They’ve been told attractive people are better off. Thanks to an innate human bias that’s become known as the “what is beautiful is good” effect, beautiful employees are seen as more intelligent, more competent, more everything-that’s-good. Attractiveness has been found to lead to more job interviews, more job offers, higher income, and greater overall success.
But, there is also an untold story.
There’s also something known as the beauty is a beastly effect. It means, beauty, apparently, can actually work against you. In fact, it can bring you increased discrimination in hiring and on the job, as well as less trust and loyalty when you’re a leader.
According to a new study by Washington State University, attractive businesswomen are perceived as less trustworthy, less truthful and more deserving of being terminated than less appealing women.
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