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Can some jobs look bad on your CV? (PETA)
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I have applied with a job for PETA (amongst around 50 others so far) and they have got back to me. Now I believe in a lot of PETA's principles, I am a vegan and an environmentalist.
But PETA have a bad rep in the states. The thing is though, that the livestock industry has a big influence (for example, Mcdonalds) and this could affect reporting... Also, PETA's aims are not fashionable. However, I do respect a lot of what they do, even if it is not 'cool' to do so.
I don't know why they are so notorious... I mean if you work for the government, then you are technically supporting an entity that invaded another country... Most businesses you can work for have something dodgy about them, whether it be investments or pollution or treatment of trade unions.
I also really need a job and the experience, I think I could do well at this. If say... I did get it, then found out people were nutters, I could always look for a new job.
Would this put future employers off employing me?#
Please note, I don't care about your views on animal rights (can open another thread for that?)... Just want some answers as to whether it's functional to work for PETA.
But PETA have a bad rep in the states. The thing is though, that the livestock industry has a big influence (for example, Mcdonalds) and this could affect reporting... Also, PETA's aims are not fashionable. However, I do respect a lot of what they do, even if it is not 'cool' to do so.
I don't know why they are so notorious... I mean if you work for the government, then you are technically supporting an entity that invaded another country... Most businesses you can work for have something dodgy about them, whether it be investments or pollution or treatment of trade unions.
I also really need a job and the experience, I think I could do well at this. If say... I did get it, then found out people were nutters, I could always look for a new job.
Would this put future employers off employing me?#
Please note, I don't care about your views on animal rights (can open another thread for that?)... Just want some answers as to whether it's functional to work for PETA.
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If they do turn out to be nutters, you can always say to a future employer why you chose to leave (obviously don't say nutters) but say the reason you joined in the first place. I.e this was something you were passionate about.
I think for most people it wouldn't bother them, although if ti was me or plenty fo others i know, it'd def put me off if it was a close thing between you and another candidate.
They are notorious cos they or there employess have done some pretty shady things, including giving funding to groups later designated as terrorist groups, and also things such as comparing killing chikens to the holocaust, and generally being hypocrital on certain subjects.
i did used to work for one which got slated by the daily mail as well
I say, go for it! The wider your range of experiences now, the more attractive you may seem to a future employer.
It would probably boil down to what exactly you did for them and the person responsible for filtering out CVs for whatever company you apply for. It wouldn't necessarily have any bad effects but you might need to explain why you chose to work for them in the future depending on what you wish to do, it's hardly the sort of organisation you apply to work for without having interst in what they do.
with what you do, i think it would be a good thing, as it would prove that you can work for an employer that asks a lot and that is quite high profile.
If you think you might apply for something in the future that would be so highly competative that this job could rule you out, then don't bother with it. Otherwise go for it.
Well, I plan to work with NGOs in the environment or development...
I'm not gonna get a job in a slaughterhouse.
Do you think that a website created by a group which is funded by meat and tobacco industries and Coca Cola is not going to be biased? In fact why is it even relevent to a thread about jobs?
They run websites against people who criticise the ethics of different industries to make them look bad because they're paid by big companies to do so.
PETA euthanises animals which can't be found homes... What else is to be done about them?
The problem is that most animals which are took in can't be rehomed... With any animal shelter. Animal shelters only have a certain capacity, then animals have to be turned away and where would they go?
That's just my view...
I've done some experience in the vets and they do get sick strays in. A sick stray is highly unlikely to find a home, as well as adult animals and dogs who have litter. I think people should be targetting those who take on animals and don't look after them and people who don't neuter their pets rather than PETA.
http://www.peta.org/mc/NewsItem.asp?id=3021