Job offered/vaccinations 55.24

[becalm]

I got offered a job today - between applying for the job, getting interviewed and getting offered the job (providing my reference checks etc. are all good) was less than 24 hours. I've a feeling the interviewer had already made up her mind to employ me before I was even interviewed unless something in my interview were to change her mind, which obviously it didn't.
On filling out the pre-employment application I see the organisation is quite keen for the staff to be vaccinated - I don't wish to be vaccinated and wouldn't take a job where it was obligatory as it goes against my deep belief system. For those of you on Clarity who have a different opinion about vaccinations don't bother trying to tell me why I SHOULD believe your way.

How will my refusal to be vaccinated for this job affect my current job offer

Hexagram 55.3.4>24

This looks to me like it won't really make a difference - they may discuss it with me but in the end they'll just let it be as there may be others in the organisation who feel the same was as me.

As an aside in all my years of working in this industry I've never been asked or told I have to be vaccinated.

 

[Freedda]

Just curious, if you don't mind saying, vaccinated for what?

 

[becalm]

Just curious, if you don't mind saying, vaccinated for what?

Influenza, Hep B, Whooping cough....

 

[Trojina]

Always be suspicious of being offered a job too quickly, it means no one else will do it.

 

[Freedda]

For 'Job offered/vaccinations 55.3.4 > 24

Of course from my end there are a lot of unknowns: what country / state are you in, what type of job is it, is this a requirement of the job or just something they would like? And would they - or could they legally - even ask you about this?

But despite all this, I don't see anything negative in this reading. There is mention of many (thick) flags and banners (55.3) and screens (55.4): and these 'screens' bring to mind a screening, like a medical exam, but that's just an association that came to mind.

I also noticed from the hexagram text: 'Sacrifice. The King is present.' And this made me wonder: if the president of the company (king) ask you to have these vaccinations (a 'sacrifice') what would you say? But again, I don't see this as an impediment to the job - but maybe it's question to ask yourself about how much the job means to you.

I used to work for King Co. Washington (state) and many (but not all) of the jobs required vaccinations, e.g. if you were a health worker, or firefighter, or sheriff, or worked at a wastewater treatment plant, certain vaccinations were required: tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis, etc.

I have willingly gotten all of these, along with my yearly flu shot - and I think everyone should. But as requested, I tried to keep this out of my reading (expect to mention it here).

All the best ....

 

[becalm]

Thanks Freedda - It's not a high risk job nor is the industry and it's an everyday job so it doesn't mean enough to me to get vaccinated.....

 

[becalm]

Always be suspicious of being offered a job too quickly, it means no one else will do it.

I agree Trojina I've been offered those jobs before and knocked them back but having said that my skill set is diverse and people either embrace that or feel threatened by it. I'm studying to be a kids yoga teacher so I have that to fall back on now and actually haven't made my mind up about taking this job - it doesn't start until the end of September so there's still time for me to think about it.

 

[Freedda]

I've been offered those jobs before and knocked them back but ... my skill set is diverse and people either embrace that or feel threatened by it.

So, are you saying your were not really interested in this job to begin with, or that you're just too qualified for it - regardless of the vaccine issue?

As I said, I don't know the specifics here, but I can imagine a company wanting to hire someone because they recognize their skills - and they know it's not a job that just anyone can do. And I'd think it might be a good thing for your employer to recognize your worth. But does that apply in your case ???

 

[becalm]

No, not that interested in the job - it was just to be an income I could rely on whilst I set up my own business plus it could also generate some contacts for my business.
I wasn't expecting to be offered more than the casual job they'd advertised and I'd applied for but when I was being interviewed she started talking about employing me in a permanent capacity in a more substantial sort of role. Now that you're questioning it I realise that's exactly what happened!!

 

[becalm]

Always be suspicious of being offered a job too quickly, it means no one else will do it.

The next day I kept feeling uneasy about this job and then they started pressuring me to fill out the application before I even had a chance to read it let alone get the paperwork together to support it so I withdrew my application.

 

[Trojina]

I hope that was the right decision for you. It does sound a little odd. In my own experience the time I had someone give me the job the same day I even knew about it the reason was they were handing me all the problems the last person had trouble dealing with.

However I don't know if that was the case here. Don't take my words too much to heart especially as I didn't look at the reading but clearly you also had a gut feeling about it.

I didn't even know people ever had to be vaccinated for their job but today met someone who told me she had to when working in a pharmacy.

I think agreeing to vaccinations is possibly quite a commitment if you aren't going to want to be there for years.

 

[Trojina]

How will my refusal to be vaccinated for this job affect my current job offer

Hexagram 55.3.4>24

Just going back to the reading I do see it as something reaching it's peak in 55 and returning to base in 24. There is an insight in line 4 from unusual sources, perhaps I was unwittingly your unusual source here Also one really doesn't know where one is in 55.3, it's very hard to act with your right arm broken.


I'm not anti vaccine but I do think it's a bit of a hefty thing to ask of an employee, why should you have your body affected for the sake of their job. I accept in some areas of work it's necessary but I imagine one would need to feel somewhat committed before agreeing. Then again maybe some people don't care.

 

[becalm]

I hope that was the right decision for you. It does sound a little odd. In my own experience the time I had someone give me the job the same day I even knew about it the reason was they were handing me all the problems the last person had trouble dealing with.

However I don't know if that was the case here. Don't take my words too much to heart especially as I didn't look at the reading but clearly you also had a gut feeling about it.

I didn't even know people ever had to be vaccinated for their job but today met someone who told me she had to when working in a pharmacy.

I think agreeing to vaccinations is possibly quite a commitment if you aren't going to want to be there for years.

Well perhaps your words just made me subconsciously think about it and when you first mentioned it I was hoping it was more my credentials they were after but who knows (or cares haha) because I made the choice to withdraw.
It was a decision based on the fact that I've done this so all before I felt very apprehensive and somewhat scared that things would turn out the same as they have many times. Part of that was I would have to move albeit less than 2 hours away, but still a whole new place.
I've been in the area I am for nearly 12 months and it's become very familiar to me and I like it and suddenly realised there really was no reason to move except that there's potentially more work elsewhere.
I am really keen to be self employed and I feel very 'connected' to the kids yoga and mindfulness I am studying and wish to teach. After I withdrew the application I made a phone call to a government based organisation that supports new businesses to get off the ground and feel this is the right direction for me to take.
Hopefully to, with my inheritance, I will be buying my own home within the next 12 months and I'd like it to be around this area.