A woman was turned down from a startup job because she wore too much makeup
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A woman was turned down from a startup job because she wore too much makeup
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Re: A woman was turned down from a startup job because she wore too much makeup
#2I'd also expect to be thrown out when i appear for an interview in "provocative" clothing, regardless of sex/gender. How is this special? And why is it turned into an sexism issue?
Re: A woman was turned down from a startup job because she wore too much makeup
#3"If I had been a man, would it have mattered what I was wearing?".
The answer is yes.
Welcome to reality, have a nice day.
Re: A woman was turned down from a startup job because she wore too much makeup
#4"If I had been a man, would it have mattered what I was wearing?". The answer is yes. Welcome to reality, have a nice day.
If I read her desription right, she wore pretty typical business casual clothes with a bold colour choice.
So, say a guy walks in wearing a typical hipsterish tight casual suit and dyed hair, would that have been the "deal breaker" on an otherwise highly qualified candidate?
I say this having had a boss who repeatedly stated with glee that he would never hire someone who wore a suit to an interview. He was wrong too.
Re: A woman was turned down from a startup job because she wore too much makeup
#5"If I had been a man, would it have mattered what I was wearing?". The answer is yes. Welcome to reality, have a nice day.
If I read her desription right, she wore pretty typical business casual clothes with a bold colour choice. So, say a guy walks in wearing a typical hipsterish tight casual suit and dyed hair, would that have been the "deal breaker" on an otherwise highly qualified candidate? I say this having had a boss who repeatedly stated with glee that he would never hire someone who wore a suit to an interview. He was wrong too.
Guy dressed in all red and black like this person? Yeah, at lots of places it would. Something mildly sexual as the person put it... can you imagine a guy turning up in a deep v shirt getting hired?
Re: A woman was turned down from a startup job because she wore too much makeup
#6Regardless of the work environment, professional wear should be worn to an interview.
Re: A woman was turned down from a startup job because she wore too much makeup
#7"If I had been a man, would it have mattered what I was wearing?". The answer is yes. Welcome to reality, have a nice day.
If I read her desription right, she wore pretty typical business casual clothes with a bold colour choice. So, say a guy walks in wearing a typical hipsterish tight casual suit and dyed hair, would that have been the "deal breaker" on an otherwise highly qualified candidate? I say this having had a boss who repeatedly stated with glee that he would never hire someone who wore a suit to an interview. He was wrong too.
That's reality. The truth is you never know. I'm a fairly large man and I've been told on multiple occasions that people were intimidated by me the first time they met me. That affects things like interviews.
Fair? Maybe not, but I know I have a tendency to intimidate people so I do my best to adjust for it.
That's the way it works, and if someone wants to be in the workforce they have to accept that. I don't mean to sound like that guy, but it's the truth as far as I can see.