Reason for having Beard ?

scottalanmiller

@Nic said:

Get a doctor's note saying you have a problem with skin irritation and ingrown hairs if you have to shave.

This is what a lot of my military friends are doing, although they do actually get serious skin irritation if they shave.

I do too, which is why I never consider it.

Carnival Boy

@scottalanmiller said:

Welcome to America. Lots of companies do that in the US.

I thought it was the land of the free? You have the right to bear arms but not the right to have facial hair?

NattNatt

@Carnival-Boy said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Welcome to America. Lots of companies do that in the US.

I thought it was the land of the free? You have the right to bear arms but not the right to have facial hair?

They think they are...They are currently ranked 11th in terms of economic Freedom...and overall freedom is normally around the 7th mark for them...New Zealand is the "free"-est country overall IIRC

tonyshowoff

@NattNatt said:

@Carnival-Boy said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Welcome to America. Lots of companies do that in the US.

I thought it was the land of the free? You have the right to bear arms but not the right to have facial hair?

They think they are...They are currently ranked 11th in terms of economic Freedom...and overall freedom is normally around the 7th mark for them...New Zealand is the "free"-est country overall IIRC

Give them their guns and they'll let you do whatever you want, because many believe guns protect them from the government, much like the massive gun ownership in Iraq helped protect all the citizens from Saddam Hussein's reign of terror.

wirestyle22

This is easy. Start going to a Sikh temple and tell them that your beard is a part of your religion. Argument over.

Jason

@scottalanmiller said:

@Jason said:

You gotta follow dumb policies or find a better company to work for,

We don't have policies like that or hardly any dress code either!

Agreed, that's a terrible thing for a workplace to care about. It means they can't figure out how to manage to make rules to cover up that they are not managing.

I've had many places I've worked do that.. not here but Government did.

Jason

@wirestyle22 said:

This is easy. Start going to a Sikh temple and tell them that your beard is a part of your religion. Argument over.

Unless you told them that at the time of hiring they don't have to make an exception.

wirestyle22

@Jason said:

@wirestyle22 said:

This is easy. Start going to a Sikh temple and tell them that your beard is a part of your religion. Argument over.

Unless you told them that at the time of hiring they don't have to make an exception.

I haven't seen that in any of the documentation for any company I've ever worked for but yeah I guess that's true.

RojoLoco

@RoopanKumar said:

@RojoLoco so if we have a doctor's note then it wont make any problem

It worked at the small, strict private school I attended.

tonyshowoff

@wirestyle22 said:

This is easy. Start going to a Sikh temple and tell them that your beard is a part of your religion. Argument over.

That was one of my suggestions, except you don't even have to go to the temple, who is going to check? And hey, I said the same thing and you got two points and I got one? It's just a damn popularity contest with you people!

wirestyle22

@tonyshowoff said:

@wirestyle22 said:

This is easy. Start going to a Sikh temple and tell them that your beard is a part of your religion. Argument over.

That was one of my suggestions, except you don't even have to go to the temple, who is going to check? And hey, I said the same thing and you got two points and I got one? It's just a damn popularity contest with you people!

Sorry I didn't read all the posts!