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so is being overweight holding you back
from getting your dream job
let's talk about it
[Music]
hi everyone and welcome to smeetalks
this topic might be a little bit sticky
uncomfortable to talk about but that's
what we're all about really having these
uncomfortable conversations and i'll
share my perspective on this given the
fact that i've struggled with weight all
my life and and i lived many years being
obese and i've lost weight i trained
i've i've trained seriously
my body changed it drastically
especially two years ago and i did
notice the differences in people's
perceptions in dating and
working and and and
many aspects of life so i i have
probably a unique perspective into this
but we will watch a video together and
see what this lady is saying please
support the channel like the video and
comment and all that good stuff let's
jump into youtube they've revealed that
more than 7000 brits are on sickness
benefit as they are declared too fat to
work and cost the taxpayer more than 28
million in benefit payments last year
alone well with us now is mum of one j
cole who weighs 22 stone she's fit to
work and claims she's desperate for a
job but employers won't hire her because
she says
she's overweight
she says company bottis bosses are
fattest and argues that she shouldn't
have to lose weight to get a job then
there's businesswoman casey hopkins who
admits as an employer she would never
hire someone overweight because they are
lazy and lack ambition so there could be
fireworks here welcome to both of you
jay let's start off with you first of
all now you have had a job haven't you
yeah i've had yeah you had a job which
you did it was a six hours a week job
and you did that for a year yeah so you
have been employed i have were you the
same size then um yeah i was the same
size same size so you were employable at
that stage
why did that job come to an end um
because i had a dispute we had about
like time keeping they tried to say that
i was late and i well i to me i wasn't
late and
they wanted to push me out because i was
there when the other dinner ladies were
there and they never said anything to
them or they never got pulled in and i
did and like one instance
so from the get go you could see there
are other
factors playing in and what with what
this lady is talking about
and you can see also there's katie
hopkins which is an interesting
character
to say the least
my little girl was poorly and i found
out i'm saying i can't come into work
today because my little girls probably
have got nothing to look after i went
back and they accused me of being in kfc
which i wasn't they apparently someone
saw me in kfc what sort of jobs have you
i thought i would say that apparently
someone saw the lady at uh kfc that
that's funny to be honest with you
imagine like
someone takes leave off work to go and
eat that kfc
i don't know what to say
gone for after you've done that i've
gone for everything i've done cleaning
retail nursery nurse
teaching assistants i've tried
everything so you say that you have gone
for job interviews and you can see it in
their eyes yeah it's like you walk into
a room and you just see their
expressions that they don't expect to
see what they see on the paper you
walking into a room you can see they're
just like oh
so let's talk about this
listen
we have to be realistic
and understand that
we as people have biases left right and
center
starting from race starting from belief
system starting from community
you name it
we do our best to treat people
you know fairly and justly but sometimes
it's even beyond
you know
sometimes it's even beyond your
recognition that you've been biased for
or against
someone sometimes you get a hiring
manager who sees a guy that reminds him
of someone who bullied him in the early
years of his life and even though this
guy may be you know the perfect fit for
the job there is that bad chemistry they
may not get tired
this guy is not like conspiring oh i'm
not hiring anyone with a shaved head
that looks like this guy
but it could influence his decision
the same thing about being overweight we
as society as people
uh give leniency give favors the tree
people who look good better
that's us that that's the human race
unfortunately
and you know we go on the social media
and everyone should be treated fairly
and
that's nonsense even people who write
like this when a supermodel walks by
them ask them for a viva they'll be
jumping left right and center to please
her or please him that's us we have
biological you know our biology does
impact our decisions
when you know when when a girl who is in
in great shape she's got the the
attractive features
the way that we respond and deal with
her without us realizing will be
different it's unfair it is unfair i'm
i'm agreeing but that's what it is and
what that tells us
we could spend hours and hours and days
and years of trying to fix the society
or we could do what's best for us
and understand what the human society is
and act accordingly we can't change
people
we can't change people
you can adapt and you could do what's
best for you and i tell you something
the first victim of being overweight is
the person themselves the kids
the the family the health
the quality of their life and i don't
give a damn about people now who talk oh
being obesity is good this is nonsense
i've seen the dark side of of being
obese i've seen the struggles i've seen
the struggle sitting in a plane
dating
trying to do sports losing your breath
can't hold your heavy shopping
be having excess of adipose tissue it's
not good for your health it's for you
you are the prior priority that's how we
should uh look into this doing what's
good for us beforehand let's you know
what katie has to say yes i think that's
fair i think um you know if you look at
somebody that is your size i think the
your immediate reaction and it is those
perceptions those first reactions that
do matter no matter what we say
you the reaction you get is would i want
to put someone in front of a client that
looks like this would i want them to
think you know are they do they look
dynamic do they look disciplined do they
look highly efficient well
