Harsha Pallempati
Mrs. Vedula
English 1101
19 March, 2015
A Job Offer I would Refuse to Take Getting a job placement is at all times a life-defining event. One’s career choice often determines the course of people’s lives. As such, choosing the correct career is of paramount significance to the future life arc of an individual, as well as that of their close family and friends. Society places value on certain jobs and shuns others, which results in young people being encouraged to select a career pathway that may not be necessarily of their liking. Therefore, may end up not achieving their real potential.
The one career I would not go for is medicine, specifically being a doctor despite the high status associated with such a job. The primary reason for this is that I believe the remuneration is not commensurate with the amount and nature of the workload that individuals put into becoming a doctor. There is close to half a decade of work spent to attain qualification in some of the most grueling classes in academics. Then there is another three years spent training on the job as a resident. If one wants to be a specialist surgeon, then there is yet more time spent learning. The compensation does not tally with the workload. I believe that much effort and hard work ought to be rewarded with a better payment package.
Once one is a fully-fledged doctor, the job does not get any easier, but it gets much harder. One has to work up to eighteen hours a day with little rest in between. Additionally, one is constantly on call at all hours of the day and night. Therefore, it makes having any relationship outside of work very hard to maintain since one has no time for others. Becoming a doctor more often than not means giving up your social life almost completely.
For the most part, a doctor’s working conditions are not the best in the world. One often has to work in some of the most unpleasant surroundings such as war zones and crime stricken inner cities. Therefore, one has to deal with less than optimal facilities, staffing, and equipment while trying to deal with an overflow of patients. As such, one is at risk of getting sick from infectious diseases such as Ebola, as well as going through extreme mental and physical stress.
Finally, as a doctor, one’s chances of career advancement are not the best in the working world. One has to work for a long time with little or no recognition by their peers. Thus, it is even despite excelling consistently at their work. Hence, it severely limits one’s chances for attaining social mobility in other pertinent fields.
In conclusion, all these factors make a career as a doctor pretty unattractive and unsatisfying. Despite society’s veneration of the career, the truth is grim. It is a cutthroat profession with a high attrition rate and none of the benefits that would be expected. Hence, I would not take up a career as a doctor no matter the circumstances.