Could you work for a morally questionable company?

[RichardHarrow]

Most companies are morally questionable.

 

[Swamps]

Yep. If it pays my bills I'm all for it.

 

[HeffDoesWant]

No.

I was tempted once when my awesome boss went to a poker machine manufacturer and asked me to come along. Big pay rise.

My grandfather had a gambling problem so I couldn't do it.

But working in an industry that would die without problem gamblers and money laundering is about as morally reprehensible as legitimate jobs get, so that made it easier.

Very proud of what me and my company do now and yeah, it feels good.

 

[Goon Dog]

I did for a year, and we lied to customers every day. I was in operations so I wasn't the face to the customer but I was absolutely a part of the deception and it took a toll on me. It was good money but I felt a huge relief once I moved on and I'd never do it again.

 

[liner]

I could and do. I like having more money then I know what to do with. I don't stress about it, and I tip huge so I give back in a small way to balance any karma scales.

Sometimes when shit gets bad at my job, I think how in the hell are we a real company with commercials on tv.

 

[ricc505]

I worked for DOD, FBI, SS(context!), CIA, and many different foreign governments. Yes I can work for those I find morally corrupt

 

[BlankaPresident]

No.

 

[I Am Legion]

I mean there are levels to this shit. I wouldn't be a hitman for a cartel. But I would do paperwork for CNN if the $$ were right.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Most companies are morally questionable.

You got a point there, you can always find something questionable about a company or workplace. If you really wanted to.

 

[aerius]

I'm fine with it. As long as it's not morally bankrupt to the point where my workplace is a target for shootings & firebombings by pissed off citizens.

 

[Fedorgasm]

I mean there are levels to this shit. I wouldn't be a hitman for a cartel. But I would do paperwork for CNN if the $$ were right.

You probably understand better than anyone. When you meet new people and tell them what you do, do they judge you? Do they instantly not trust you?

 

[VulcanNervPinch]

Company morality is a broad spectrum

There's lots of employers out there that are more beneficial than detrimental to society.

People tend to rationalize in order to sleep at night.

Where your thing lands on the spectrum, I don't know.

I think I sent a recruitment email from Facebook or Twitter back, saying it wasn't a company I wanted to work for.

 

[VulcanNervPinch]

Oddly, I wouldn't view a tobacco company as really being morally questionable any more. I mean, at one point, they obfuscated the risks, and advertised in dubious ways, but that seems all in the past. Feels to me everybody that smokes now knows what they are getting into.

Yes, they aren't really LYING about having a harmful product any more.

But they still have a product that is purely bad for you, with no upside.

And I would imagine they are still lying about their product and using scummy tactics in lesser countries where they aren't as regulated.

 

[mooseman17]

Eh, you can be helping fluffy puppies find new homes and some miserable cunt online will still bitch about it. There are levels, big difference between outright scam calling people versus working for a corp that some may not agree with.

 

[Natural Order]

I left an entire industry due to moral epiphany.....advertising.

Best decision I ever made!

 

[HUGHPHUG]

I have, and if it was financially beneficial for me I likely would again. There are levels though, like I'm not going to work for a company that tests on animals, but I'll help make weapons for mankind

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[I Am Legion]

You probably understand better than anyone. When you meet new people and tell them what you do, do they judge you? Do they instantly not trust you?

It is all in the presentation. I do have some put up their guards lol. I am lucky in that I train my accounts to make money. If they do well I do well. They are the ones selling to actual customers. I always did what it took to hit numbers, but I never hurt anyone. I think about stock brokers, pharmaceutical reps, Ins. salesmen.....people need to make livings and sometimes do things that are...questionable.

 

[method115]

I'm being recruited for a gig at a private college. Think university of Phoenix. It's not that one but it's kinda like it.

I'd work in enrollment, which is really a sales job but they don't call it that.

These colleges have a somewhat shady reputation, like Corinthian and ITT tech got shut down years ago.

But the offer is really good financially. So I'm tempted. It's not like other companies are beacons of morality either. I mean, the place I work now charges insane prices to people who are too lazy to shop around, so this college would be no different, right?

Or am I just rationalizing because I want the money?

One of my bosses went University of Phoenix to get his degree and his career has really taken off. I don't see the issue with it. From what he told me a lot of people are doing this when they already have the experience but need the degree to get promoted to higher positions.

 

[Spounman]