I have a job interview in about two hours. It's for a seasonal position with my apartment complex, to help with all the students moving in and out. I live in off-campus apartments built for students but can be rented by whomever, as long as you don't have kids, I think.
I desperately need a second job. I am obviously going to take this position if it is offered to me, and I don't see any reason it won't be.
The question comes from this: At the end of the season, in about two months, they offer some of the seasonal people full-time positions. Truth be told, regardless of the general opinions here, I will probably pursue that job pretty aggressively. It should pay better than my current grocery store job, and I believe there may be a discount on rent for full-timers.
In the event I'm offered the job and take it, I would be officially working for a sizeable corporate landlord. I obviously have serious ethical issues with this premise. That said, we do all have to exist within this capitalist hellscape they've created for us, so I don't think me making $16 an hour or something showing people apartments and leases and such really puts me in a position to be morally compromised. But it does put me uncomfortably close to it, in a way.
I don't know. I am not a theory or moral wiz kid like some of my wonderful comrades here. And as I said, this really is more for opinions than actionable advice. I am not in an economic position to be turning down just about anything on moral grounds. I'm not going to be a cop or sell crack (I'd much rather sell crack), but I also can't be high and mighty, turning down good jobs just because I don't like how they make their money. Chances are that will apply to any company I could work for. Hell, my current employer is Publix, a large grocery chain with anti-union and anti-competition practices, who - you guessed it! - also does real estate. I don't know if they do residential or just commercial, though. So I'm fucked no matter what xD
I guess this is just a place to discuss working for employers who you are ethically opposed to, your opinions on the matter, and how you cope.
Wish me luck! Interview is at 1:30pm EST, so in 1.5 hours. I'm pretty confident given this is a seasonal position. The only issue would be a drug test, but I'd only pop for weed and I just haven't been able to afford to get my card renewed (I'm up for the full process, not the re-cert). I'm sure I can navigate that at the time, should I need to.
Good luck, don't focus on what you can't control. Don't focus on this position as anything long-term. Just be pleasant yet guarded, which is pretty much the mo of anyone I have ever met in property. You can learn to ask the questions you need to ask in personable ways. That will make people more apt to answer them, and it'll make your job easier. You've gotta eat, rent has never given a fuck about morals. If you are somewhere liberal, any leg up you can get to be functionally wealthier is a good one (cost of living). Take care of what you need to, stick to a schedule and don't allow for push from any side (including your own). Meter your social life accordingly. Eat, drink, etc - sleep. You'll be okay, as long as you continue to take care of yourself.
Oh yeah, eat real food if you can. Even if it's a small amount, real food is always much better than fake. You work at a grocery store, if you're either produce or in good with produce gank up all the sale items. It's harder when it's a big grocery store, to get solid discounts. I had a buddy who worked at a top-chain who would hook me up with the seasonals nobody wanted. When I worked at a mom and pop, I ate like a fucking villain. Anything that started to go was open-call and hot damn I don't think I ever ate better in my life, even now.