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I think the reason bosses are ass holes about guys growing long hair.They are bald or balding or old dorks,So they have dumb ass thinking. They dont care about you at all. tell me what you think
Yes...all of that PLUS since long hair gets you attention, etc...
...they probably get jealous too! They can't have THAT now can they?!
I have to agree with the last comment. I think the reason many bosses are uptight about long hair is because they cannot grow it themselves. they are not allowed to grow their hair (maybe it is their family who wont let them, or their boss wont allow it)Since they arent allowed to have it, they may feel you should not be allowed to have it, either. Also, in general people are very uncomfortable with anyone or anything that is a little different. Individuality in this country and most other places in the world is looked down upon.
I couldn't agree more. But maybe it isn't just the hair. Think about it, if you do what they say and cut your hair, they will simply find something else to bitch about. I go to high school, and I'm constantly getting those "comments" from people saying stuff like "Get a haircut ya poofter!" and they repeat it ad nauseum, but they are simply picking on the individual in an attempt to be funny or maybe to make themselves feel more secure. I know this thread is about the workplace, but I still thought I'd add my general opinion.
It's weird im sure that the typical sterotype executive in the 80's - early 90's was a ponytail and mobile phone. This point was brought up in an I.T. lecture at college talking about the first mobile phones and long haired executives being the majority of people to have them. You hardly ever see any long haired exuctives now
True, they are all buzzcut now.
Fear not, our time will come again soon...
I am a supervisor for some part time kids. I have long hair and have a couple of guys with long hair. I don't see it affecting their work. I gave them a chance because I knew they probably would not get a job with anyone else. They are great bunch of kids!
Bosses are jerks about everything. True... Even if you do your work correctly, they can create something to blame you with. No wonder I doesnt work, I am sick of these type of bastards.
In fact, the boss at my job-finding club was a short, stocky, bald guy with moustache and glasses who insisted that I get a hair cut until I landed a job!
Don't generalize- lots of bosses are easy going people who won't antagonize you over your hair. When I went in for the job interview with my current employer, I honestly expected to be toast- I had a mid-back length ponytail, while the interviewer was quite bald. It turned out he was a cool guy who was very interested in finding the skills his work group needed- which I happened to have- and not about to turn away a good person based on superficialities. The job I held previous to this one was a paid internship with a major hospital. Since I was the only qualified applicant at my university, the employer did a phone interview rather than fly two states over for it, then offered to fly me in for an on-site interview. I told him point-blank over the phone that I had very long hair, asked if that would be an issue, and was told it was no big deal, lots of the doctors had long hair too. Moral of the story: there are hair-friendly workplaces out there, and good bosses too, you just have to look for them.
I totally agree. My boss is the same way. I have worked for him nearly twelve years and he has never hassled me in my past attempts to grow long hair and he isn't hassling me now on my current and assuredly successful long hair journey.
My boss has longer hair than me.