Thanks Rumbyl! The CEO didn't say anything, so I guess he just doesn't care if I choose to have a beard or not. It makes sense because there are no good reasons for me not to be allowed to have a beard.

Thanks timl8 and tfox1029!  It's only through the encouragement of everyone on this board that I have made it this far.

Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else. -Epictetus