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Your Fat May Keep You From Getting A Job
 

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O
(Gorilla, 707
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 10:48am
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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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Johnny Ringo's picture

ToiletPaper: technoviking:

HF
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 3:37pm

Eventus stultorum magister.

Relentless101's picture

There is absolutely no reason

O
(Baboon, 116
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 3:52pm
bulge_bracket's picture

paulydreamer: analyst-thera

(Orangutan, 258
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 3:54pm
paulydreamer's picture

bulge_bracket: paulydreamer

AM
(Orangutan, 329
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 4:07pm

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.- JFK

aempirei's picture

bulge_bracket: aempirei:

IB
(Gorilla, 726
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 4:09pm

My name is Nicky, but you can call me Dre.

aempirei's picture

Nobama88: aempirei: Nobam

IB
(Gorilla, 726
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 4:19pm

My name is Nicky, but you can call me Dre.

paulydreamer's picture

I think its a "culture"

AM
(Orangutan, 329
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 4:18pm

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.- JFK

bulge_bracket's picture

aempirei: bulge_bracket:

(Orangutan, 258
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 4:34pm
paulydreamer's picture

Buldge: If I had a SB I'd

AM
(Orangutan, 329
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 4:37pm

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.- JFK

jillmac's picture

In 2007 in Argentina a guy

(Monkey, 47
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 4:45pm

Play games and get a finance job or internship with ConnectCubed

aempirei's picture

Bulge and pauly, I give you

IB
(Gorilla, 726
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 4:54pm

My name is Nicky, but you can call me Dre.

paulydreamer's picture

aempirei, You are right on

AM
(Orangutan, 329
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 5:02pm

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.- JFK

couchy's picture

being fat doesnt necessarily

(King Kong, 1,365
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 9:06pm
wolverine19x89's picture

This is tricky for me, some

O
(King Kong, 1,845
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 9:41pm

If your dreams don't scare you, then they are not big enough.

"There are two types of people in this world: People who say they pee in the shower, and dirty fucking liars."-Louis C.K.

sick_willy's picture

As has been said before: It's

PE
 
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 on 5/3/12 at 10:30pm

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aempirei's picture

I think this discussion was

IB
(Gorilla, 726
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 1:13am

My name is Nicky, but you can call me Dre.

PetEng's picture

wolverine19x89: This is

O
(Gorilla, 746
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 1:59am
Neighbor's picture

Genetics definitely do play a

IB
(King Kong, 1,236
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 2:25am

I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

wolverine19x89's picture

PetEng: wolverine19x89: Thi

O
(King Kong, 1,845
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 2:27am

If your dreams don't scare you, then they are not big enough.

"There are two types of people in this world: People who say they pee in the shower, and dirty fucking liars."-Louis C.K.

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wolverine19x89: PetEng: w

IB
(Gorilla, 726
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 2:34am

My name is Nicky, but you can call me Dre.

TonyPerkis's picture

couchy: being fat doesnt

AM
(King Kong, 1,575
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 3:11am

I eat success for breakfast...with skim milk

Anacott_CEO's picture

This thread is funny

CF
(King Kong, 1,259
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 7:30am
arant's picture

I have the reverse argument

(Monkey, 61
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 7:47am

Simplicity is the highest form of sophistication ~ Leonardo da Vinci

Johnny Ringo's picture

ToiletPaper: couchy: being

HF
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 8:33am

Eventus stultorum magister.

BigBucks's picture

Genetics definitely plays a

IB
(Gorilla, 509
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 9:15am
bulge_bracket's picture

Neighbor: Genetics definitely

(Orangutan, 258
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 10:02am
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arant: I have the reverse

(Gorilla, 533
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 11:09am

"I'm the luckiest guy in the world, and when I die I want to come back as me."
-Mark Cuban

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bulge_bracket: Neighbor: Ge

IB
(King Kong, 1,236
 
Points)
 on 5/4/12 at 12:03pm

I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

aempirei's picture

BigBucks: Genetics definitely

IB
(Gorilla, 726
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 12:16pm

My name is Nicky, but you can call me Dre.

damngringo's picture

I've become overweight as a

O
(Baboon, 118
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 12:18pm
couchy's picture

ToiletPaper: couchy: being

(King Kong, 1,365
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 3:32pm
JDawg's picture

I have two friends who are

(Gorilla, 518
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 3:33pm
aempirei's picture

JDawg: I have two friends who

IB
(Gorilla, 726
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 4:53pm

My name is Nicky, but you can call me Dre.

JDawg's picture

Yea that's what I try to do,

(Gorilla, 518
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 6:04pm
canas15's picture

.

(Baboon, 133
 
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 on 5/4/12 at 6:53pm
paulanderson's picture

aempirei: BTW, I say

 
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 on 5/5/12 at 7:07am
bfin's picture

BigBucks: Genetics definitely

CF
(Neanderthal, 2,772
 
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 on 5/5/12 at 10:34am

The answer to your question is 1) network 2) get involved 3) beef up your resume 4) repeat -happypantsmcgee

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aempirei's picture

paulanderson: aempirei: BTW

IB
(Gorilla, 726
 
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 on 5/5/12 at 1:48pm

My name is Nicky, but you can call me Dre.

Cola Coca's picture

Regardless of how it affects

O
(Orangutan, 321
 
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 on 5/5/12 at 5:50pm
Plaxico Burress's picture

I don't know how this hasn't

IB
 
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 on 5/6/12 at 12:06am
Salphabeta's picture

There is no excuse for being

(Chimp, 2
 
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 on 5/7/12 at 7:23am
bulge_bracket's picture

Salphabeta: There is no

(Orangutan, 258
 
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 on 5/7/12 at 9:55am
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Connor: So I guess traders

 
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 on 5/7/12 at 8:51pm

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madmoney15's picture

I think I just found God's

(Orangutan, 325
 
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 on 5/9/12 at 7:40pm

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JDawg's picture

Plaxico Burress: I don't know

(Gorilla, 518
 
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 on 5/9/12 at 11:30pm
aempirei's picture

Since when were humans

IB
(Gorilla, 726
 
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 on 5/10/12 at 3:09am

My name is Nicky, but you can call me Dre.

bulge_bracket's picture

aempirei: Since when were

(Orangutan, 258
 
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 on 5/10/12 at 10:01am
Plaxico Burress's picture

aempirei: Since when were

IB
 
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 on 5/13/12 at 5:13pm
aempirei's picture

Plaxico

IB
(Gorilla, 726
 
Points)
 on 5/13/12 at 5:56pm

My name is Nicky, but you can call me Dre.

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