Parent Driven Development

040: Ethics and Leaving a Job

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Episode 040 Pressure and Considerations Around Leaving a Job for Ethical Reasons.
00:20 Welcome
  • We discuss what it's like to work for a company that you may not agree with their ethics
  • The difficult decisions and thoughts when you have a family and dependents counting on you
    • 00:55 Examples of companies dealing with ethical controversy
    • Companies working with ICE, kickstarter
    • Ethical clients, customers, organizers, labor oriented - who’s responsible?
      • 02:34 Technology, good or evil?
      • Surveillance
      • Hyper aware of indications within our jobs and technology
      • Being in the tech industry, able to create foundational tech communication - bonus
      • US culture is more politically aware within the last few years
        • 06:40 Being more involved
        • Lessons of the past
        • Minority identity
        • What are we if we don’t participate
          • 09:30 Support and encouragement to leave a job, things to consider
          • Financial decisions play a huge role
          • Putting family at financial risk
          • Healthcare
          • Retirement benefits
            • 16:44 Inflexible costs of leaving a job
            • Childcare
            • Extra childcare - nannies livelihood
            • Donation makeup for moral indications
              • 19:35 What can we do?
              • Don’t public shame others
              • Leaving a role is instant, but long term change takes time
              • Use your voice for what you support
              • Vote with your wallet
                • 28:15 Genius / Fail moments
                • Allison's son gets groovy with techno in the AM
                • Adarsh’s son is back in the hospital from another day at the park..
                • The monkey bars!
                • Kids are being taught how to talk about their feelings #hugeWin
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                  Allison McMillan

                  Adarsh Pandit

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