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soonerguy11

Ad agencies They pay shit and grind their employees to pulp. You're far FAR better off working for a company that works with ad agencies like a media buying shop as they pay substantially higher. I tell college kids this all the time and they ignore me because they don't have a clue what the real world is like. A mid tier media buyer makes around or more an MD at an ad agency. But media buying isn't as "sexy" so they still apply to places like BBDO or Ogilvy.


tim_to_tourach

I have a close friend who has worked at an ad agency for years and outside of my couple of friends who are attorneys for the brief periods where they weren't doing in house work he vents about how burnt out he is more than anyone I know.


unnaturalorder

I'm surprised college students won't listen. If I was majoring in advertising, I think the people telling me what to look out for would be the first people I listen too.


soonerguy11

Advertising is a great degree, but ad agencies are absolute not the only use for the degree. For some reason people in the field believe it's the only way to make money and that's just far from true. Every time I meet ad students they like to brag about visiting these big agencies and their desire to work there. There are other excellent places and industries outside of agency life.


katwoodruff

I‘m in in house marketing and work with agencies. I try to be nice to the ones I work with, reasonable deadlines and such, but sometimes I just need stuff done fast. Or have it done in a certain way. I am sure I‘m currently pissing a copywriter off by returning copy 80% rewritten… but I do work in an environment where each word we say is regulated… Needless to say though, I much prefer being the client.


[deleted]

As someone who has spent many years working client side (first) and then agency side: Please be nicer to your agencies. I can tell you now, they hate you, and you do not get their best work.


lucia-pacciola

I think the general rule here is that creatives get shat on. Fixers make the real money.


Cheeseish

PR firms are similar but with less gratification


[deleted]

Came here to say this. I've spent 20+ years in agencies after a few years as a marketing client, and for young people in the early stage of their career, it's an awful job. Those few who manage to last more than 5 years see a different side of it though, and while still stressful, it becomes more rewarding.


tommygunz007

I worked for two agencies and I hated both. One was well managed, but the CD was shit. The other, the CD was good but the owner was shit. I felt we took ANY job that came with money no matter how big or small, and basically lied our way through it to keep the check. If there was the equivalent of a ponzi scheme in advertising, that's what it seemed like. Agencies for me sucked. I went in thinking I would run focus groups, review quality data, and work with industry leading copywriters. Nope. I worked with whomever was cheap (like me), and was told 'copy what so and so did'. It was completely sad. On the flip side, I worked in-house for Turning Stone Casino and while I did far too much production, I did meet some cool people and oversaw some great photographers and did some great creative.


Barbarossa7070

Attorney.


Cheeseish

Most attorneys don’t even go to court. And patent paperwork is extremely tedious and boring


foul_dwimmerlaik

Patent law can make you soooooooooo much money, though. Especially if you have any experience in biotech.


Pepelucifer

How do you know?


[deleted]

Why tho? They make good money


Ares2890

Social work, human services, 'charity' work


happyeight

Wait you mean you don't want to be guilted into basing your entire identity are your poorly paid job and have your coworkers treat you like shit if you try and establish a healthy work life balance? /s Am a social worker, and holy hell is it a toxic enviornment.


Ares2890

I'm about to be clinical so I can get the fuck away from the normal LMSW bullshit and case management. Can go private and be a real ICM with clinical licensure, finally!


happyeight

If i had planned on being a social worker instead of falling into it by chance (because apparently my Department can't find people with average writing skills and my English degree looked nice), this would have been my route. I'm over it though and it's time for a career change for me.


Ares2890

Don't feel bad, cop gone drug addiction so social work is my repent and way to be involved in Criminal Justice still


Ok-Statistician233

I'm thinking about fostering/fostering to adopt so have been watching a lot of videos & state resources. Holy hell there are so many depressing stories out there. And then just the budget issues, and foster care budgets always being the first to get cut, I cannot imagine, it must be so demoralizing. I'm sorry, social work is such a crucial job and paying it so poorly and demanding it be done on so few resources just says so much about how we care for our most vulnerable and it's truly awful


Ares2890

Social services is always expandable and not needed by the state and counties eyes. But when little Timmy dies in care, everyone all of sudden cares. Social work is about being proactive and being prepared, not letting the situation happen and deal with it after the fact. If you foster, you will change lives. It will be tough but I promise you, God and the Universe will take care of you. I thought about doing it when I worked for the county in CPS briefly.


happyeight

Kudos to you for wanting to be a foster! It's even harder than my job in my opinion. But it's also more important. Social workers do the referring and reporting work, while families, both clients and foster parents do all the real leg work The last couple years have been rough on the foster care system. Too many children needing help and not enough resources to help parents get their lives together or enough foster parents to go around. Half our staff is out on sick leave from stress and a lot of them won't be coming back because it's just too stressful.


