Employment related question - Dreadlocks

[Reg Braithwaite]

I'm not offended. It will take a lot more than that to offend me

Giving the OP unsolicited career advice, while I am obviously very ok with Divemasters that have dreadlocks and with various forms of employment law that are not popular in this thread, I would also be extremely careful about this kind of conversation in the workplace.

Typically, both liberal and conservative employers are aghast at the idea of saucy innuendo on company time and property. They may have different reasons for this (Liberals are concerned about an environment hostile to female employees, Social Conservatives are concerned about loose morals on display, Fiscal Conservatives want you talking about company business on company time, and nobody wants a lawsuit).

And finally, remember the Golden Rule: If you must have a workplace romance, do not consummate it on company Time or Furniture.

 

[Herk_Man]

I'm not offended. It will take a lot more than that to offend me

w/e

 

[Sas]

Giving the OP unsolicited career advice, while I am obviously very ok with Divemasters that have dreadlocks and with various forms of employment law that are not popular in this thread, I would also be extremely careful about this kind of conversation in the workplace.

Typically, both liberal and conservative employers are aghast at the idea of saucy innuendo on company time and property. They may have different reasons for this (Liberals are concerned about an environment hostile to female employees, Social Conservatives are concerned about loose morals on display, Fiscal Conservatives want you talking about company business on company time, and nobody wants a lawsuit).

The workplaces I have worked in have desensitised me to any kind of sexual joke actually. Maybe it is a little laxer in Australia! From shock images sent around via email, to competitions to tell the rudest joke at work drinks, or discussions and demands of proof of Rule 34 (if you can think of it, there's porn of it), it would take an enormous effort to shock me. A lot more than asking if I have pubic hair or not anyway though Herk_Man, I'm sure everyone else would appreciate it if you didn't try to test this

w/e

Sorry, I do not know what 'w/e' means.

 

[Herk_Man]

Sorry, I do not know what 'w/e' means.

Good, that will make it very hard to offend you. Done with this thread.

 

[scubadada]

Ok sure.

Midway

Almost there

Bald

Class post, thanks

Good diving, Craig

 

[scubadada]

The workplaces I have worked in have desensitised me to any kind of sexual joke actually. Maybe it is a little laxer in Australia! From shock images sent around via email, to competitions to tell the rudest joke at work drinks, or discussions and demands of proof of Rule 34 (if you can think of it, there's porn of it), it would take an enormous effort to shock me. A lot more than asking if I have pubic hair or not anyway though Herk_Man, I'm sure everyone else would appreciate it if you didn't try to test this

Hey Sas,

Your comments surprise me. Working for a large company in the US, activity like this would be grounds for dismissal. I guess I just have higher expectations of people, perhaps my mistake.

Good diving, Craig

 

[Sas]

Hey Sas,

Your comments surprise me. Working for a large company in the US, activity like this would be grounds for dismissal. I guess I just have higher expectations of people, perhaps my mistake.

Good diving, Craig

At some workplaces it would be but the type of places I have worked at (small IT companies, mostly young males) it happens a lot. And if I wanted to pursue a complaint it would probably cause a lot of trouble (like say, about my work nickname, which is 'The Slapper', long story there...), but I'm honestly not offended by much. Unless I'm in a snarky mood. If someone was say, continuously hitting on me and wasn't taking no for an answer, that would be something I would complain about but not much else.

Though we have just been bought by a big multinational company and will have a HR manager as a result, so interesting to see how that will change things.

 

[nwdiver2]

Try the dreads if you feel they are holding you back, the buzz cut when you get rid of them should answer your question

 

[Reg Braithwaite]

Try the dreads if you feel they are holding you back, the buzz cut when you get rid of them should answer your question

There's something to this. If you grow dreads and get a job in a place that makes you happy, you win. If you can't find a job, it's easy to cut them off. I can't speak for the most Neanderthal of employers out there, but I doubt that having had dreads once in your life for a few months will hold you back for the rest of your career ("Hey-- isn't that the guy who had dreadlocks back in 2010?").

Compare and contrast to bankruptcy, a criminal record, a tattoo, or stretching your ear lobes to accommodate a small pony bottle... These things are permanent.

 

[h90]

(Pls move if in the wrong section I was unsure where to post as employment section is unavailable for such questions)

I am currently a DM and studying to go upto IDC staff instructor with trimix gas blending. I want to get dreadlocks but unsure whether the stigma attached to the hairstlye would affect my possibilities for employment. Is this a realistic threat to employment.

Well I had blond hair down to my butt (I am male). Very well educated business clothes.
But I didn't make any good deals until I had short hair.

Everyone expects the bank guy looking conservative while the artist must look a bit crazy. Technician must look boring....It is neither fair nor has it reason but it is that way.
With dreadlocks....maybe you gain on a few female customer but specialy bald males will be a bit anti....