No Stubble at work.

[Kenai]

Is there a company wide dress-code/appearance guide which tells you that you CANT have a beard. Who decides at what point stubble becomes TOO scruffy?

People seem confused.

He can be clean shaven.

He can have a beard.

Apparently though, the bit in the middle where you have stubble that's not quite enough to be called a beard - that's bang out of line and just ain't up to the exacting standards expected of Morrison's shelf stackers.

 

[FallshirmjAEger]

I know it's gonna sound uncool, but perhaps you should just do what they say & shave. I can tell you it's more fun shaving than it is to sign on

 

[PooBrain]

I know it's gonna sound uncool, but perhaps you should just do what they say & shave. I can tell you it's more fun shaving than it is to sign on

My advisor wasn't minging or anything so...

 

[Biohazard]

Can I see this please?

I'm sure i posted a photo on here with the cat, not much of a beard in that one mind you.

I'll have a look.

 

[Infidelus]

I don't shave every day (usually every other day for work purposes), and nobody's ever told me to have a shave. If they did, they'd very likely be told what they could do with their opinions on my facial hair. There again, I don't generally work in customer facing roles.

 

[atpbx]

Check your contract i doubt they can enforce facial hair. I get asked too if im going into the office for anything which i do but on my job nope..

They can, he's handling food, its a hygiene requirement.

 

[DanTheMan]

I shave my head as I'm severely receeding so I have a permanent 'designer' stubble so I don't look like I've just come off a dose of chemo. I work in Asda and if anybody told me to lose the stubble I would quite happily leave before I shaved it off. I don't know how I would fare at a tribunal but I am not giving up something which boosts confidence and keeps my skin spot free for the sake of some middle management being offended by the sight of facial hair.

 

[atpbx]

Hello, can anyone tell me if this work policy is even allowed to be enforced?

Basically i have to be either bare faced or equipped with a Muslim face warmer at work. I got moaned at today for having stubble.

Am i right in saying this infringes my freedom of expression and that i can tell my managers to stuff it?

You could tell your manager to stuff it, but you would be dismissed for gross misconduct with no recourse, so swings and round about eh?

 

[TS7]

People seem confused.

He can be clean shaven.

He can have a beard.

Apparently though, the bit in the middle where you have stubble that's not quite enough to be called a beard - that's bang out of line and just ain't up to the exacting standards expected of Morrison's shelf stackers.

Thus surely their is a clear and easy loop-hole OP can exploit to avoid any trouble; he just needs to maintain he is in the process of growing a beard [and then keep trimming it as per usual]. The rate each individuals hair grows differs vastly from person to person - some people never end up growing a full blown beard no matter how hard they try. Furthermore I highly doubt his superiors are that bothered that they will persistently monitor his beard growth

 

[atpbx]

I shave my head as I'm severely receeding so I have a permanent 'designer' stubble so I don't look like I've just come off a dose of chemo. I work in Asda and if anybody told me to lose the stubble I would quite happily leave before I shaved it off. I don't know how I would fare at a tribunal but I am not giving up something which boosts confidence and keeps my skin spot free for the sake of some middle management being offended by the sight of facial hair.

Its got nothing to do with the sight of your hair, its to do with hair falling off you and contaminating the food.

Are things this bad you don't even have to have a food hygiene certificate now to work in a food handling environment?

What's next, " I work on the butchers counter and don't want to wash my hands after having a crap, can I tell the manager to do one?"

 

[Fubsy]

They can, he's handling food, its a hygiene requirement.

Well if I shave I get spots.

If I don't shave I don't.

Why is being clean shaven seen as hygienic? It just gives that impression, when it probably isn't, it opens up the skin to infection in many cases.

EDIT: How can you contaminate a tin of beans? They aren't stating this as the reason why. If they were, then do you ban shoppers with beards and long hair?

 

[Kenai]

Its got nothing to do with the sight of your hair, its to do with hair falling off you and contaminating the food.

Makes perfect sense that they allow beards then, as we all know, no hair can fall out of a beard but stubble literally rains hair everywhere you go.

We'll gloss over the fact his stubble would have a hard time 'contaminating' pre packed food anyway.

 

[Infidelus]

Makes perfect sense that they allow beards then, as we all know, no hair can fall out of a beard but stubble literally rains hair everywhere you go.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[SB118]

Its got nothing to do with the sight of your hair, its to do with hair falling off you and contaminating the food.

Are things this bad you don't even have to have a food hygiene certificate now to work in a food handling environment?

What's next, " I work on the butchers counter and don't want to wash my hands after having a crap, can I tell the manager to do one?"

You keep on about stubble falling out and contaminating food but I'm pretty sure the OP has said that he works the prepacked isles (tinned, bagged, bottled stuff).

 

[Turambar]

Its got nothing to do with the sight of your hair, its to do with hair falling off you and contaminating the food.

Are things this bad you don't even have to have a food hygiene certificate now to work in a food handling environment?

What's next, " I work on the butchers counter and don't want to wash my hands after having a crap, can I tell the manager to do one?"

Please take some time to really think about what you are saying here.

 

[Dunks]

Its got nothing to do with the sight of your hair, its to do with hair falling off you and contaminating the food.

Are things this bad you don't even have to have a food hygiene certificate now to work in a food handling environment?

What's next, " I work on the butchers counter and don't want to wash my hands after having a crap, can I tell the manager to do one?"

I picked up a tin of beans the other day and to my great disgust someones stubble had landed on the lid

 

[No1newts]

I still find it strange in this day and age that people try and force other into looking one way or another and it's accepted. If he was *insert generic ethnic minority* it wouldn't happen but in a lot of roles it still seems to be white British male must be clean shaven. It was like that in my last job with shirt and tie then you had the ladies in tiny skirts, random hairstyles and the rest. Double standards.

Luckily my new company aren't morons and let you dress and style yoursel how you please as long as you can do the job, which is as it should be. Always got to be worried when a company puts appearance ahead of competency.

 

[arctine]

I still find it strange in this day and age that people try and force other into looking one way or another and it's accepted. If he was *insert generic ethnic minority* it wouldn't happen but in a lot of roles it still seems to be white British male must be clean shaven. It was like that in my last job with shirt and tie then you had the ladies in tiny skirts, random hairstyles and the rest. Double standards.

Luckily my new company aren't morons and let you dress and style yoursel how you please as long as you can do the job, which is as it should be. Always got to be worried when a company puts appearance ahead of competency.

Sigh.

 

[Theophany]

I'm sure i posted a photo on here with the cat, not much of a beard in that one mind you.

I'll have a look.

Yes!

 

[atpbx]

You keep on about stubble falling out and contaminating food but I'm pretty sure the OP has said that he works the prepacked isles (tinned, bagged, bottled stuff).

Its a blanket policy obviously.

Its not hard to get your head round.