judged that way during interviews. I have a great job now for 7 years I pray to God I never have to interview again. At 52 AND overweight slim to no chance of being hired. My boss and coworkers love me for me.
I did have a boss at my last job who would say stuff like "You like your hair that way" or "You gonna leave your toes like that" and throw around some fat jokes but they were always real subtle. He was an a** of gigantic proportions. So glad I don't work there anymore.
The funny thing is I move faster around the office than a lot of skinny people LOL. Like when you're in the hallway and their shuffling along. That's irritating and I don't care if you are fat or skinny.
In a perfect world we would be judged on our merits not our looks but that's just not reality.
Last edited by annieosage; 12-01-2017 at 01:22 PM..
Some 30 years ago, I was a server in a very popular tourist bar and my manager told us if we were going to gain or lose 10 lbs or more we had to run it by Management. I remember laughing at the time as it was only a pt time job for some quick money.
Would you be okay with an employer ranking you on a scale of 1 to 10 on your personal appearance. (Overall looks). Or should they rate you based on how you dress and present yourself only?
Two applicants with the same skills -- the more attractive one will get the job. Why wouldn't you make the best of what you've got to maximize your chances?
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