Re: Is your job in-line with your frugality?
Great question!
Working in the media, some jobs I've had have not been in line with, maybe not my frugality, but my views on consumption (ie, that consuming doesn't make us happier). I have worked on jobs promoting things that, while not necessarily unethical, promoted spending or consuming. I have worked directly on advertising- trying to tell people they absolutely need to buy something that didn't even exist 5 years ago.
I am very happy that the job I'm working at now does not directly promote the consumer culture, or any one product or service. Instead, it stresses the importance of imagination, and having fun with ordinary things around the house. Unfortunately, I do know that while the program itself may be free from those kinds of negative messages, it is sure to be surrounded by and interrupted by commercials of all kinds, which do promote unnecessary toys and unhealthy sugar cereals.
As for my own frugality at my job, I'm lucky to be in the kind of position where I don't need to wear anything fancy to work- jeans and a t-shirt are fine- and where it's not unusual for people to bring their lunches to work every day. And as an added bonus, one lunch a week is payed for by the company! The downside to my frugality is that the workforce at my job is very young, and the company is a pretty recent startup itself... So no 401(k) is offered, and I don't think anyone but me actually sees that as a problem. Right now I'm not even staff officially (I just started a couple months ago) so I'm in no position to bring it up, but we'll see once I've been there a bit longer.
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