Comments | cracklinrosie: Wanted: Two cents

cracklinrosie

Wanted: Two cents

Aug 05, 2005 11:12

I am having quite a conundrum. I applied for this job, the title is Environmental Scientist. Sounds great right. I'd actually be working within the realm of my degree. I'd be doing some field work out in the heat with all the bugs, mud, etc. That might sound bad to some of you, but I'd love it. I'd also get to learn a lot about flora, fauna, ( Read more... )

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guidi August 5 2005, 09:57:11 UTC

I don't see any problem with you leaving if you don't feel comfortable. Sounds like you have made it clear to them about your standards and the boss seems to understand what you value. You even talked about the 90 day probation period with him. Shit, if you take it and leave you could learn a lot anyway and not have to feel bad about it.
I say go for it. Experience (even bad ones) is so incredibly valuable in the long run.
Holy crap I've started to sound like my mom...

cracklinrosie August 5 2005, 10:02:35 UTC

Ha, ha... I think that means we are getting old (when we start to sound like our moms).
Thanks for the opinion. I don't know what I'll do. But for now I'll just wait and see if they offer me the job, oh and take the GRE next Wed. Regardless of what happens with this job, grad school here I come!

guidi August 5 2005, 10:22:09 UTC

Oooh, i take the GRE on Tuesday.
Good luck!

freddyfishstyx August 5 2005, 11:10:40 UTC

Hrmmmm...well if you were that blunt with him, and he still persisted with speaking to you and reassuring you, I would take that to mean that they are either
A.)Desperate for employees to the point of hiring someone with entirely differant perceptions than thiers knowing full well that it will lead to thier later displeasure.
or
B.)They really do take into account what they say and that they want people who can hold the interests of the company and have enough ethics to not be royall a-holes ( ... )

cracklinrosie August 5 2005, 14:29:13 UTC

I suppose it would make an interesting chapter in my autobiography.
Chapter 13 - Environmental espionage

ketanp August 5 2005, 12:36:16 UTC

When I was desperate for a job I clung pretty hard to not applying w/ Lockheed, Harris, etc. because of the business they're in. After 5 months of unemployment and Convergys/enlisting as being my remaining options I ended up sending an application into Lockheed (which was summarily rejected) but it's a big deal to me that I caved in and applied. It still bothers me that I did something I said under no condition would I ever do. Point of the story is, even if you come up with a fantastic justification for doing something your stomach tells you not to do, it'll stick in your craw so you should figure out what you really think about the job ( ... )

cracklinrosie August 5 2005, 14:22:51 UTC

First, you no more black than I am. Second, the only you are getting reparations from any of these companies is if you let them mine you (so if you are hiding a phosphate deposit in your rectum please let me know). Finally, thanks for the opinion. It sounds messed up but I kind of hope they don't offer me the job...aw the easy way out.

valiant_me August 5 2005, 15:11:03 UTC

Reparation check, bitches

mylett August 5 2005, 14:22:20 UTC

it is possible to reconcile pragmatism with idealism. with a world view such as yours, i'm sure you have found it extremely difficult, if not, then impossible to remain completely and uncompromisingly idealistic to your eco-centric principles. please do not think that i'm trying to bash your ideals in some sort of tongue-in-cheek fashion, i'm just offering a view that is rare amongst this forum of old friends. we all live in a modern civilization that sits upon what once was a feral and untouched state of nature. we all consume fossil fuels, plastics, and innumerable products of modern industry. it's a contradiction and paradox that must be hard to accept as an individual that is so compassionate towards environmental issues. it's a guilt-ridden reality that the modern human must contend with. create, produce, consume, destroy... all in the name of fulfilling the average american life expectancy of 74.1 years of cynicism and hypocrisy ( ... )

cracklinrosie August 5 2005, 14:40:22 UTC

Your point about actually using my education is why I'm even pondering the job at all. I have never actually worked in my field in the 2.5 years I've been out of school. Any other job is something I'm doing just to kill time until graduate school - which is a colossal waste of time.

You are right that in general you are one of the few voices of dissension in the ranks of this group. Your point of view is very different from my own, and in some ways that makes it all the more useful to me. I appreciate getting a peak at this from an entirely different perspective, so thanks for the input.