Is There A Certain Type Of Job Employers Are More Concerned About Obese Workers Than Others?

[dbdoughboy]

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[RATTER15]

Modelling, tight rope walkers........... where would you want me to stop, I think you need to be a little more specific.

[EDDIE51]

Fitness centre, fashion clothes shop assistant. There are loads of jobs where an obese person would not get a look in. Many ladies clothes shops will not have anyone more than a size 10 or 12 working in them.

[Eve]

Maybe more physically demanding jobs - this could be anything where someone is on their feet all or most of the day from gardening to retail to emergency services.

There was a lady on This Morning not long ago who was saying she felt employers did not give her jobs because of her weight. should be easy enough to google (I'm sure I read she got done for shoplifting from a supermarket, possibly before and after the show if it makes the search easier).

[Eve]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jay-cole-shoplifter-who-stole-1790944

Sure there will be an article which focusses more on the weight issue than the shoplifting if you google or look round the This Morning site.

[RATTER15]

Where I worked in care a while back, overweight women could not do the work, they were always having to rest and let the slimmer staff do their share, they weren't popular! we had a lot of stairs and when the emergency bell rings you got to move pretty quick up or down the stairs.

[sara3]

ballet dancers.

[Prudie]

Where I work we can't have obese men in certain jobs because they won't fit in certain holes.

[RATTER15]

Prudie???

[mazie]

ooh err missus :o)

[Eve]

Jockeys! Horse riding jobs in general, mounted police, livery yards... a rider should not weigh more than a certain percentage of the horse's weight for it to be fair to the horse.

[EDDIE51]

Human cannon ball, they would not be the right calibre .