I think we're talking about two different things, or perhaps, two different time lines. I believe you're talking short-term....unless you're suggesting you'd spend your whole life in such a job. I'm talking long-term. I too have been in jobs with miserable management and each time I worked at leaving as soon as I could. Sometimes it even took a few years. I don't suffer fools gladly, so more than once I've endured a rather large cut in pay to change jobs --my first move cut my pay in half. Unless one is very lucky, there is always a trade-off between pay and working conditions. Also, when you work in a particular industry long enough you learn what the different companies that comprise it are like so you go to an interview knowing what to expect on the job. There are companies in my industry I wouldn't even consider working for --except perhaps, as a short stop along the way to something else.jerry_r60 wrote:From what I saw in this thread, he's trying to go to college. So why would he want to work where people don't think like he does, because he needs a job. He needs to eat and pay rent. With the economy like it is, jobs are tight. If he's going to school, he needs a job that can accomodate a class schedule. Turning down a job like this on principle sounds good until you are hungry and it's rent time. I don't know about others but when I've been in job interviews, i don't ask the interviewer to tell me how he/she feels about guns, use of deadly force etc. If i find the work place to be hostile to me, i would likely start looking for a better place to work, while I'm drawing a paycheck.VMI77 wrote: I agree, but why would anyone who isn't a deranged liberal want to work for any of those companies or people anyway? I work in the utility industry and if there is anyone I work with who wouldn't applaud this guy, including the hiring supervisors, I've never heard them say anything that would so indicate. Most of the people who do the grunt work, and most of the technicians and engineers, are conservatives or libertarians, and gun owners. Many of them have CHL's. I have photos of guns posted in my office and one of my female coworkers asked for a copy of one of them. I don't even know of an employee in the building, male or female, who is anti-gun. In fact, I've never heard an anti-gun sentiment expressed by anyone I work with. My company provided a free CHL course for employees. I'm sure a guy like this Marine would have no problem being hired in this industry.
However, my main point is that there are workplaces, even whole industries, where what this Marine did would be appreciated and not be any impediment to employment.
