Are young employees (<30) more likely to not get hired than someone over 30 that is overweight. I have a friend who is an HR worker saying that employees that are overweight and young, under 30, are more likely to get discriminated against do to the fact that young people are supposed to energetic, acitve and go-getters hence they shouldn't be overwieght. That could point to them being lazy and not ambitious. What do you think on this?
2007-01-19 04:32:57 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Let's be honest and feed the little Creighton in all of us. No one likes to look at a fatty, no one likes to be seen with a fatty, and no one cares about knowing a fatty. We're repulsed by their very sight. THAT is why young fat people aren't getting hired. Older fat people are just as repulsive, but should die from heart disease anytime so it doesnt really matter, anyway. Thank you.
2007-01-19 04:46:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it happens. I have been thin and athletic my entire life and at one point gained 35 lbs in the span of about 3 months due to illness. After that I was treated differently everywhere, it was obvious. But, part of that too could have been that I wasn't feeling well, and wasn't feeling very good about myself, so sometimes that can reflect on the way others treat a person too. But it wasn't my fault either that I had gained the weight, I was still teaching aerobics, etc, so it doesn't necessarily mean someone is lazy.
After I was over the health problem I lost around 46 lbs and am back to my normal self now and again notice the difference in how people treat/look at you.
see:
http://www.obesity.org/discrimination/employment.shtml
2007-01-19 05:05:05 · answer #2 · answered by have a nice day 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know for a fact I had a friend that was in nursing school, and she graduate in the top 10% of her class. When she went for a job interview she had to take a physical. She did not pass because she was 50 pounds overweight. They give her 90 days to lose weight in order to hold her offer for a job. Of course she did not lose 50 pounds in 90 days, so she was not hired.
She went to another hospital and they were glad to offer her a job but they told her that the insurance company would not cover her until she lost at least 25 pounds within 6 months. They hired her as a temporary worker, and went she lost 30 pounds a year later, they changed her status to full time permanent worker.
2007-01-19 16:09:13 · answer #3 · answered by D S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At this point I don't care, since weight is something anyone can change if they wanted to, so I personally don't mind discrimination against them. If they don't like being discriminated against for being overweight then they should hit the gym and get back in shape, for their own sake.
2007-01-19 04:41:06 · answer #4 · answered by gmprunner 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well.. I am under 30 and a bit overweight, and I have a job.. as long as one is not like super obese and sloppy with elastic pants then i dont see why wouldnt get a job. But your friend makes sense.. I think too sometimes super fat people are lazy.
2007-01-19 04:41:11 · answer #5 · answered by Mystic Bell 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's illegal and discrimination but it also would be hard to prove that is the primary reason a person didn't get the job, unless you had a "smoking gun" like an office memo stating such.
2007-01-19 04:48:55 · answer #6 · answered by CA DIVA 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people look at the discrimination in such a distorted view. some people are shallow and judge by looks, and others judge by ability and personality. Hopefully companies are themselves with good ethical conducts.
2007-01-19 04:41:12 · answer #7 · answered by Miss Green 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's discrimination.
2007-01-19 04:40:56 · answer #8 · answered by Sherbert 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