What is the policy at your work place about facial piercings.?

Question

And where do you work/industry/

Answer 1

no place i have ever worked has been okay with facial piercings including:
pizza
waitressing
blockbuster video
national corporation office work
hospital work

Answer 2

i have had facial piercings through 5 jobs now. three of them have been in call centers, where no one cares. Truly, they just do not care. I am not sure if it would matter if I was in the corporate portion of a call center, but for the peons on the phone or supervising the phones or answering emails... no policy listed.

I also worked in a book store where it was totally free. In fact, the joke by some customers was you had to be pierced to work there (here in the south facial piercings and visible tats are a big deal).

My 5th job was in a very small office. We had a store front, but it was seldom used. Mostly we were mail order. My boss about freaked when I came to work with my first facial piercing. I did not work there for long after that, and was frankly very glad to be gone.

I decided several years ago, I much prefer to work where such things are not considered 'bad'. It is just a matter of self expression as long as it is not offensive or dangerous. And if you get offended by a bit of metal in my face, I do not want to have to worry about your opinion. (using the general you, not the you you ;))

Answer 3

I worked at a retail store that did not want any facial piercings, then I worked for a privately owned company that did not want them either, but I pierced my nose and said I couldnt take it out. She forgot about it and I got by with it. Now I am a full time student and I just got my tragus and industrial piercings.

Answer 4

I have a snakebite, lower left lip, and my boss doesnt really care unless its a huge ring or spike or just a massive piece of metal hanging out of someones face. Another girl i work with has her labret and nose pierced and we both just have small jewelled studs in, quite cute. Another man that works there has his eyebrow done and the boss tolerates it as long as its tasteful, again, no huge metal. I work in the hospitality industry, in an upmarket hotel and bar that caters for more of an executive clientele, so its all definately based on looks. But thankfully my boss is very liberal about these things, as long as we look neat and tidy and make some attempt to appear more attractive about our appearance, she doesnt really care, but she does have a no tattoo policy, if its a small one in a discrete place, she doesnt mind, i have 2 on my ankles she doesnt care about, but one man has a dark wrist tattoo, almost a sleeve, that has to stay covered.

Answer 5

Educational/university, and I work in programming & system administration. They tend not to care.

Oooh, story time...

A little after I first got my ears pierced (1985) I was working at a place called SCO. They predated linux in the unix-like operating systems for PC hardware. I had a number of geeky cool earrings I wore, including a low power fuse made into an earring. We had a tape drive that stopped working on a critical system, and in taking it apart I found it had blown a fuse (the drive wasn't on a UPS... stupid, but not my fault).

As it turns out, it was the *precise* rating of my earring-fuse. I popped out my earring & put it into the drive... and it worked. We were short on time so I just figured I'd grab it later. "Later" never happened, and I eventually left SCO, but I always wonder if when that drive was decommissioned.

I did before that have some comments about nothing tasteless or too gaudy. Afterwards, my manager said he was fine with whatever, and if I had any spare memory earrings to feel free to work on his computer & accidentally drop one in.

Answer 6

I work in a library, and we have absolutely no policy on facial piercings, visible tattoos, etc. Outside of clothing restrictions (no jeans), they are very flexible. I don't have any facial piercings, just my tongue, but am planning to get my nose done soon. I have several tattoos that are sometimes visible, and nothing has ever been said about them.

Answer 7

All facial piercings must be taking out, all tattoos must be covered. I work as a AUM (assistant unit manager) for KFC. The same rules apply to all the other employees; cooks, cashier, or prep person.

Answer 8

I work for a very large, very prominent law firm- hence why I don't say the name. You can have piercings and tattoos, they just prefer you hid them. A co-worker has his nose pierced and he had his lip pierced, he just put very small studs in. You can't go overboard though. And I am sure the crazy hair is out!

Answer 9

I work in a professional setting. I have a brow ring that I was allowed to keep because it's very small, but I have to cover up my tattoo (it's on my shoulder) so in the summer, I'm not allowed to wear tank tops or sleeveless.

Answer 10

I work at a bank and the only piercings they allow are your ears. That's it. Although I have my tongue pierced and they haven't said anything, yet.