long hair on men at work
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Topic: long hair on men at work
Posted By: Unregistered Guest
Subject: long hair on men at work
Date Posted: April 27 2000 at 2:05am
Long hair on men has never been an acceptable form of appearance. The posts here have proven that.
As a hiring manager, I have never preferred long hair on men. It is an appearance of unkemptness, and the long-haire d men that currently work for my organization have distinct performance issues. They do not dress in a professional manner, and they are noticably and notably less punctual than their shorter haired or female counterparts. The long haired men have been far less punctual, have also spent more time procrastinating (one computer programmer that specified on his resume that he was "adaptable to new technology and changing software environments" took 3 hours [instead of 5 minutes] trying to get his palm pilot to work the way he wanted it.
So, do I directly discriminate against long-haired males?
No.
Have I seen a performance difference in long-haired males
vs. short-haired males?
Yes. Historically, short-haired males have been more
professional and better performers.
Do I think that all long-haired males are slackers?
No.
However, all of the long-haired males in my organization have been less professional in clearly demonstrable ways than short-haired males.
Why doesn't hair length apply to women?
Women have proven that their hair length have nothing to do
with their work ethic or professionalism.
Will I ever hire a man with longer hair?
Yes, if he shows the same commitment to professionalism that
either short-haired men or women show.
That includes:
overall professional dress and attitude
Proper skills
Defined education
Punctuality
Low absenteeism
Strong, proper, and prudent lifestyle and personal decisions
Excellent work ethic
Strong references
Desire for excellence
I have the same requirements that other employers have
you either make them or you don't
-fc
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Posted By: bobbedguy
Date Posted: April 27 2000 at 10:05am
What do you consider as long hair on a man? Also, do you really think that the length of a guys hair ties directly into performance? Generalizations such as this only propogates this stereotype of guys with long stringy unkept hair as being slouches. Well, I am a Project Manager in a professional environment. My hair is cut in a bob style below my ears which most would consider as long hair on a guy. I am the first to arrive at the office 90% of the time and I am very efficient and detailed at my work. I am educated and dress well everyday. I wash and condition my hair each morning before drying and styling it.
So you are basically saying that women are better workers no matter what length their hair than men. So if a woman had shaved her head bald and interviewed for a job what would you do? I am sure that there are guys with long hair that are not as professional as some short haired guys but I promise you that there are just as many short haired guys that are less professional as well. And yes there are a great number of women who are less professional too. Each person is different and you shouldn't lay out this broad blanket that covers all longer haired guys and portrays them as being bad workers.
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Posted By: wolfgang
Date Posted: April 27 2000 at 5:50pm
It is wrong that long hair is not an acceptable form of appearance for everyone. Look around the Unix, Linux, Internet, multimedia world. There exist a lot of freaks with long or even very long hair, and they are really good performers. A friend told me that on the CEBIT (an important computer mess) Americans were laughing about the German computer specialists why they all look like bankers. I myself have seen men in the software development area with very long hairs. I think that individuals do what they want.
You say that short-haired males have been more professional and better performers. I would like to know what is the quantitative relation between long and short haired males in your organization?
And what kind of work has to be done, what they earn for their work. If it is a nice work or rather boring. And something about the skills which will be required. If I can not make a social study about your theses I can not say if it is in general true or not.
If I work as a programmer for someone, I think I earn primarily money for the work I do there, not for presenting me in a fashion like manner. In some environments this attitude goes wrong, but today I have no problems to change to an other one.
wolfgang
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