no you know speaking frankly and
therefore jay wouldn't be someone that i
would employ and we have to recognize
there's lots of other people queuing up
behind her for that i have a lot of
other choices
no to me because of the way i look my
size because i
come across to me i think i come across
well-spoken well-mannered i have the
qualifications on the paper and just
because i walk in and i'm 10 stressed
bigger than say you and you think no
she's not having the job because that is
why i am here today because that is is
proving there is such thing as fact is
because because i would look at you and
i would think well i can choose from 20
30 200.
listen uh so the first thing that katie
told
this lady
is
the first
perception and the pre perceived ideas
about a person and that's what i said to
start with and it's true that that's how
people are and that's the who they will
always be
um we have to accept that there are some
jobs
that require certain look require a
certain gender um require you know
certain aspects that are relevant to
that to that you know to that field um
so for example uh
being extremely overweight wouldn't you
know you can't be a fireman or a fire
woman
it doesn't make make sense because you
know it doesn't work you need someone
who's nimble who's fit who will pass all
the you know all of the required
physicalities and their
you know their priority is to save
someone's life
is not about them you know
you know being the politically correct
thing and for them to get the job but
there are so many jobs that you don't
you know your weight is
relevant to be honest with you most of
the jobs weight shouldn't be an issue
especially you know if
you're not talking about a client you
know client facing
okay is your job about you know
nutrition is it's sorry is your industry
about nutrition is it about fashion
for certain sizes is about something
that you think weight will impact
uh
that
you know that there are different
factors i think there but in all honesty
i think most jobs uh can be done by so
by people regardless of their uh weight
and that's like if you but also i'd look
at you and i would think as a small
business as we are you know there is
potential for there to be sickness
related
issues that is a fact we lost 16.8
billion last year for six minutes
for me coming to my employment and i'd
be like i don't want to hire you because
i don't like the look of you you would
probably then try and sue me or some oh
long but i would say i would say to you
i'd say you know this is an issue you
know people have this opinion which you
would yeah i know so why don't you think
well you know if i am going to compete
if i am going to get myself off benefits
if i really want to but you wouldn't
have someone of a different color to
change their color to get a job because
there is such thing as fatism and there
is such thing as
disabilities yeah i think the
conversation will go sideways now and
really there is no point covering it
further but
i'll talk about the
facts of so so katie here is making a
perception that someone being overweight
will
have more sick leave and i don't
necessarily agree
you know even though being overweight
it's
ticks all the markers for people will
have serious health issues down the road
but you could have people in perfect
shape and have issues you know because
they could have issues with diabetes
kidneys anything so i'm i wouldn't to be
honest with you i wouldn't look at it
that way at all
that someone being overweight that means
they will take more sick leave i i think
that's ktb and katie and throwing that
that politics kind of approach into
the conversation about laziness
are overweight people lazy you can't
make that assumption as well because
the problem with obesity and nutrition
in the us and everywhere in the world
that we are misinformed
there isn't a balanced approach for us
to understand and apply nutrition
there are crash diets
fake super weight loss
you know pills
the the people who give advice about
nutrition are clueless about nutrition
you have all these fitness models who
look fantastic some of them use
substances some of them have fantastic
genetics they enjoy working out their
hormonal balances are perfect
and that kind of you know fitness niche
what they talk about doesn't apply for
people like this lady it doesn't apply
for people like me who work on the
computer most of the time
there are so many different factors to
be honest with you and laziness could be
one of them i'm not going to sugarcoat
it it could be one of them there are
people who are not willing to adhere to
a diet and and
okay so i'm not calling it a diet there
aren't
people maybe they are not willing to do
the lifestyle changes
that's required for them to be in a
healthy weight i accept that but to
presume that someone is lazy just by
looking at them i think is is immature
to be honest with you
my take on this
yes you will be judged unfortunately you
may lose your own opportunities your
love life your choices will also be
impacted
by weight
and and
and how you look and what i would say
what i would advise people take it or
leave it is up to you
to me when i lost weight
and when i got closer to being in a
healthier bmi built muscle
and got leaner and in no way i never got
into like a fitness level uh you know
level but for me it was great
and i saw lots of differences in you
know the way you perceive people listen
to you
uh the confidence that you built the
health markers your blood you know when
you do blood work everything is spot on
so yeah i i think
weight definitely matters and people
will judge you on it so it's up to you
to act or keep finding excuses or look
to change the world and i don't think
that's possible let me know what you
think in the comments down below thanks
for watching take care for now

so is being overweight holding you back

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fatism::noun | Spocien Dictionary

fatism

noun

discrimination against people who are overweight

Type	Words
Synonyms	fattism
Type of	discrimination, favoritism, favouritism

How to pronounce fatism in English?

fatism::noun | Spocien Dictionary

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