Your Fat May Keep You From Getting A Job
Mod (Andy) note: See similar thread " Your Height May Keep You From Getting A Job
It's well known that discrimination occurs over height, hair color, attractiveness, etc. in the hiring process or in the work place. Weight discrimination has risen 66% in the last decade according to the Journal of Obesity. And guess what? It is legal in every state except Michigan to discriminate against obese applicants for business reasons. Did you never lose that extra beer weight from college? Well you might consider spending some extra time at the gym, it could soon be as important as getting your resume to look perfect :
The obese are absent from work more often than people of healthy weight. The most obese men take 5.9 more sick days a year; the most obese women, 9.4 days more. Obesity-related absenteeism costs employers as much as $6.4 billion a year, health economists led by Eric Finkelstein of Duke University calculated.
Do you think discriminating against the obese is OK? Do you discriminate against obese applicants when you interview? How important is physical appearance in your workplace?
I don't know about the rest of you but I've been steadily dropping some weight for a while and still have a way to go, but this is good motivation. It is going to be interesting to see how this issue develops over the next few years as America's obesity problem grows. It's pretty obvious to see that weight has affected the careers of people like Chris Christie.






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I don't have a problem
I don't have a problem w/private businesses discriminating for any reason they want to.
I'm a firm believer that your
I'm a firm believer that your appearance says a lot about you. Do you pay attention to detail, do you care what you look like etc. Unless you were genetically blessed it takes hard work and dedication to stay in shape when in an office setting. That says something about a person. Like it or not attractive people (and skinnier people) are valued more highly than the opposite. Fact of life. I'm not taking anything away from those who aren't thin but I also don't have much sympathy for those who complain about it while eating ice cream.
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I have been doing an IB Prep
I have been doing an IB Prep course with MDA training this week and that hasnt come up but what you wear is much stricter then i realized. from what i have heard this week unless you show up to the interview in a black or blue tailored suit, white shirt with double cuffs, conservative cufflinks, conservative tie and a conservative hair cut you can kiss your chances good by regardless of how well your interview went. i am in canada and this is apparently the norm. any feed back on other dress codes across the world from you other monkeys?
So I guess traders get fat
So I guess traders get fat AFTER they get the job.
"A man generally has two reasons for doing anything. One that sounds good, and the real one." - J.P. Morgan
I think it's fair on the
I think it's fair on the basis on research that proves your physical condition affects your cognitive performance.
Ryan M: I have been doing an
I have been doing an IB Prep course with MDA training this week and that hasnt come up but what you wear is much stricter then i realized. from what i have heard this week unless you show up to the interview in a black or blue tailored suit, white shirt with double cuffs, conservative cufflinks, conservative tie and a conservative hair cut you can kiss your chances good by regardless of how well your interview went. i am in canada and this is apparently the norm. any feed back on other dress codes across the world from you other monkeys?
No fucking way on the cuffs/cufflinks. French cuffs are reserved for people who deserve them (i.e. not a monkey like you or me).
Discriminating on appearance (which is what being fat is) is absolutely fair. Speaking as a guy with probably 25-30 to lose (was probably 10 before I started college, then beer), I'm absolutely conscious of the fact that in an interview you are being judged on an incredibly shallow level. Being trim/in shape helps convey that you take yourself seriously and have discipline. When you add in the fact that your hire could be facing clients/investors, makes sense on all levels.
What are we talking about
What are we talking about when we say obese? I don't hire anyone with a height to waist ratio of less than 2 =P
-MBP
I would for sure discriminate
I would for sure discriminate on fatties.
manbearpig: What are we
What are we talking about when we say obese? I don't hire anyone with a height to waist ratio of less than 2 =P
I'd be skin and bones at a 29 inch waist. Guess I'll have to look past MBP Capital for my employment. :(
SECfinance: Ryan M: I have
I have been doing an IB Prep course with MDA training this week and that hasnt come up but what you wear is much stricter then i realized. from what i have heard this week unless you show up to the interview in a black or blue tailored suit, white shirt with double cuffs, conservative cufflinks, conservative tie and a conservative hair cut you can kiss your chances good by regardless of how well your interview went. i am in canada and this is apparently the norm. any feed back on other dress codes across the world from you other monkeys?
No fucking way on the cuffs/cufflinks. French cuffs are reserved for people who deserve them (i.e. not a monkey like you or me).
Thats what I thought as well going into this course but this guy does training in New York, Toronto, and London for the biggest IBanks in the world and that was his recommendation. He did say conservative though so I wont be getting the blinged out ones at hold renfrew or harry rosen. This is why I am asking WSO because I have had conflicting responses. ie. If you have ever read Monkey Business I remember them tearing the new analyst to shreds because he wore cufflinks.
SECfinance: Ryan M: I have
I have been doing an IB Prep course with MDA training this week and that hasnt come up but what you wear is much stricter then i realized. from what i have heard this week unless you show up to the interview in a black or blue tailored suit, white shirt with double cuffs, conservative cufflinks, conservative tie and a conservative hair cut you can kiss your chances good by regardless of how well your interview went. i am in canada and this is apparently the norm. any feed back on other dress codes across the world from you other monkeys?
No fucking way on the cuffs/cufflinks. French cuffs are reserved for people who deserve them (i.e. not a monkey like you or me).
WTF? You've got self esteem issues if you think you don't deserve to wear french cuff shirts. I've been wearing them since I started work, and if anyone gives me shit about them (including the partner I work for), I'll tell him to kindly fuck off.
-MBP
SECfinance: I'd be skin and
I'd be skin and bones at a 29 inch waist. Guess I'll have to look past MBP Capital for my employment. :(
You're 4'10"???
SECfinance: manbearpig: Wha
What are we talking about when we say obese? I don't hire anyone with a height to waist ratio of less than 2 =P
I'd be skin and bones at a 29 inch waist. Guess I'll have to look past MBP Capital for my employment. :(
You're fucking short bro.
-MBP
dabanobo: SECfinance: I'd
I'd be skin and bones at a 29 inch waist. Guess I'll have to look past MBP Capital for my employment. :(
You're 4'10"???
lol, beat me to it.
-MBP
just get in shape...My great
just get in shape...My great uncle Tony once told me that if you dont hustle, you dont eat lunch
I eat success for breakfast...with skim milk
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UFOinsider: People
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I'm not sure if I would
I am a large man and I am
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Ryan M: I have been doing an
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Losing weight and fitting
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I don't understand how its
no athletes here then? sucks
Definitely discriminate
I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
Damn, there's a lot of
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Neighbor: Definitely
Let me preface by saying that
analyst-therapist: I don't
(No subject)
Neighbor: Definitely
bulge_bracket: Neighbor: De
ginNtonic: I'm pretty sure he
Unless you have a genetic
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aempirei: Unless you have a
Nobama88: Unless you have a
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technoviking: no athletes
I eat success for breakfast...with skim milk
I would only hire fat-fcuks !
BTW, I say Alcoholism is a
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aempirei: Nobama88: Unless
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I have been fat like (over 60
analyst-therapist: I have
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