KB_FarmerType

Strategic Sales

Women, how much time on looking great?

if you are a woman or friends of gorgeous looking women. here is a question about professional growth from a curious fellow male peer.

Being woman and being in Customer Facing roles - do you pay lot of attention in looking good ?

what % of time do you spend on your physical health (which I think is important for all genders) and how much time and money do you allocate to polishing make ups to aid in looking good?

does this build up a peer pressure over time ?

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hh456

Celebrated Contributor

sales

i was born a 4, not trying to change my stars every morning. just get up and get on the phones.

Corpslovechild

Politicker

Inbound Sales Manager

THIS COMMENT

hh456

Celebrated Contributor

sales

*tips fedora*

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

hahah this is a very risky topic to dive into as a male.

jefe

Arsonist

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Right!?

CuriousFox

WR Officer

🦊

What is your end goal here? 🤔

SaaSyBee

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Founder

Don't do much personally. I only wear makeup on occasion and don't like to waste too much time on how I look.

I will say, though, that having boobs has been a huge benefit.

Annonny

Big Shot

Account Executive

I do for my face and only on the days I'm in the field or having meetings. I think like 10% lol

GDO

Politicker

BDM

I'm male but around 10minutes in the morning

SADNESSLieutenant

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Officer of ♥️

SAME

antiASKHOLE

Tycoon

Bravado's Resident Asshole

hmmm. kind of tricky spot you have put yourself in with this.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

I always look great.

Look, it's the same as anything else customer-facing. You need to look professional and polished.

The rest of your question is ??? I mean, guys, how much time do you spend in the gym and on products to make you look good? How many guys out there are gorgeous handsome men? How did you get there? Are you staring over at Jim and gritting your teeth because he got more reps in and has bigger guns? What is this, middle school?

happyhunter

Politicker

spittin' sunshine

Thank you for this comment hahaha

Kosta_Konfucius

Politicker

Sales Rep

"I always thought I was a natural beauty"

expenseaccount

Valued Contributor

Business Development

Daily I'd say 10 min make-up, 15 min hair, and at least 30 min physical movement. So 4-5% of my day is spent on appearances? I've always felt like someone who does like to spend time looking good because I will always do hair and make-up on any workday, not just client days.

That said, everyone's version of feeling good on the outside is different. I haven't seen or perceived much peer pressure around physical appearance, but have occasionally witnessed judgment around dress and apparel.

QueenSoopers

Opinionated

Account Executive

If I have no meetings where I’m required to be on camera, I’m in pajamas , no makeup and hair up. If I do, I spend probably 30 total minutes doing my hair, makeup and picking out an unwrinkled shirt. That said, I only do enough to look good via Zoom

Kmoney

Valued Contributor

Account Exec

Hard enough to look “naturally” good.

Which…is a lot more makeup and time than you might think.

Nothing against women who spend the time to do full glam, but it’s not my personal brand.

Whether we like it or not the reality is that there’s a lot of old pervs who profile certain kinds of women. I just want their money. So I find the balance between “she’s attractive” and “damn she’s sexy”.

Don’t hate the player.

KB_FarmerType

Opinionated

Strategic Sales

👆🏻this

Pachacuti

Politicker

They call me Daddy, Sales Daddy

One woman I know told me she spends at least an hour getting ready - shower, makeup, etc.

Another I used to work with told me she spends about 20min (outside the shower) to get ready in the AM.

Both are equally attractive and professional in their appearance.

I currently work with 1 woman who throws a jacket &/or scarf on for client calls (all remote, nothing in person) and that's it. She looks fine too.

As a man who's managed and worked with women for 20+ years, I have seen it all. Women tend to either completely outclass the guys in professional appearance. I find that inspirational personally.

salezkween

Opinionated

Enterprise Account Executive

Depends on the day, my hair looks good air dry or done. I look good with or without makeup. I’ve sold the biggest deal in company history at my heaviest. I’m bringing in the company’s biggest deal in company history at my skinniest in 3 years.

Point is if you are confident and have skills it doesn’t matter. No one asks the fat sales VP in a golf polo what his morning routine is, so don’t ask women and come at it like it isn’t a dumb ass question.

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