Disadvantages

So they told you that you didn’t get that last promotion because of your account management skills/ your specific experience/a stronger candidate, etc, etc. But could there be more to it than that? A study by the University of Florida suggests that tall people are more successful in life than their shorter counterparts with every extra inch in height being worth £400 in annual salary. Research by Yale university found that 43% of employers and 53% of co-workers discriminate against the overweight, while yet another study came up with the theory that people with the initials ‘A’ and ‘B’ do better than those with the initials ‘C’ and ‘D’ (we assume that if you are called Yvonne Zebadiah you might as well just give up). And if you are a male who is losing his hair, you are also in trouble. A German study found that bald men are only half as likely to get a job as those with luxuriant locks because they are seen as ‘less dynamic’.