What are you willing to do to get (or retain) a job?

[Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds]

Would you be willing to do any of the following?

Provide passwords to your social media accounts.
Perform menial tasks which are beneath your qualifications.
Work a period of time for free.
Have additional medical treatment, including vaccinations.
Relocate away from your area.
Become an unpaid volunteer outside of your work environment.
Do something which challenges your morals or ethics.
Further training at your own expense.
Hide or deny personal traits such as religion or sexuality.
Participate in an event you don't support.

I have the luxury to uphold all of my standards and beliefs, even if that meant changing professions because of something my employer might ask of me. I don't submit to pressure for a job if it impacts my life in a way I do not agree with.

[CaptHayfever]

Yes, but I would then immediately change my password & inform them how this was a violation of FB's ToS. I would also inform FB that this employer was doing this.
Yes.
No.
Vaccinations, yes. Cosmetic surgery, no. Anything else,I dunno.
Only if my first paycheck came in advance; otherwise, I couldn't afford it.
Depends on what the volunteer work was.
No.
Possibly.
Absolutely not, although I probably wouldn't have to anyway since I'm mostly in majority demographics.
I don't support corny office parties, so yes.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

[Red]

Yes, since I have none.
Yes.
Nope.
If it's payed for by my employer.
If the money is good enough to afford it.
Depends on the volunteer work.
Nope.
Depends on the pay I'll be getting.
Nope.
Nope.

[Wicked Witch of the Crest]

No.
Maybe.
Doubtful.
Yes.
No.
Ha ha ha, no. I do things that are needed if I want to. If I'm forced to do something, it doesn't always seem worth it.
Probably not. I have standards.
Ew... maybe.
Hell no.
Definitely not.

I got some sense of life that I won't just do anything to get a job. There's a difference between working a lowly job and actual standards, after all. I won't work in a place that treats me like crap. I will work in a place that has me clean toilets.

No pun intended with those notes, mind you.

[Shane]

The most important thing for me is that my job functions are in line with my skill set. I won't do repetitive/entry level/mindless tasks. I also need to be kept busy for as close to the full 8 hours a day. I'm not going to sit there and gossip and make small talk for 4 hours a day. Constantly. And very loudly. Or surf the web or text people who are at their own jobs doing the same. Drives me up an absolute wall the way some people behave.


The bottom line for me is either you have a job for me or you don't. I'm not going to keep a seat warm because someone picked an arbitrary number out of a hat and that's how many people have been determined to be needed.


Relocating for me is no big deal. I have relocated 3 times for my current employer in 8 years (and once to go to the competitor who acquired them in one state). Interestingly, all but one of those relocations came with a raise which amounts to probably about 1/4 of my salary, money which if I didn't have, I would have been out of there long ago.


I wouldn't do anything for free. I might finish college if a promotion/job required it, though my desire to do so is really quite limited. My most marketable skills were not learned in a classroom, and I wouldn't want to be one of these people you hear about who are $200,000 in debt and have nothing to show for it.


I don't believe anyone should have to hide their religion or sexuality, but at the same time, I really don't care to know about it. This goes back to being there to work, and what people do on their own personal time is their own personal time. Same goes for the straight married women who want to talk about their weekend and what they did with their kids for an hour.

[The Missing Link]

Provide passwords to your social media accounts.
Nope. I'd consider telling them and providing URLs for said accounts, but I would not under any circumstances give them passwords. (Especially since I don't have them memorized!)

Perform menial tasks which are beneath your qualifications.
In a pinch, yes. However, such a job wouldn't by any means be a forever job.

Work a period of time for free.
That's game development in a nutshell. :p

Have additional medical treatment, including vaccinations.
Sure?

Relocate away from your area.
Yes; I've already done it once. However, it's always a hard decision if you've already made significant roots where you are, so it'd be something that requires a lot of soul searching.

Become an unpaid volunteer outside of your work environment.
Sure

Do something which challenges your morals or ethics.
No, though I imagine there are/have been/will be rare one-off times where I will reason around it.

Further training at your own expense.
I'd consider it. Though really, if they hired me for a job, and they knew I didn't have the qualifications for something, that should be egg in their eyes, not mine. I'd voluntarily take classes for things, though the moment it becomes more of a demand, it'd be a little bit tougher.

Hide or deny personal traits such as religion or sexuality.
Technically speaking, companies can't not hire or fire you based upon those qualifications.

Participate in an event you don't support.
Depends. I haven't really had to consider it. Though at the same time, I generally have helped make games I normally wouldn't have played.

