Body odour

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Interviewed a person who came across well but they had extremely bad body odour

They would be working in close proximity to a lot of people and going to clients houses. The interview room smelt for a while after the person left. Which concerns me.

I have worked with people before who had this problem and it isn’t pleasant for everyone to else and is a very sensitive subject to try and approach.

I don’t want to cause a problem for the rest of my team but seems a shame for this person.

I am leaning towards the “thanks but no thanks” but does anyone have any experience.

I used to work with young people who had various problems with getting into work.

I had a couple of people who even if they were told quite candidly that they needed to shower every day and take more care with their personal hygiene would not/could not be relied on to do it.

They lost their work placements because they refused to take care of their personal hygiene in a way that was acceptable to the employer and employees.

It would be a “thanks, but no thanks” from me too.

Thank you for your replies.

We sent them a “thanks but no thanks” response

It did make me wonder if they couldn’t smell themselves? It was quite overpowering

It's a shame but unfortunately you have a responsibility to your current employees as well to not put them in an unpleasant working environment