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Rodney · 02-20-2004, 04:04 PM

Yeah, early in my career I had a public relations job at an insurance company. They were bastards; they screwed their employees _and_ their customers. And I had to say nice things about them all day. I didn't last a year.

It's normal to feel like you're feeling in this situation. They are screwing the customers in the cause of maximizing profit and getting the stock price up. Everything they're doing is legal, but it's wrong and sleazy and they're shaking down the customers for everything they can.

Since that bothers you -- and congratulations, by the way -- get out now, or risk sinking into self-loathing or twisting your world-view to match the company's. Either way, you'll be a miserable shit. At that insurance company, nearly everybody in my department who'd been there over 10 years was a heavy drinker or full-fledged alcoholic. That was the only way they could stand it.

I repeat. Get out, or the job will change you, and not in a good way. You might consider a change of location (hint, hint).

02-20-2004, 04:04 PM	#3 (permalink)
Rodney Observant Ruminant Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town	Yeah, early in my career I had a public relations job at an insurance company. They were bastards; they screwed their employees _and_ their customers. And I had to say nice things about them all day. I didn't last a year. It's normal to feel like you're feeling in this situation. They are screwing the customers in the cause of maximizing profit and getting the stock price up. Everything they're doing is legal, but it's wrong and sleazy and they're shaking down the customers for everything they can. Since that bothers you -- and congratulations, by the way -- get out now, or risk sinking into self-loathing or twisting your world-view to match the company's. Either way, you'll be a miserable shit. At that insurance company, nearly everybody in my department who'd been there over 10 years was a heavy drinker or full-fledged alcoholic. That was the only way they could stand it. I repeat. Get out, or the job will change you, and not in a good way. You might consider a change of location (hint, hint).