Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 11:52     Subject: How much do your looks affect corporate success?
Anonymous wrote:I work for a Fortune 500 company. All the female executives look like sorority sisters.


Same here
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 11:32     Subject: How much do your looks affect corporate success?
I work for a Fortune 500 company. All the female executives look like sorority sisters.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 11:30     Subject: How much do your looks affect corporate success?
Anonymous wrote:Your teeth matter a lot, and it sucks for people like me with a crossbite. I have done orthodontic treatment but because my roots are short, we had to stop before it was fixed. My only other option is a full mouth of veneers which aren't permanent. It would cost 25k, and I would need to have it done every ten or so years. I may do it abroad, where my husband is originally from. So to answer your question, looks do matter. I watched someone move up fast instead of another guy with bad teeth. In US culture, you're expected to smile a lot with your teeth and you're judged by your teeth, unfortunately.


Instead of getting them fixed abroad maybe you could just move abroad.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 11:28     Subject: How much do your looks affect corporate success?
Anonymous wrote:Can you get ahead in corporate if you are not good looking?

No biggie if you’re a man. Harder if you’re a woman.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 11:14     Subject: Re:How much do your looks affect corporate success?
You don’t have to look good, but looking very ugly will hurt your chances badly.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 10:57     Subject: How much do your looks affect corporate success?
Your teeth matter a lot, and it sucks for people like me with a crossbite. I have done orthodontic treatment but because my roots are short, we had to stop before it was fixed. My only other option is a full mouth of veneers which aren't permanent. It would cost 25k, and I would need to have it done every ten or so years. I may do it abroad, where my husband is originally from. So to answer your question, looks do matter. I watched someone move up fast instead of another guy with bad teeth. In US culture, you're expected to smile a lot with your teeth and you're judged by your teeth, unfortunately.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 10:40     Subject: Re:How much do your looks affect corporate success?
At my last job, everyone stood at standing desks all day eating salads.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 10:39     Subject: How much do your looks affect corporate success?
Not since pre 9/11.

Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 10:22     Subject: Re:How much do your looks affect corporate success?
Anonymous wrote:Being overweight is a negative. Being too flashy also a negative


Yeah, it seems best to look healthy and groomed but in a natural way.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 10:15     Subject: How much do your looks affect corporate success?
I think it helps more than it hurts.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 10:13     Subject: How much do your looks affect corporate success?
The key is to be well groomed in a way that’s…inoffensive. Look at Fortune 500 female execs. All shapes and sizes, frankly, and different degrees of natural beauty..but they have tidy, inoffensive haircuts and white teeth.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 10:07     Subject: Re:How much do your looks affect corporate success?
Being overweight is a negative. Being too flashy also a negative
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 10:06     Subject: Re:How much do your looks affect corporate success?
We don’t have a single overweight, unattractive person in leadership at the large, publicly-traded company where I work. Everyone is fit and average to above average in looks, but no one is incredibly good looking.

Being unattractive may hurt, as may being too attractive.
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2023 10:00     Subject: How much do your looks affect corporate success?
Anonymous wrote:Can you get ahead in corporate if you are not good looking?


I don’t think that being very good looking is helpful at all. In fact, it’s a huge issue at work. Being a well maintained, average looking person is probably best for career advancement.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2023 21:08     Subject: How much do your looks affect corporate success?
Can you get ahead in corporate if you are not good looking?