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pmonkey · 06-08-2003, 09:04 AM

Thanks for all of the advice. To offer more information, I am using a job service. The lady who found me this position told me flat-out that if I tell him I'm only around for the summer, I won't get the job. Knowing that it's all-or-nothing, should I lie if it means getting a job that pays about $5/hr MORE than the next best job I could get? At 40/hrs a week for the next 10 weeks, honesty could end up costing me $2,000 ($5x40x10). I'm normally a very honest person--which is why I'm having this dilemma--but 2K is a lot to pass up.

If I lie, will they be pissed when I leave? Yep. Will I be able to use this job as a reference later on? Probably not. But will it crash their business? No, they'll just go hire another person. I'm only doing clerical/office work. And it'll have made me $2,000 extra, which is a good chunk of my tuition.

I'm really stuck with this dilemma... any further advice is appreciated.

06-08-2003, 09:04 AM	#10 (permalink)
pmonkey Upright	Thanks for all of the advice. To offer more information, I am using a job service. The lady who found me this position told me flat-out that if I tell him I'm only around for the summer, I won't get the job. Knowing that it's all-or-nothing, should I lie if it means getting a job that pays about $5/hr MORE than the next best job I could get? At 40/hrs a week for the next 10 weeks, honesty could end up costing me $2,000 ($5x40x10). I'm normally a very honest person--which is why I'm having this dilemma--but 2K is a lot to pass up. If I lie, will they be pissed when I leave? Yep. Will I be able to use this job as a reference later on? Probably not. But will it crash their business? No, they'll just go hire another person. I'm only doing clerical/office work. And it'll have made me $2,000 extra, which is a good chunk of my tuition. I'm really stuck with this dilemma... any further advice is appreciated.