I started a new job in an industrial plant two months ago.
I showed up for the interview with a full beard and was given the offer. I reviewed my job contract and there was no mention of being required to shave.
Suddenly two months in (with a beard), my boss says it’s a rule that I have to be clean shaven.
I feel the same way about my beard as others do about the hair on their head, Infact I’d rather shave my head than my beard.
I respect safety, and if they had let me know this beforehand I would’ve politely refused the offer, but the failed to do so in the interview, in the contract and in the whole two months I was here with a beard.
I totally understand that it is for my own safety, and I’m not upset about the policy. I am just upset they never once disclosed this when they knew it was a requirement all along. source