UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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There is a style of tattoo called sleeve tattoos:
http://slodive.com/inspiration/full-sleeve-tattoo-designs/
Visable tattoos
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There is a style of tattoo called sleeve tattoos:
http://slodive.com/inspiration/full-sleeve-tattoo-designs/
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
All drivers in my location who were hired after about 2004 signed a form that stated visible tats are not allowed. Drivers hired prior to that time are "grandfathered" in and are not required to cover their tats.
I can agree with the argument that the company has the right to impose reasonable appearance standards, but those standards cannot be arbitrary or retroactive.
I can agree with the argument that the company has the right to impose reasonable appearance standards, but those standards cannot be arbitrary or retroactive.
old levi's
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Life is all about choices.
union4life
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You can say that again. We had a young guy quit when he tried to go from PT to FT and mgt said he had to wear long sleeves and lond pants. I couldn't believe it. He was young (maybe 22 years old) and had a wife with child on the way. I think of the decision he made that day all the time. I hope things worked out for him.
packageguy
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Here in jersey, no art work shown, if so you will be displined. it's
getting bad, guys calling out when temperture is high 90's.
getting bad, guys calling out when temperture is high 90's.
krash
Go big orange
There was a time we didn't have shorts, remember? Also had someone in-house who washed our uniform(pants only) and you weren't allowed to where your pants out. The reason was (one of them anyway) if you stopped for a beer on the way home they wouldn't recognize you were a UPSer. LOL, but you could wear your shirts with the UPS logo on it.
Now I have one on my arm and keep my sleeves rolled up and in all these years they haven't told me to cover it up. Do know of a driver who had the bright idea of getting a sleeve tattoo and was astonished when they told him he had to cover it up.
Now I have one on my arm and keep my sleeves rolled up and in all these years they haven't told me to cover it up. Do know of a driver who had the bright idea of getting a sleeve tattoo and was astonished when they told him he had to cover it up.
brown_trousers
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I usually side with with my fellow coworkers, but I'll have to agree with UPS on this one. It's not an unreasonable requirement to hide tattoos and/or piercings. If it was a requirement when you first took the driving job, then that should have been the red flag telling you to NOT take that driving position, or NOT get tattooed.
soberups
Pees in the brown Koolaid
I agree with you 100% that the company has the right to make such policies clear prior to the driver being hired.
The problem we ran into here is when they started telling guys who had been hired 20+ years ago with visible tats on their arms that they now had to start covering them up with long sleeved shirts in the middle of summer.
upsgrunt
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Wouldn't they look like a barn that had been painted during a rainstorm when they sweated?
old levi's
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Common sense goes a long way.
Yes it does. But common sense isn't that common any more.
moreluck
golden ticket member
I'm tellin' !
He'll send ya half his paycheck if you don't!!!
moreluck
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I can be bought. OK!
chewbacca25
Member
i think it is prolly a discretionary call made depending on the locale...or maybe some centers or just more lax than others? they made all of our drivers sign a "grandfather clause" so we cant get any new visible tattoos. but we have at least 3 drivers that have existing visible ones and they arent told to cover them up. i have also seen a driver in san antonio with a full uncovered sleeve on his arm delivering to a doctors office. she could just put a sweat band or a sleeve over it, i think pants may be a little excessive
packagemandan
Active Member
In our area so.fl. 100 degrees daily, in back of package car 128 we came to an agreement that any hires currently on road that had tatoos prior to employment are able to wear shorts as long as they weren't offensive, and no new tats were permited. They actualy photographed all employees to document this information.
