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Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

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retrowire

(10,345 posts)
Thu Feb 4, 2016, 01:02 PM Feb 2016

I feel like I'm in between a deal with God and the Devil right now... :( [View all]

I'm a vegan. Animal rights are very important to me. But I'm also unemployed. I'm only able to search for jobs for one more month before I can no longer pay the rent, and I'm out on my ass.

But recently, I've done 2 job interviews. Out of my entire month of job hunting, only 2 have requested an interview with me.

One is a 2 yr old start up that aims to create a green energy solution to making masonry. They grow bricks from sand and a proprietary ingredient!

And the other...

Is the largest animal pharmaceutical company in the world.

At first, I thought "Cool, I'd be helping animals!"

But then during the interview, the hiring manager said his division manufacturers devices for the poultry industry.

They make the machines that inject chickens to create eggs.

I need a job. But I'm crushed with this dilemma. The pay is apparently good, the benefits are great... But... My work would be directly aiding one of the industries that I morally oppose.

This sucks. Can I get some support?

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