There's kind of a difference between "disagree with their ethics" and "what this company does actively works against everything I find important." Where on that scale you find comfortable is always going to vary, and be a question of degree, but there is a point over which it can and will make you miserable.
― I want to smother him in electronic butter. (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i can see how that'd be true.
i think to an extent any compromise like that causes a little misery, but most people i know probably feel they are making such a compromise to some extent.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Thursday, 26 July 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
i leave it completely behind me when i walk out of the office
― spud called maris (darraghmac), Monday, 15 May 2017 00:36 (six years ago) link
"doing meaningful work" used to be the thing but after the last few months it's obvious those of us who GAF are idiots
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 15 May 2017 00:53 (six years ago) link
I'm hoping this week brings some clear instructions for how to gtfo and start my detail doing literally-anything-but
About three-quarters of my motivation right now is the calendar: I'm inside of two years until retirement (although will probably stay on till the end of the school year).
― clemenza, Monday, 15 May 2017 00:54 (six years ago) link
xp, and thank fucking god I'm not one of my UK counterparts this weekend
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 15 May 2017 00:54 (six years ago) link
Surpised there were no votes for "Being respected and treated nicely"
― Treeship, Monday, 15 May 2017 01:17 (six years ago) link
well that's not why anybody takes a job, I'd hope
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Monday, 15 May 2017 01:17 (six years ago) link
these days.... nothing
― marcos, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 20:54 (six years ago) link
Working for the weekend, tbh. And other days off. And the end of a given work day.
Broadly, just the recognition that not having regular income sucks. I don't care at all about what I do.
― Animal Bag's Greatest Hits Vol. 5 (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 21:00 (six years ago) link
It's easyRegular paycheckGood benefitsGood hoursShort commute
― Planck Blather (darraghmac), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 21:06 (six years ago) link
responsibility to my commitment to do good work, fear of failure, lack of options to make similar salary
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 21:08 (six years ago) link
goes dark real fast, prefer not to think about it actually, nm
I guess I'm somewhat motivated by the fact that I work a job that skews towards benefitting the public good. Like I can sleep at night knowing that I didn't spend eight hours of the day contributing to evil. It's something.
― Animal Bag's Greatest Hits Vol. 5 (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 21:12 (six years ago) link
(Unless you count ILX as evil, in which case I do contribute heavily to evil.)
― Animal Bag's Greatest Hits Vol. 5 (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 20 February 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link