Working for a formula company as someone who supports breastfeeding might
mean a nice paycheck today. However, in the long-term, it only bolsters
their industry, which directly competes with ours.

A nice paycheck from a formula today=less for IBCLCs later.

Amy West, CLC
(Who asked the question rhetorically; I understand the practical reasons,
but the ethics to even think that such a thing is acceptable blows my mind.)

On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 7:49 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Amy asks,
>
>
> <<Why would an IBCLC *want* to work for a formula company in  the first
> place?
>
> Amy West, CLC>>
>
>
> To pay their bills?  Put groceries on the  table?  Pay the rent?  I can
> think of a lot of monetary reasons.   Can't think of a lot of ethical
> reasons.
> But in this economic  climate?????
>
> Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA -- who doesn't work  for a formula
> company....but admires the salary and the benefits....from afar --  very
> afar.
>
>
>
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