I used to work with a bloke that did nearly 20 years for armed robbery. He’s a mate now, I meet up with him occasionally for a ride out on the motorbikes. All my biker mates have accepted him & welcomed him into the ‘gang’. He moans & whinges about lots of stuff but finding & keeping a job isn’t one of them.
I once sat the other side of a table interviewing what can only be described as a ‘circus strongman’ with facial tattoo’s. This was for a recovery mechanic who could well find himself turning up at 4am to rescue a lone female in a country lane. He was a lovely bloke & we spent 45mins+ trying to find a way to make it work. We couldn’t.
Very early in my working career I’m in a van with an ‘old skool’ bloke who I had lots of respect for. We’re in a layby & I offer to pay for the bacon cobs from the van. He told me how if it’s a bloke in the van then it’s usually a ‘■■■■■’. These blokes can’t get work on any rung of the ladder & this is one of the very few occupations open to them.
So I guess it depends very much on what you did & how you look today !