im not sure where was the right place for this, but here will do.
I am working for a year to fund what I want to do next and I've been offered jobs by two different banking corporations. However, I only applied because my sister currently works for one and told me about the job and it would have seemed churlish not to, and my dad used to work for the other and asked me to. I have no relevent experience so i didnt really expect to get the offers. the problem is that my particular brand of ethics means im not too fond of banks or what they represent. so considering i hate these sorts of things, would it be hyprocritical to work for them and take their money, even if it was only on a short term basis and considering that i would be using the money for something good?

you could be horribly unproductive and take their money, thus lessening their power to do the bad stuff you think they do

haha i could but if i signed a contract to say i would work, i would have to work to a reasonable standard, bloody ethics, otherwise it would have to be out and out sabotage, no half measures

and im actually surprised my dad recommended i apply for one of them, because he was a manager there for years but took early retirement because he was more and more disgusted with their practices

One way of looking at it is that by working for em, yer delivering yer own moral sense to em. Though obviously we're talking an extremely tiny influence ... heh .....

And ... also banks in Canada support a lot of charities ... sponsor stuff ... some community responsibility I guess, though they probably do it for image purposes. Still, you could get involved in that part of to balance things.

I mean, they gotta balance the fact they make record profits while gouging their customers, manipulating markets, laundering drug money, buying politicians, and loaning money to military contractors ... ok, nevermind that.

i think in reality i will probably take one of em up on the offer, because it seems senseless to go and work in a warehouse or something, which is a lot harder, for less money. i do have a nagging feeling i will convince myself into it, be alright for about 3 months, after which i will lose it and there will be some sort of 'incident'...

i like the idea of trying to influence them, but when ive had jobs like this before, for work experience and stuff, the people have really gotten to me after awhile,