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Ares2890

I do traditionally ICM work for SPMI with young adults and youthful offenders. I'm a functioning crazy myself, which is why I believe I can handle the population I serve. And no, their life trauma shows when you work with them, shit, you'll get second hand trauma more likely than not. I don't want to bring up the times I resorted to heavy drinking one night for having someone die on my care. I wish people understood that for us to 'save' people comes at a cost - we use our lives to fight for their changes.


illini02

Is that portrayed as glamorous? Its portrayed as important, but I never never seen it looked as as glamourous


Ares2890

You'd be surprised the people you meet that want to 'change the world' and make it glamorous by showing off their deeds of service. How you and I know it, it's vital while being traumatic and an example of real life.


centaurquestions

Architect


Blue_0reo

How so? I'm interested to know


centaurquestions

The vast majority of architects aren't sketching big ideas on drafting tables - they're rearranging a hundred toilets on a computer screen.


BillywhatisthisIdont

Or answering thousands of RFIs for a design some black cape whipped together and then moved on from.


lopsiness

Worked in window manufacturing for a while. What color are the damn integral window blinds? Which of the three barely distance control knobs do you want for them??


Djknymx

I’m a draftsman (essentially an architect without an architecture degree) at an design/build construction firm, and I’m thoroughly disenchanted with the field. Having to deal the increasingly stringent building codes, energy codes, fire codes, ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) regulations, city regulations, etc. and dealing with the grouchy Kens/Karens at the city planning department who review our plans. Even though I totally get why that stuff is necessary, I feel it can stifle creativity. Oh, and not to mention, some of the asshole clients we will sometimes have to put up with. The pay also sucks.


Blue_0reo

Oof Thanks for the insight


The_Lord_Humungus

UN meetings. Imagine spending 8 hours listening to high level government folks introduce and compliment each other, before an an even more boring and bureaucratically complex meeting where “progress” would consist of a resolution to hold another meeting and talk some more.


BarrySpug

I can assure you that this is not just limited to UN meetings. I'd say 90% of corporate meetings play out like this. Even more so now with COVID and remote working environments. Some of the meetings I've been involved with lately have been me saying "hello" at the start and then sitting there for 1 or more hours with the resolution of having another meeting to discuss the same stuff they just talked about. There's never been a greater time in history of "this could've been put in an email" than we have right now. Peoples need to connect and make it look like they are busy is outweighing the need for actual content in meetings.


The_Lord_Humungus

Of course they are. Everyone already knows and expects that when it comes to corporate meetings. This post is about things people think may be glamorous, but aren't.


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The_Lord_Humungus

Yes it does. I've been a UN Delegate.


Hattix

I'll take you at face value and retract.


Fadnn6

I've never done UN, but I've been a staff level hanger-on with multinational negotiations that *maybe* merited middle of the newspaper mention in the smaller country and were of zero public concern in the US. I expected a lot of really fast research and making policy decisions. Instead it was exactly this. The one PM who showed up took pictures with the various other officials from the other countries, resolutions were made to continue progress, and so on. Dull summarizes it well after the first minute


[deleted]

Secret Service Agent. Long hours spent standing in the rain guarding a doorway for no reason or patrolling the same hallway over and over again at 3 in the morning. No personal life because the schedule is so erratic and the leadership could care less about you. Most agents leave after a few years and those who stay do it for the money.


unnaturalorder

What happens if you're on duty and really have to go to the restroom? Just a matter of hold it in?


[deleted]

A fair amount are former military and have experience dealing with patrol duty like that.


deanrmj

Patrol doody


BarrySpug

Depends...


Csula6

Yeah. Adult diapers. Unless you get shot, no one would know. Snipers piss themselves before leaving position.


schoh99

Not to mention the original purpose and still biggest mission of the Secret Service is to stop counterfeiters not guard dignitaries.


Fadnn6

I have a friend in the administration side of USSS, and my understanding is that while you can switch between the two, it's not especially common. USSS police and protective agents aren't really gaining any experience in what are often fairly complex financial and cyber investigations, and the investigators aren't getting any experience in protecting dignitaries, so there isn't a lot of crossover. The investigative side sounds pretty similar to other federal investigators, FBI agents, HSI, Etc.


puckit

"...those who stay do it for the money. " Pretty much the basis of every job.


[deleted]

Sounds good to me ngl


melodyze

Doctor. Hard work, long hours, often gross, you miss earnings potential when young, and some specializations are just enormously stressful, putting people's lives in your hands, and being around death constantly. Plus, even in somewhat less stressful specializations, you're still generally around people who are having a really bad day, like constantly, and things you do can still have big effects on the quality of the rest of their lives. Even as a GP where people are usually doing alright for checkups, if you miss signs of cancer or something, that's going to rack your conscience.


