Afro in the Workplace

[kurious]

mmm mmm

this is ur hair in its natural state tbh, people shouldnt be put off by it it, they might well be but they shouldnt be

i think about it with my locs, how some of the interviewees will respond to me, so far they have been pretty receptive, im sensitive to these particular things, if i sensed any form of intolerance to my natural appearance and i knew i was abiding by the stated dress code, i would not work there

[Guest Intervention]

lmao

the sidler

[Aquaman]

lol only if its a cainrow out type afro

nothing wrong with it aslong as its well groomed and neat.

[Skola]

Don't c how its unprofessional if you keep it tidy. People have long non-afro hair no problems

Defo would attract attention/the odd joke/make a very memorable first impression

[The Somalian]

join me in thew 2010 rasta movement

[Guillermo Rigondeaux]

I dont really see many suited white people with long hair, think it is also deemed as unproffesional..........canerow your head

some do, but they pony tail it

i guess thats the equivalent of a black person cainrowing it

[Beavis]

f*ck conforming to them standards, do what the f*ck you want, have your hair any way you like. How could a hairstyle possibly be unprofessional?

[Ella]

lol @ cutting your hair off

next minute youre soft-shoe'ing in the office

talking bout "is this good enough for you massa"

*looks at this thread, and looks at the weave thread*

Never mind.

don't shave your hair off for a job. Just shape it up and canerow it, and if it's long enough I think it would look alright a ponytail.

[Guillermo Rigondeaux]

f*ck conforming to them standards, do what the f*ck you want, have your hair any way you like. How could a hairstyle possibly be unprofessional?

so i guess by ur logic he should turn up 2 his first day at work in a tracky and reebok classics then lad?

[kurious]

nah just check out their dress code policy

if there is nothing specific to hair there shouldnt be a problem

[BLACK VICTIM]

lad lol

everyone catting the scummy northern slang

[Uncle Man]

well ten years ago only the very gayest of hairdressers or deluded rednecks wud wear the kind of spiky half mohawk hairdo that most professional footballers and professionals wear nowadays

my advice wud be to offer them a frame of reference with which to take you ceriously,perhaps having a framed photo of warwick from csi on yr desk or wearing a tshirt of michael jacksons off the wall album cover on yr first day will help ppl acclimatize to yr situation

[Beavis]

f*ck conforming to them standards, do what the f*ck you want, have your hair any way you like. How could a hairstyle possibly be unprofessional?

so i guess by ur logic he should turn up 2 his first day at work in a tracky and reebok classics then lad?

It woudnt bother me one bit, aslong as the job is getting done thats all that matters at the end of the day. Who makes these daft rules that deem certain clothes/hair styles acceptable?

[Skenghis Khan]

wearing a good well fitted suit changes everything tbh.

[R1.]

Roll tru fam

Tell us how it goes

[Guest Intervention]

[o-guy]

was doin one internship and they tried to tell me to shave my stash, was like wat? are u mad?

in my head

then i went home and shaved it

felt like such a tool

[o-guy]

[Doug]

[Guest Intervention]

Them jobs there

[DJ Stashman]

i have an afro

dont cut your hair

[Black Ant]

jewfro doesnt count brah

[DJ Stashman]

if you cut your hair you will regret it

[Uncle Man]

cs keep the hair

you already got the job aint it

[Afroman]

Had a fro when I finished uni...

I did actually take care of mine. Leveled and no tangles.. It was hard to maintain tho. I had it as curly fro till i got a job then I let it out.

Work was quite cool with it. but I got the regular eye brows raised every now and again.. Mine was fulll!!!

I wouldn't really recommened it tho. Especially if you looked greezey by default..Then I had cainrow for a while as well. The two have a stigma to it tbh. I cut mine off eventually. I wanted a change

As for the' beard' am a bit 50/50 on that one. I think beards should be tolerated to an extent.