Viral: What This Woman's Boss Said About Her Tattoos "Shocked" Her

Jessica Leonard opened up about her heavily-tattooed arms and how they are perceived in her workplace

Tattoos in workplaces are far from being a mainstream trend. Rather, tattoos, piercings or even unconventional hair colours are considered unsuitable for offices. But a woman is changing this notion. When Jessica Hanzie Leonard, from Ohio, USA, changed her LinkedIn profile picture, she did not estimate the kind of noise it would make. Recently, the professional showed off her tattooed arms on the social media platform. Her inked arms were also put up for her company headshot. Internet users at once noticed the anomaly and rushed to comment on it.

After the LinkedIn photo went viral, Ms Leonard penned down her thoughts on the platform. She wrote about some of the negative reactions she has received. 

Then, Ms Leonard added, "Ironically, most of the negative feedback I have received has been from female leaders who I looked to as mentors."

But things were different with her boss. Ms Leonard, who recently joined as a Partner in a firm named Evolution Capital Partners, was getting a professional photo for the company's website. She wrote, "I was cautious but asked our Managing Partner if he was comfortable with me getting a photo taken sans jacket for my personal use on LinkedIn, but that we would use one with the jacket for our website."