Would you fire an employee for bad B.O?

[Drekker17]

Yes, not only is it bad for customers, but it can disturb other employees. I'd of course talk to them about it first, but if a week passes and they didn't do anything...fired.

[Isoz]

I know it's hard to talk about and if you lived and worked long enough it's probably come up, so if you were in charge of an employee with bad Body Oder as in poor hygene would you let them go?

And you have talked to them about it at least once. Say it's a security guard.

u cant sack someone for bad hygene unless they do something againest company policy there is no grounds to sack them

[Sindile]

If they have interaction with the public then yes. But if their working jobs in the field outside of the public then I wouldn't fire them.

[Deleted]

Assuming the job requires good hygiene, for example because it requres a lot of contact with customers like at a bank. Then yes.

If you have bad hygiene -> fired, no sorry for you.
If you have a medical condition -> fired, feel sorry for you but this burden on the customers is not acceptable

Just for your information, there are people out there who have a very bad B.O. and there is nothing to help them,
my cousin has encountered one at the gym regularly and reported that even after a long shower the smell did not go away.
Sort of like a dog, when you wash your dog he does not smell clean, he just smells like "wet dog", thats jsut how it is.

[tehealadin]

To those talking about basic hygiene etc, it isn't always a hygiene issue. I have a problem with body odour, mainly from my right armpit. I shave it constantly to help, constantly scrub it, when leaving for work I spray aftershave on it, as well as deodorant, I have deodorant at work and have wipes to clean the sweat at regular intervals. Sometimes it still isn't enough, it just leaks out disgusting, smelly sweat. Where did I go wrong on the hygiene front?

[Hooked]

To those talking about basic hygiene etc, it isn't always a hygiene issue. I have a problem with body odour, mainly from my right armpit. I shave it constantly to help, constantly scrub it, when leaving for work I spray aftershave on it, as well as deodorant, I have deodorant at work and have wipes to clean the sweat at regular intervals. Sometimes it still isn't enough, it just leaks out disgusting, smelly sweat. Where did I go wrong on the hygiene front?

It means you have a bacteria or fungus that is feeding on your sweat making you smell.

[Bainnor]

-The employee does not meet legitimate requirements for the job, such as performance or production standards, with or without a reasonable accommodation

The phrasing from that link is interesting, and possibly not intended. If you take out the clause that clarifies what they mean by legitimate requirements, you're left with

"The employee does not meet legitimate requirements for the job with or without a reasonable accommodation"

The use of 'or' indicates that the sentence could be written two different ways, which would leave

"The employee does not meet legitimate requirements for the job with a reasonable accommodation" and "The employee does not meet legitimate requirements for the job without a reasonable accommodation".

One of those indicates that you can fire a disabled person while making no effort to accommodate their disability, which surely isn't what they mean.

[pyroadi]

I once gave one of my employees a warning for bad wind. Issue was he farted constantly and my desk was next to his, I could not work - had to warn him. After that he left the office to go fart...

[aryianna]

I managed a Pizza Hut a few years ago and we had a cook that absolutely stunk AND a waitress who worked out front obviously. We had to take both of them aside (separately) and talk to them about it and how it affects the customers, other employees and hygiene of the company. It is a very hard discussion to have with someone. The guy it turned out had a medical condition but when brought to his attention would just put deodorant on more often throughout his shift.... problem solved. Female waitress threw a hissy fit and whined about her rights to live a life of natural living. In the end she had to go. When customers are asking for a different waitress because she makes them gag it's not right but at the same time we had to be careful the reasoning used for her dismissal as you know she'd fight it with unemployment.

[TheLittleBeast]

Like some have already mentioned, it would certainly depend on the job and the severity of their odor. In an enclosed space, it can be toxic.

[Malachi256]

This happened at a job I had. Manager was very nice about it, got the guy some deodorant and had a talk with him I'm sure. The guy still didn't make it past probation, but I think that's probably more an issue of the BO just being a symptom of a larger issue.

[Rhine101]

My boss had to talk to an employee and escort him off property for BO.

It was in an office space. It was bad and people were complaining so he legit had to investigate and find the guy and kick him out to go bathe. My boss worked security.

[Luko]

I'm a tad late to the thread but not only would I, but I have. We had a stockboy at a store I used to manage a department for. He was fine til he'd start sweating which was pretty much as soon as he started working, then oh god. I had the awkward task of not only pulling him aside to call him out on it but "defend" him from other employees who teased him about it as if I didn't completely agree with them.

Long story short, he ended up claiming that he had some sort of condition where his body didn't filter things like other people and it caused his persperation to reek. It's not that I didn't believe him, but it didn't change the fact that he was smelly so I simply asked him to get a doctors note detailing the issue and even offered to give him an excused day off to get one. He couldn't produce so I had to let him go on disruption of workplace.

[Deleted]

If you're indecent enough to not have a Shower before you wake up and slap some deodrant on, then yes. I seriously don't understand how people can neglect their own personal hygiene, it's fucking disgusting.

[Korgoth]

Proper hygiene demonstrates the ability to follow a routine and have discipline. People with poor hygiene, like bad B.O., would likely also have other poor behaviors, which would contribute to giving cause to fire them.

[Usagi Senshi]

I managed a Pizza Hut a few years ago and we had a cook that absolutely stunk AND a waitress who worked out front obviously. We had to take both of them aside (separately) and talk to them about it and how it affects the customers, other employees and hygiene of the company. It is a very hard discussion to have with someone. The guy it turned out had a medical condition but when brought to his attention would just put deodorant on more often throughout his shift.... problem solved. Female waitress threw a hissy fit and whined about her rights to live a life of natural living. In the end she had to go. When customers are asking for a different waitress because she makes them gag it's not right but at the same time we had to be careful the reasoning used for her dismissal as you know she'd fight it with unemployment.

WTF, the same thing happened at a McD I used to be a manager at. Same deal, guy and girl both stunk to high heaven. The guy had a medical condition and just tried to mask it more and it worked and the girl said she would start using BO buster(in the most deadpan voice too, was funny at the time) more. you would think working at a food place would make you think to not be that stinky.

[announced]

its all about relevance. if they are working at night and alone id say dont worry about it. if the bad guys come over maybe the stench of the guard will convince them to leave. however if their working and interacting with people on a day by day basis then yes they need to smell ok.

[mizeri]

i think jobs need to just have that in a contract when hiring so they cant go back and sue them

[DiNett]

Yes
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[Darththeo]

No. I would not fire someone for BO ... ever. I do not know why they are smelling, for I know they have a medical issue.