Ethics
Just because it's commonly done, it doesn't mean that what you're doing is ethical. In a recent quiz I took, 90% of the students cheated. As evident by the amazingly high average of 22.4/25. But that doesn't mean that they were right to cheat.
I've recently been very appalled by things I have been hearing from my classmates. So X gets a job offer from Firm A and X accepts it but continues to apply for other jobs with the full intention to tell Firm A that he changed his mind if he gets another job.
Imagine if the situation reversed. You were given a job offer from Firm A but Firm A continues to interview candidates with the intention to tell you that they change their mind if they find another person. How would you feel?
Yet a shocking number of people have been applying for jobs at the Big 4 firms (in particular) and other companies with completely no intention of joining. In fact, they keep asking if there are any reprecussions if they accept an offer but later decide to change their mind. The firms may not pursue the matter, so there are no legal or economical reprecussions. But it sure speaks a lot about your character :)
Also you properly lied through your teeth in your interview(s). Ew?
That many people are doing that etc is not a valid excuse. Neither is the low salary. When (yes, I'm choosing to use 'when') you get rejected by all your better choices, and you return to your safety net, you will leave within a year or two. What is the point of getting a job you have no interest in? You won't learn. You won't enjoy it. Every setback gets magnified, every success gets diminished.
p.s. I admit that I'm judgemental and rigid.
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