[smol Kat]

I would be okay with doing something I'm overqualified for with the knowledge it was temporary. I'd work for free. I'd do the medical stuff. I'd relocate provided my significant other and I would be able to work all that out without having to go back to LDR because yeah. I'd be perfectly happy volunteering. As TML said, I'd rather any further training came at the expense of the employer, but if not I would still consider it.

All that other stuff is just pretty much nope no way see ya pal. As for that last one, I have trouble enough doing copyedits on books regarding subjects that make me rage (read: violent media). I'd just as soon turn down that money and rest easier at night.

[I am nobody]

Provide passwords to your social media accounts.
No, and I don't think it should be legal to even request that. It's no better than demanding a wiretap or to read all of your mail as a job requirement.

Perform menial tasks which are beneath your qualifications.
Depends on if it makes any sense. I'd do what I could around the office, but I'm not going to help in my boss's garden.

Work a period of time for free.
Depends on the job and reason. If it's for someone I'd really love to work and they're just confirming I'm capable, I could work for a short period unpaid. Same for if going unpaid for a week spares layoffs. Not going to happen if it's a job I already didn't like or something I could be paid for elsewhere.

Have additional medical treatment, including vaccinations.
No problem with that whatsoever, assuming it's not something ridiculously intrusive or expensive that's on me to pay for. Can't imagine anyone having expensive surgery as a job requirement, though.

Relocate away from your area.
Absolutely. Don't plan on staying here, anyway.

Become an unpaid volunteer outside of your work environment.
See #3. Only if there was a very good reason for it.

Do something which challenges your morals or ethics.
No.

Further training at your own expense.
If you mean "we require this pointless training and you have to pay for it", no. If you mean "these skills would make you more valuable, but we won't pay for training", then yes.

Hide or deny personal traits such as religion or sexuality.
No, but I can't imagine that ever being an issue.

Participate in an event you don't support.
Probably not, but it would depend on how against the event I am. I wouldn't quit my job because it required me to briefly work with a group that supported building a park in an area I didn't want one.

[smol Kat]

ian- re: medical
Clearly she wants to hire us all as cyborgs ;D

[Marilink]

Provide passwords to your social media accounts.
No.

Perform menial tasks which are beneath your qualifications.
Yeah, that's fine.

Work a period of time for free.
Yeah, as long as it doesn't happen too often.

Have additional medical treatment, including vaccinations.
Yeah, probably.

Relocate away from your area.
Sure.

Become an unpaid volunteer outside of your work environment.
I don't see why not.

Do something which challenges your morals or ethics.
Most likely not.

Further training at your own expense.
Sure.

Hide or deny personal traits such as religion or sexuality.
Hide, maybe, depending on the situation. Deny, never.

Participate in an event you don't support.
Most likely not. I can't think of a situation in which I'd be okay with this, but there might be one.

It's kinda hard for me to answer these questions because my future job field is pretty unique and many of these won't necessarily be a problem I'd face.

[Jere]

Provide passwords to your social media accounts.
No cause that is my account not theirs!

Perform menial tasks which are beneath your qualifications.
Im basicly look at myself as a janitor, atleast in the wintertime so i really don't see anything that is beneath my job qualifications

Work a period of time for free.
That is called January - May

Have additional medical treatment, including vaccinations.
Well if it where neccesary of course!

Relocate away from your area.
I drive 8500km weekly to get to work sometimes im kind of always on the move

Become an unpaid volunteer outside of your work environment.
I do that in the winter time, i have a Fishing competition im hosting

Do something which challenges your morals or ethics.
I don't think so but then again i have the idea to try everything once

Further training at your own expense.
Yes but i really want a Truck driving licence

Hide or deny personal traits such as religion or sexuality.
Im not hiding anything on me im 100% what you see is what you get

Participate in an event you don't support.
If asked nicley and for a good reason.

[b l a n k]

Provide passwords to your social media accounts.
Not if you have malicious intent.

Perform menial tasks which are beneath your qualifications.
Sure. Employers love that in employees.

Work a period of time for free.
Only after winning some money on a game show.

Have additional medical treatment, including vaccinations.
I was already given enough vaccinations as a baby. Gimme a break!

Relocate away from your area.
I'm still in my prime. I don't easily succumb to culture shocks or jet lag.

Become an unpaid volunteer outside of your work environment.
If only for a just cause.

Do something which challenges your morals or ethics.
Nope.

Further training at your own expense.
Whatever works.

Hide or deny personal traits such as religion or sexuality.
Hiding them sounds nice because that means less fighting, but denying them is a different issue altogether.

Participate in an event you don't support.
Same as Jere.

Bottom line: I believe it's better to live a principle-centered rather than work-centered life.