What about people with full sleeve arm tattoos? Seems very expensive. More and more common these days, too.

I think tattoos are low class, sorry. They scream "I made this decision in haste!" I know that's not always the case, but that's what I think when I see one on someone.

And I think, that is going to look gross in about 30 years when the edges are blurred and the skin is wrinkling under it. Bleh.

I judge tattooed people as followers who think they are freethinkers. In other words, the kind of people who are ruining this country. The only exception to this is a veteran with a military tattoo.

I'm kind of shocked at the attitudes expressed here. I work for a Fortune 500 company as a mid-level executive, and spent last night researching tattoos for my shoulder as a 43rd birthday present to myself. Obviously I'm thinking about placement bc I don't want it to show at work, but I wasn't picturing people who could see it outside of work judging me as being impulsive and not a planner.

If you thought your tattoo would hurt you professionally, why did you get one? people judge people all the time. Why don't you stand behind your decision?

I am an executive and while I don't want to see a tattoo on someone's face or neck, I wouldn't mind a wrist. I'm in my 40s and love pushing the envelope a little. I've done it my entire career through corp law and banking.

I have one tattoo (can't see it), but want another. I keep saying, what the hell, I'm getting old.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in a senior position and no matter how long I've known you, the second I see a tattoo on you, my opinion of you goes down.

I don't care if I'm right or wrong, my only point in posting this is you'd never guess that about me if you know me - so my advice would be to hide it always because you never know by whom you're being judged.

+1

To me it says, "poor judgment, not a planner."

Exactly. And they're tacky.

Oh, I should add that my foot tattoo is very small and discrete. It sits alongside that bone below the ankle. I can wear ballet flats and it can only be seen if you're looking for it.

Anonymous wrote:Is a small tattoo on the inside of my wrist completely unprofessional? I am an attorney working for the federal government and work in a business casual dress environment, so short sleeves are acceptable in the warmer months-- I can always throw on a sweater or jacket if I have a meeting with any "higher ups".

Yes, unprofessional. Get one on your foot instead. I love mine. The symbols are meaningful to me----got one after both of my parents died within a month of each other----and I feel like I walk with intention, having them there. It's an Akan symbol meaning "she who cannot be burned." Having survived the trauma of my mother's suicide, resilience is the way I wanna walk.

Neck, wrist, hand all read as unprofessional to me. It's distracting. People will always ask what it means. You want people focused on your competence, not your wrist.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Visible tattoos are always unprofessional.

These five words sum it up!

Just like not wearing hose is always unprofessional?

The worst place for tattoos:

Number one: the face
Number two: the neck (yuck!) or chest where it shows if you are wearing a low cut shirt.
Number three: hands
Number four: leg
Number five: foot
Number six: forearm/wrist
Number seven: upper arms

My dh has one on his upper arm, but it actually looks good and you can't see it unless his shirt is off. I think with tattoos, they CAN look good, but it depends on what the tattoo is and where it is. But never, ever, ever does a neck or face tattoo look good. Just trashy.

Anonymous wrote:Visible tattoos are always unprofessional.

These five words sum it up!

SO many people have tattoos nowadays that eventually the new "thing" will be to not have any tattoos, or at least to cover them up. This will probably start with the kids that millennials are having now.

tacky and trashy. If you feel the need to cover it up with a bracelet in a normal every day setting, like work, then that should be the clue you need to NOT get a permanent mark in a visible place. problem solved.

Hate all tattoos and immediately think less of someone who has one for many of the reasons previously cited - impulsive, poor judgment, short sighted, trying to be cool, etc.