I only started this masters because I couldn’t find a job with an English degree during lockdown, and am a diabetic who needs health insueance, but now I got a great job in a nonprofit doing something that I love, so…
I hate corporate. I want to drop out of my studies in corporate communications because I’ve witnessed first hand the soul-sucking evils of the corporate world. My program sometimes talks about how “we as communications professionals” can make change but truthfully we won’t. It’s leadership. Also, comms and marketing is so inauthentic. My values are based on empathy and corporate is all about the bottom-line.
Anyway, my family and even some of my friends think I’m being ridiculous for dropping out halfway through my program because of my values. But I see that people on this sub can relate and I Don’t feel like putting 15K plus another year and a half of my life into this when I can build my career. Feels like a waste though. But I physically can’t bring myself to do work and research about “corporate social responsibility” etc. So any thoughts here welcome.