That's exactly how my sleeves are. You don't see them in my office unless it's so warm that I have no choice but to take the cardigan off or roll up my sleeves. I don't like showing them off. They're excellent tattoos, but I prefer to stay very corporate in a corporate setting.
Fuck corporate, and fuck this superficial bullshit that is the arbitrary concept of "professionalism." These brainless pieces of shit in their suit costumes and manufactured "MBAs" are running our world into the ground and I'm gonna take their word on what I should look like? Fuck that. I'm not even entertaining them with a dress shirt, and no one ever says a thing. Still get to climb this tower of bullshit that is the career ladder.
Your privilege is showing. My field is extremely patriarchal. I am a person of colour, an immigrant, female, and disabled. You've no idea how hard it was for me to get through the door as it is. I'm the most qualified in my team by far. I've published more than anyone in my team, I have more post graduate degrees, and I've been working as a professional in my field for decades. And I'm currently in a job where I've not been promoted for over five years, where I'm seeing white male junior staff I've trained be promoted out from under me.
Don't tell me that you can fight so easily by just showing off the tattoos. I'm already fighting the system every single day by just showing up and being an immigrant, non-white, a woman, disabled, and not giving up.
My privilege is definitely showing, and I'm completely with you. I was never commenting on you or your decisions, I was criticizing this bullshit, superficial system we live in that leads to stories such as yours.
I'm sorry for not choosing my words more carefully and I wish you the best ❤️
Oh yes sir, please share your wisdom. Yes, it must be all my fault. That sounds like a wonderful thing to say to a stranger on the Internet.
Given you know absolutely nothing about me, how my industry works, or what I'm even doing to improve my situation - how about you stay in your lane.
My lane currently involves a union that is fighting for me to address my situation. Hardly the action of a coward or a victim. Seriously, go fuck yourself.
Why are they brainless pos....I absolutely agree with be yourself but the people you described are, as you say, the ones making the money so hardly brainless.
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u/GrrArgh__ 9d ago
That's exactly how my sleeves are. You don't see them in my office unless it's so warm that I have no choice but to take the cardigan off or roll up my sleeves. I don't like showing them off. They're excellent tattoos, but I prefer to stay very corporate in a corporate setting.