After my education as an audiologist 2017, I moved away from my dear family to get a job in another city. The competition in my home city is fierce so my hope was to gain experience in the field and eventually get a job in my home city. (Tl dr my work: A audiologist help people with hearing problems by adjusting fitting hearing aids) An audiologist can work in the public or private sector. I currently work in public. Differences between public and private sectors: For a patient is the price of hearing aids. Public sectors are free while it cost about 3-5k in the private sector. You tend to get “the latest and more advanced” generation of hearing aid technology in the private sector if you are willing to pay. In public care, you get hearings aids that are about one or two generations below the recent. For the above reasons, the salary is much higher in the private sector than in the public for an audiologist, as you also work to bring in sales. Now, unbeknownst to the public, the so-called “advanced generation” of hearing aids is not that much better than what you can get in public healthcare. It’s just a fancy way to sell stuff. This means you can get about equally good help for free than pay a fortune. Conclusion: There is no reason to go to the private sector. Knowing that it’s impossible for an audiologist to give the care without overcharging the probably 80 y/o who’s living off his pension for aid that doesn’t have a higher value. Anyway, after 4 years of trying, I found an opportunity to take a job in a company in the private sector – and after a month of emails and interviews, I got the offer. The salary in the private sector is lucrative so I was to get a 50% raise, which becomes a salary I’d never get in the public sector with the experience I have. The job was to drive to a patient’s (or so-called customer in the private sector) home and delivery the service, so in addition to the raise I was also offered a car for me to use even privately, and the company would cover all the cost. Great aye? So, what’s baffling? Well, I started to reflect on the meaning of the role I’m about to take. The job is in the private sector. This means I’m going from a clinical role of helping people for the greater good, to a selling role to bring in money for the company. I have to upsell someone with products I know don't do any better than the free option. Did I take a healthcare profession to help the greater good, or to make money? Tbh it was to get the job stability but turns out I’m a more noble guy than I thought. I can’t with good conscience work with something I don’t morally believe in. So, I turned down a car and +50% raise, which would more than double my monthly savings, and most importantly a chance to get back to my family. Life is weird, but morals before anything else my friends. /Jaycie <3