I have a goatee and would hate to have to lose it BUT...it is just hair on my chin.

Hey Brandon !

I've worked in HR/Supevisory and if the standards call for clean shaven face, based on the Board of Directors requests, then this is a very small sacrifice on your part. You did not mention Company benefits, e.g., healthcare, sick days, vacation.  Add all these benefits and I am sure your minimal daily face shave (along with head shave) will become a future promotion or another job opp !   ---Stasiu

LOL, Brandon, you're not being a Baby !  You found the BEST BALD site that listens as we ALL try to help you !  ---Stasiu

I'm in the same boat (law- enforcement). Almost every job here, where you wear a uniform, it's mandatory. It's part of the career I chose and I accept it. You'll get used to it sooner or later. I wore a full beard in college before I got into police work and it took some time to get used to razor bumps and face nicks again, but if you like the work- and can't change policy- it's just something you have to live with. 

That's just a way it is these days.  If it means keeping a job, I would shave my face no problem.  Shoot, if they said no more shaved head, I wouldn't like it, but I would stop and grow it out; that's for sure.

Having choices is overrated:



I used to have a job where I had to wear a suit and tie and then they went to business casual.  You know what?  Wearing a suit was easier.  Much less to decide on, and much easier to shop for clothes (you can buy dress shirts by number!).  I really felt sorry for the older guys there who had nothing resembling business casual in their closets and had no idea what to wear to the office if you weren't supposed to wear a suit.  Sure, it had disadvantages, like if I wanted to go to a baseball game after work, but it was also simple. 

So you have made one decision (taking this job) which doesn't let you decide on your facial hair.  The way to make this a good thing is to just not think about it again because your decision has been made for you. 

By the way, the word "decide" comes from the Latin and means "to cut off."  Not in the shaving sense  but in the sense that deciding means cutting off the alternatives and no longer worrying about them.  A good way to think about all past decisions in life.

I worked a pretty well paying security job last summer and had to shave my beard.  I hated it.  Couldn't wait for that to be over.  I have decided I won't take a job that makes me shave my beard.  You only live once!