Would you hire a morbidly obese person?

[Anonymous]

This is going to sound harsh but to me obese implies lazy. I know, I'm terrible, but it's how I feel.

[Anonymous]

No. I don't even like to hire overweight people who aren't morbidly obese. It shows lack of self-discipline. It shows laziness and a lack of self-respect. Not the kind of people I want working for me.

[Anonymous]

I would but my boss wouldn't. I just know him and he would see it as lazy or gross, which is horrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm technically morbidly obese. I have no problems at work related to weight. I don't need a special chair, I don't have knee problems, and granted, I AM currently eating food at my desk right now, but it's almonds.

and you are playing on the Internet at your desk. Get back to work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm technically morbidly obese. I have no problems at work related to weight. I don't need a special chair, I don't have knee problems, and granted, I AM currently eating food at my desk right now, but it's almonds.

and you are playing on the Internet at your desk. Get back to work.

So are you.

[Anonymous]

Yes. I don't give an F about your size or looks as long as you can do your job and do it well. But if you smell bad, I'm not hiring you.

[Anonymous]

Depends. When I've been a hiring manager, I've been hiring for positions that require physical stamina. Getting up and down from the floor, lifting, long walks, carrying, standing for long periods. If someone comes in to the interview winded from the stairs, that's pretty much an immediate disqualification. But skinny people have been winded, too.

[Anonymous]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Interviews are all about first impressions. It's hard to give off a good first impression if you are just physically unattractive, and in fact it'll deduct points in the interviewer's mind subconsciously (sad, but true). A good sense of humor/personality is very hard to display or appropriate in an interview setting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm technically morbidly obese. I have no problems at work related to weight. I don't need a special chair, I don't have knee problems, and granted, I AM currently eating food at my desk right now, but it's almonds.

and you are playing on the Internet at your desk. Get back to work.

Lol, I'm waiting for my boss to make changes to a document so I can finalize and send it out. But, wtf are you doing? You're not Jeff, so it's not like your job is DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is going to sound harsh but to me obese implies lazy. I know, I'm terrible, but it's how I feel.

I'm fat, I am a highly productive worker. But I work with my butt in a chair all day. Not on a treadmill.

[Anonymous]

Isn't it discrimination if you don't hire this person based on weight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. I don't even like to hire overweight people who aren't morbidly obese. It shows lack of self-discipline. It shows laziness and a lack of self-respect. Not the kind of people I want working for me.

I hope you don't hire people who are smokers, who curse, who sleep around, who chew with their mouths open, etc. All THOSE things show a lack of self-respect as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Isn't it discrimination if you don't hire this person based on weight?

But how are they going to prove it? That's the key and the hard part, from what I understand.

Same as with not hiring workers in their 50s or not wanting to hire female workers in their late 20s/early 30s because you know they'll probably doing the mommy thing soon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. I don't even like to hire overweight people who aren't morbidly obese. It shows lack of self-discipline. It shows laziness and a lack of self-respect. Not the kind of people I want working for me.

Said the highly productive and disciplined worker who is posting on online forums in the middle of the work day.