06-24-2011, 08:11 AM
I took an interview at a place and was greatly amused. I knew the business, it's owners had made a killing by perpetrating the mortgage crisis. Now they were offering "financial services" at huge markups to Americans. I knew the floor manager, and he said I would be promoted quickly but that I would have to start at entry level. They offered me a large paycheck, claiming I could make 80-100K. I expected this interview to not be worth my time, but afterwards I was considering it as I walked in the rain. I realized that it was a moral dilemma, and that I did not want to be a part of it. Plus I would have to trade away security for the promise of wealth and it really does seem like selling your soul.
As I walked past a building I chuckled. A sign was posted that said "MILGRAM". If you know of the milgram experiment, you could see why I felt that the interview was a test for my propensity for doing evil.
As I walked past a building I chuckled. A sign was posted that said "MILGRAM". If you know of the milgram experiment, you could see why I felt that the interview was a test for my propensity for doing evil.