# Facial and neck tattoos. Do they have problems finding jobs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307 "2011-01-28T16:50:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/263 "2012-09-19T02:53:10Z")
This is a good place to leave [this](http://www.cracked.com/funny-298-tattoos/)[Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com) article on tattoos and job prospects. I love how it looks like those stretching guides they hang in gyms. Science! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/264 "2012-09-19T03:31:33Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > \ > It’s [tattooed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corneal_tattooing).\ Oh, dear lord, I thought you were kidding, and now I realize you weren’t. I did a google image search on “corneal tattooing” - not for the faint of heart! Or people who have a thing about needles in your eyeballs. Or, well, anybody, really. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/265 "2012-09-19T04:00:05Z")
I’m kind of a hypocrite in some ways because even though I wouldn’t want my wife to have any tattoos (she doesn’t), I find myself many times being extremely turned on when I see a chick covered in provocative tattoos even or especially the dreaded tramp stamp I used to even make my wife put on fake, temporary tattoos above her ass like she had a tramp stamp during sex. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/266 "2012-09-19T11:29:56Z")
You _made_ her put them on? Lucky girl… At first I thought the link was to cornmeal tattooing. I had to click the link, just because I couldn’t figure out that procedure. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/267 "2012-09-19T16:48:28Z")
> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#): > > Probably not…he’s on trial for murder. Amazingly, I still fail to see the cause-effect relationship between that and the tattoos. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/268 "2012-09-19T17:56:21Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Oh, dear lord, I thought you were kidding, and now I realize you weren’t. I did a google image search on “corneal tattooing” - not for the faint of heart! Or people who have a thing about needles in your eyeballs. Or, well, anybody, really. Cross your heart and hope to die? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/269 "2012-09-19T18:54:24Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Cross your heart and hope to die? GAH!!! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/270 "2012-09-19T22:28:15Z")
Anecdotal, semi-on-topic comment: I went to a pre-interview with a consulting company last week, the day before an interview at Wells Fargo (IT job, not public-facing). The lady with the consulting company said she just needed to make sure I didn’t have any facial tattoos. Similarly, several years ago when I interviewed with IBM, the guy said I wouldn’t need to do a second in-person interview because “we see you own a suit and don’t have a heroin needle sticking out of your neck.” ---
**Author:** ![DvorJaques](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3e96dc/32.png) [@DvorJaques](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DvorJaques)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307/271 "2012-09-21T00:25:24Z")
I just read this interesting [article](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19628418) on BBC News about Maori tattoos. The tattoo in the photo is pretty attractive in my opinion, I would definitly hire her if she was a good C++ coder. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facial-and-neck-tattoos-do-they-have-problems-finding-jobs/569307.md?page=13)