LogFAQs > #972855880

So, I know I'm late, but...

Ferarri619 posted...

I obviously can't tell the interviewer this.

Why not? I mean, obviously you're not going to phrase it as, "My current restaurant is full of cockroaches and I would like a more cockroach-free workspace", but you could have easily dressed it up as something like, "To be perfectly honest, I've seen health and sanitation standards slip at my current job place to the point I no longer feel comfortable working there." That is a 100% valid reason to leave a job (and it shows the interviewer that you actually give a shit about such things, which is a plus).

adjl posted...

It's like the "Objective" section on resumes. It's mostly fallen out of fashion these days, but I really have no idea how it held on for so long. I don't think anyone genuinely believed the pretense that there was more to it than "I like being able to buy things."

I've never even heard of an "objective" section on a resume.

That being said, I think it depends on your field of work. Like, I'm in engineering, and people will legitimately switch jobs or seek one out based not just on pay but also on what type of experience/learning opportunities the job offers. I've seen people switch to lower-paying jobs because they're going to be working on something that's more cutting-edge that they feel they might be able to leverage further down the road. I've seen people leave jobs because they wound up doing engineering work that they didn't like and they weren't getting the learning opportunities they wanted.

Like yeah, the main reason why anyone is looking for a job is, "I enjoy having money and the things that I can exchange it for," but there are sometimes other considerations that factor into it.