<p>While working at my first job post graduation our company was in the midst of franchising itself.</p>
<p>Periodically prospective franchise buyers would come to our corporate office to get a better feel for the business and how it’s operated.</p>
<p>The department I worked in was mostly staffed with younger, fresh looking faces - attractive and friendly appearing. The other departments were mostly older workers, less attractive - bald men, women with no waistlines.</p>
<p>It was the kind of work environment that people would often work remotely or have assignments outside of the office. I don’t think it was a coincidence that during these visits my department would always be fully staffed and working from the office, and the other departments would be sent on out of the office assignments.</p>
<p>In general, people do respond better to more attractive people.</p>
<p>GovAffairs, it’s the same reason restaurants hire pretty girls to be hostesses and companies hire attractive men and women for their front desk. An attractive face makes a good first-impression on customers. </p>
<p>Wasn’t there an Ally McBeal episode about this about 10 years ago? I remember the question in the ep. was whether a company should be able to hire and fire front-desk employees based on their appearance. I guess the real-world question is: should being attractive be part of a welcoming agent’s job description? It does serve part of their job, after all.</p>
<p>It’s a combination of looks/appearance/good upbringing. You either have that essence that makes you pleasant to be around or you don’t. Who cares if somebody does or doesn’t get a jolly from staring at you on the bus?</p>
<p>I hope you’re in middle school. I’d probably projectile vomit if such a discussion came up in one of my courses.</p>
<p>If you have to wonder whether or not better looking people have an advantage, then you’re either so useless that you need to bank on something that wasn’t earned, or you’re so insecure that you think people will forcefully disadvantage you due to your appearance. Either way, your parents messed up. Oh man this is hilarious</p>
<p>‘ugly as heck’… what is that? NorCal boonies slang? Only ugly people call others ugly.</p>
<p>good thing i’m cute as heck. NorCal boonies slang? No, I live in Crystal Cove, which is in Newport Beach if you didn’t know, in southern orange county, but i’m guessing if you’re from “NorCal” it means you’re a boonie?</p>
<p>I mean, I’ll be honest here. If I am hiring someone and it comes down to two females, both with identical stats, I am picking the better looking one. Depending on the job that “good looking buffer” could get extended to where the worse looking girl is actually slightly more qualified. But you have to look at good looks as an asset as well.</p>
<p>I find a difference between attractive women and men, at least at the collegiate level. Attractive women are usually very judgmental but even more so is that they base their entire lives around the acceptance of their peers. Because of this they rarely are smart, or at least appear to be smart, because being ditzy gives them a lot more attention which is the one thing they crave. Of course I am generalizing here but I don’t know what is worse. being an airhead or pretending to be one for attention. The vast majority of girls fall into those 2 categories. A pretty girl who is intelligent and not afraid to be herself is the holy grail in my book</p>
<p>Attractive men are pretty similar. They have been praised their entire lives and because of this have superb social skills and are usually athletic. They usually dont have to hide their intelligence like women but then again you will rarely see them having a deep conversation. They usually talk about “bro” stuff and use the word “gay” as an insult every other sentence.</p>
<p>Do they have advantage? Of course. But they also have their setbacks. If you are a beautiful woman it must be annoying having every guy (and many women) judge you based entirely on looks and treat you like a piece of meat. If you are an attractive guy you will be confident but also possibly an ass hole which will hurt in the corporate world.</p>
<p>Blaming your looks on your lack of success is an excuse. With hard work and the right business climate any of your setbacks (race, religion, looks) can be overcome. Just be as friendly and outgoing as possible. If you are nice people will like you, and if they still don’t then those aren’t the people you want to be around anyways</p>
<p>I’m confused about how you think using ‘gay’ as an insult correlates in anyway to someone’s intelligence. Also you seem to be hinting that only white males are good looking, as very few black males use the word bro. </p>
You have clearly never been around wealthy investment bankers or Wall St. types. They are all notorious ass holes and it’s one gigantic bro fest. Don’t expect to work on Wall St. if you’re a meek nerd.</p>
<p>UKclassof13, you’re making the horrible and false assumption that all beautiful women are obsessed with looks. A girl’s level of attractiveness does not shape her personality. There is a correlation between beauty and “ditzy”-ness because of the people who usually accept the girl into their social circle who would, in turn, shape her values. However, if the girl socializes with less shallow people, she’ll value deeper things in life.</p>
<p>I’m a good example. I don’t mean to brag, but life experience is never anecdotal and I have good life experience here. I was a model when I was a teenager and I spent several years in other image-based industries. I know I’m attractive. Now, I’m not a genius, but I’m bright. I was an AP kid in high school and I’d still call myself a nerd. Want to know why? Because my mother taught me that boys are not what life is about and dumbing myself down is cutting myself short. When I got to middle school, I started hanging out with the “pretty (ahem, slutty) girls” but I was cast out/ I walked out within the year because I didn’t value what they valued. I found other girl nerds and they helped me form even stronger values.</p>
<p>It’s nature vs. nurture. A pretty girl’s shallow values are not natural. It’s nuture based.</p>
<p>I am sorry, I have no filter. And the whole internet thing doesn’t help…</p>
<p>But seriously, there is an inverse relation between looks and inteligence. Not everyone follows this rule though. I mean, a gorgeous, smart girl is like the jackpot. But I’ve got to assume there was a drop off going from the “slutty” girls to “nerdy” girls</p>
<p>Again, though, correlation is not causation. There was a definate correlation but the girls’ personalities were not directly caused by their looks. The personalities were caused by the social circles that accepted them. </p>
<p>The nerd girls didn’t quickly accept me–they almost distrusted me, which kind of goes against UKclassof13’s statement that only attractive girls judge based on looks. The nerd girls did, just in a different way. Turns out, I was only invited in because one of the girls had a crush on me. The rest accepted me only after I showed them that I had some personality to offer.</p>
<p>This would make a great psychology/ sociology study.</p>