Do you care what your Partner does for a Living?

Yes, matters to me. Eg I really would struggle if DH decided to work for a gambling company etc or anything else I consider entirely detrimental to society (he never would, but that’s one example).

In arms etc

Yes, I care. I wouldn’t date a criminal (if you want to class that as a job) or someone who exploits people for money eg dodgy landlord, boss like Philip Green etc.

I wouldn't go near anyone in the police and would be very wary of someone who worked for a tobacco company or arms manufacturer. Other than that I only care if someone is a match for me intellectually. Job can help indicate that but not always. My bf does a low paid caring job and that was a deliberate choice he made after leaving the corporate world. I love that he made that decision. That said, I am still in the corporate world and it's helpful that he has experienced it. It's actually also helpful to me that he's not loaded because despite my high salary I'm a single parent with a big mortgage and school fees so don't have a lot of money spare for fancy dinners and holidays. I like not having to keep up with someone rich.

It depends. I went out with a journalist for a few weeks, the old fashioned muck-raking type, and some of their tactics and practices were completely unethical and distasteful. I dumped him pretty quickly.

And some work leads people to be spectacularly arrogant and rude to others, which I also find embarrassing.

But generally no, the job doesn't matter. The person and their education and personality count for more.

It’s interesting the number of people who wouldn’t date someone in the military. DH is ex military and I’m a classic “man in uniform” person. That said I agree there are many very good valid reasons not to get involved with people in the forces.

I need to have respect for someone - views, goals, ambitions etc. Also need someone to have similar interests. To echo an earlier poster I’d find someone without drive/ambition deeply unattractive. DH and I earn similar amounts although at times it’s varied.

I agree with this wholeheartedly.

I wouldn’t want to be with someone who didn’t have enough drive to want a decent life for himself and his family. I think ambition is really important.

Of course it matters! I'm in my 30s, with a decent career and financially secure, so I wouldn't want to date someone who hadn't got their shit together. I'm not supporting a grown adult. I also like good food, lots of travel so it would be important to me they earn enough to pay for their 'half'. From past experience I wouldn't date someone in the army again.

Yes I do care. I’m an academic so educated to PhD level and I couldn’t date a guy who works in retail and doesn’t have a degree. Not really arsed if that sounds snobby, I’ve worked hard and could only date someone who has done the same.

DH doesn’t have a PhD but he has two masters degrees and we have a similar level of intellect in different areas. He earns more than me but I was never going to earn mega bucks in HE. It’s important to me that our future goals and aspirations align.

Only tonthe point of not wanting to bankroll another person, or to have to struggle because someone was earning a lot less than me ( and I don't earn a lot, but have a graduate salary). It's fine to say ' Oh I don't care' when you are young and in the first flush of love but more difficult when you have a mortgage, kids and bills to pay, and you coukd have afforded a nice holiday, but you've had to bankroll another adult for 20 years.

No. Only care if they’re a nice, good and emotionally intelligent person.

Don’t you just go and ‘hit’ someone he dislikes (check Facebook for clues) and then claim the hit and you get the job?

I quite fancy that. Do you think he'd mind casting an eye over my CV?

I'm not ambitious AT ALL and I'd probably avoid an ambitious guy as we'd be so different-and I assume they've all been snapped up years ago by all the women it does matter to😆. The only thing I I wouldn't want is someone who does an overly dirty job (my issue I realise) because I have OCD. Wouldn't be keen on police, funeral director, doctor either but if it was the right person I suppose it wouldn't matter. Someone who works in an abattoir is defo out.

Retail would be absolutely fine, I've worked in that job myself and I don't care if it's minimum wage shop worker, no judgement from me on that at all. Genuinely prefer that to high-flyer.

Yes I have only dated someone who earns six figures - it’s not deliberate but is the way

i couldn’t date someone who earns less

and before anyone says it - I earned more

We met when we were young before establishing our careers, but he was intelligent and driven which I liked. If he'd have said he wanted to be a bin man then that wouldn't have been attractive to me as he'd have been a very different person. He wanted a good career that paid highly so life could be good without stressing about money.

I don't care what the job is as long as there is a job and work ethic.

Yes, definitely. My work is core to who I am as a person and I find ambition attractive. I work in a ‘do-gooding’ field and my career aligns with my world view, values and politics.

I don’t think I’d be attracted to someone who just did any old job to get paid, unless they had some other big project or passion alongside.

It’s not necessarily about money, though being very unevenly matched in salary has caused major issues in my relationships in the past, as long as they have goals and they’re a striver.

Similarly, I couldn’t be involved with someone who worked in an industry that fundamentally disagrees with my values, even if they made pots of money at it. Oil and gas extraction, anything where people in developing nations are unfairly paid or exploited, for certain financial institutions or commercial corporations, bailiffs, outbound sales etc.

I don’t care at all, but I do need them to have work ethic, and an honest job. I don’t think I could be involved with someone who refuses to work.
i need 50/50 relationship, where we both contribute.

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If it pays the bills and he's happy, that's what's important.

I like DH's job as it is interesting and it was important for me to find someone creative but now he is very senior he works so many hours and that is the down side..

I'd struggle to accept him working a job where he was exploiting people, selling scam products or similar. I'd also struggle to date someone in the police. Outside of that I'd be fine with anything, working or not. I don't really care how much they earn as long as the basics are covered.

It's not about where you work for me, but it's about your attitude to work and your ambition. I'm a pretty ambitious person and so a man who isn't ambitious would probably bore me. Also you need to be able to pay your way to a certain extent. I've been with a man who worked in retail - that wasn't the issue - the issue was he wanted to "climb up" but didn't put any effort in and then blamed me. Because I was climbing up my career ladder faster he became jealous. So based on that experience - attitude to work means alot.

I also wouldn't like it if my partner did a job that I didn't consider moral.
Tobacco, gambling and sex industry come to mind as obvious ones but there are probably others like dubious loan companies.