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By: Dream

Dream — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:31:50 +0000

Jobs I Wouldn’t Do…

A few weeks ago, Amanda blogged about Morality in Jobs. She asked a question of which the first part was “What job would be most abhorrent to you (on the basis of the principles of the position being against your morals)?”. The second part …

By: Aravis

Aravis — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:34:15 +0000

Anything that harms animals and the environment. More realistically, I will never be a plastic surgeon despite my parents and their friends persuading me to. I don’t like that medical field as a whole. I was considering becoming a pharmacist until I realized that I don’t agree with conventional medicine and drugs either. I have no idea what kind of doctor I’m gonna be. :(

By: Shen-Shen

Shen-Shen — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:46:26 +0000

I wouldn’t be able to do anything that involved grave injustice of any kind. And by grave I mean like human rights issues and the like. I’m fairly certain I’ll never need to make decisions that would result in people’s deaths, or be in a job that entails making decisions that could result in life or death, but even if I were in such a position, no amount of money would entice me.

By: marilyn

marilyn — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:39:32 +0000

hmm, I don’t know actually, because I’ve never thought of it. But I hold my own principles very high. I refuse to kiss ass like all the other students at uni to stand out in a class of 400+ so I might one day get a letter of recommendation. This also means that I’m screwing myself over because it’s going to be damn hard to get one. So if something like that makes me sick, I’d definitely not take a job that directly conflicts with my morals or afflicts upon anyone something I object to. It’d have to be a pretty high amount of money to do that…and also probably some desperate times too. But who knows, maybe I’m less moralled than I’d like to think.

By: Sarai

Sarai — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:22:41 +0000

Good question! Hmm… the most compromising job position I can think of is contract killer. Or puppy mill employee. And to be very honest, I don’t think I’d be able to do it. People couldn’t pay me enough to work at a job I absolutely hate. Every morning, waking up, having to do the horrible routine all over again… I’d rather work in an ice cream shop for minmum wage than feel like that.

By: Katy

Katy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:21:42 +0000

Some of my friends argue that the job doesn’t matter and it’s all about money, therefore they will work somewhere even if they absolutely HATE it as long as it makes good money.

I, on the other hand thinks that your happiness is more important because there is nothing worse than working somewhere you’ll be totally unhappy (trust me, I’ve done it before and usually quit within the first 3 months). I can’t imagine waking up every morning for the rest of your life and dragging yourself to a job you hate.

And to answer your question, I’ll sound a little bit like a hypocrite, but if the salary is really good but the job goes against my morals, I would consider taking it depending on how strongly I feel against it. If I know it will bug me everyday working there then I won’t take it but it it’s minimal and I know it won’t make me unhappy then I might actually do it for the money.

Some jobs I absolutely WOULDN’T take:
- like Lene & Belinda said above, going door to door spreading religion
- anything that will do great damage to the environment
- Killing. I’ve always thought it would be cool to be an assassin (LMAO) but I won’t have the heart to do it.

By: Lene

Lene — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:30:48 +0000

The most abhorrent job I can think of is that of butchering animals to be eaten. My grandparents used to grow animals for eating later, and I saw my grandpa kill many animals – so cold-blooded! It disturbs me to think how often this is done to supply meat for millions of people. I don’t think I’d do it.

Another abhorrent job would be that of spreading a religion – going door to door convincing people. I think I’d do that for a big sum of money though – oh, and even a bigger amount to promote Christianity :P

By: Belinda

Belinda — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:22:51 +0000

Working with any religious institution that requires convincing people to convert to their beliefs and ideals… kind of like those door-to-door religious people you see.

By: Chans

Chans — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:56:59 +0000

How far do you have to take it though, I mean, I’m a really big environment freak, but I do work for a transport company.

If I were to refuse that job, someone else would take it and I would be jobless. Besides there isn’t one company (that I would want to work for) that doesn’t use trucks or planes or similar transport.

And when it comes to the environment and trying to preserve it a larger company is usually more willing and capable of investing into solutions that are less environmentally straining.