Tattoos In The Workplace

Have people ever thought on getting a tattoo? Probably yes, right because may be people favorite actress or player has one. Nowadays is been common that many people get tattoos. It is because we are having an influence of getting tattoos trough some T.V. programs like “Miami ink” and “Inked”. These programs show us that tattoos are the most amazing experience of get one. But, have those programs shown that tattoos are bad for humans. People should seriously reconsider getting a tattoo due to: career, health, gang and regret. Tattoos are permanent markings in the skin made by way of ink and needles. Once ink is deposited into the second layer of skin known as the dermis, the wound scabs over and the skin heals to expose a design under the new

In some companies and corporations do not permit employers with tattoos because it can give a bad image about their company. So, tattoos can inhibit people ability to get a job. In some work environments, it is not advisable for employees to wear sleeveless shirts -- let alone reveal a sleeve of tattoos. Still, a 2012 study the polling organization, Harris Interactive, notes that one out of five adults in the United States sports at least one tattoo. As tattoos proliferate, some employers are becoming more accepting of body ink peeking through workplace attire, but that level of acceptance varies depending on the industry and the corporate culture. “The biggest takeaways from our survey include a whopping 76% of respondents feel tattoos and piercings hurt an applicant’s chances of being hired during a job interview”

This is true to a certain extent because tattoos have become a popular method adopted by gang members to mark their group identity and their alienation from the mainstream norm and social networks. Gang members in particular take pride in branding themselves as outside of the boundaries of conventional society. Tattoos have long been a means of identifying oneself with a group or culture and triad gangs were one of the first groups to use tattoos as a means of denoting identity and affinity. Tattoos are a way of both asserting membership in the gang and flaunting their lack of membership in straight society. For this reason, street gang members will often get tattoos on their hands and face-back and legs so as to permanently bar them from being a part of normal