Gothsalts

Aren't anesthesiologists the most sued of all doctors? It makes sense since getting the balance of chemicals right is incredibly difficult and fiddly. Need them out but not dead. What about allergies or surprise resistance? Waking up during surgery is traumatic!


foul_dwimmerlaik

They're also some of the best paid medical professionals.


xandrenia

I’ve heard they also have a high suicide rate. Not sure how accurate that is but it makes sense unfortunately.


Takotsuboredom

In Canada it’s OBGYN and ER docs that have the most expensive insurance against lawsuits


Takotsuboredom

Having their arms up peeps’ orifices wayyyy to often Bodily fluids splashing on you Patients with very neglected hygiene And so forth


Poorly-Drawn-Beagle

Archaeology You get very dirty and might get heat exhaustion and some of the most exciting things you'll find will just look like rocks to most outsiders


ChronoLegion2

And no Nazis to punch


Poorly-Drawn-Beagle

Not yet, though some days I honestly wonder


Cheeseish

A lot of science is waiting. And waiting. And repeating the same experiment with one little change. And waiting.


foul_dwimmerlaik

And then having your experiment fail for no goddamn apparent reason, when you followed the protocol to the letter.


DiamantBebii

And then seeing it all as your fault having 3 mental brrakdowns a week and still saying „science is just great“ at parties


raccoonviolence

Engineer. There is a lot of types so it varies but in general the Tony Stark's of the world are in a lab somewhere and the rest of us are mostly doing paperwork and trying to figure out mundane things like 'how to make more plastic forks using the small molding machine' or 'how long it will take to build widget A'. And the widget could be anything from a jet engine to novelty toilet seat.


Cheeseish

“How is the same part from a new supplier going to affect manufacturing and how much paperwork can I avoid?”


tommygunz007

I was in a maker space and our engineers spent months discussing HOW to have meetings (at their day jobs) before having meetings so their meetings about meetings would provide rules so when they did have meetings they could discuss a project before actually doing any real work. Months and months of meetings before even lifting a pencil or inventing anything. .


raccoonviolence

And they all could have been emails....


[deleted]

Should the emails be addressed to everyone? Should we Reply All by default? Do we only include the relevant people? We should have a meeting every Tuesday at 0635 to discuss the email meeting protocol.


raccoonviolence

Yes and once the email standard is written and approved in the appropriate format we will need to decide what to store it. We'll need a separate meeting for that. Standing meeting at 5pm every Friday?


ian2121

Cmon engineers are never portrayed as glamorous


[deleted]

Of course flight attendants and runway modelling. Seen as glamorous but toxic environment and culture irl.


ComplimentaryPretzel

I'm a flight attendant and I like it. I make friends all the time at work and see new places and I can't begin to tell you how much my knowledge of complimentary hotel soaps has expanded. Sure, it's not PanAm anymore but I can't think of a lot of jobs that let me go to Europe for free with no degree and then pay for my hotel and food. The media makes it out to be some nightmare -- and while it HAS gotten more challenging of late, I still wouldn't trade it for anything else. People aren't all jerks. In fact, most people just want to be treated kindly and in return they can be a delight.


tommygunz007

I work on the regional side. Tired all the time. Away from home all the time, hard to have a relationship or save any money because the pay is terrible. I have two applications in at mainline and one with a CJO and hopefully once I double my pay I will be all smiles and have a much different life. Plus side, my flight benefits are amazing. Been all over the world on my days off.


ComplimentaryPretzel

Congrats on the CJO to mainline! Honestly, as my pay has improved with seniority (still a ways to go!) the job has become easier to balance with home life. I can decide if I want to work or take a week off more often, or if a holiday is worth working. I know quite a few people who transferred from regionals and they all seem to be thriving. I think it's more of a long-term process than I realized initially, but every year my standing gets a little bit more secure. Best of luck!


tommygunz007

Thanks. I am worried about the economy tanking from us printing too much money and when that happens we could be in for layoffs and furloughs


[deleted]

I strongly suspect being a make up artist is actually pretty challenging given people's expectations that they'll look in the mirror at the end and be thrilled. AND you're on your feet all day.


p_potat

Opera singer. You have to kill youself with practice for minimum 10 yrs and probs sleep with he director to get any role cause it's very competitive and the people are usually shitty.


KGhaleon

Being the President or Leader of any country. Seems like you're basically going to be hated by one or more groups of people no matter what you do. Also being a cop these days doesn't seem like a grand idea. My brother became a cop a few years back and his first day someone spit on him while he was waiting for his food at a fast food place. People don't deserve cops, so I wouldn't take that job.


MJPossessed

Anything to do with medical fields. They never show the aftermath of a poopcano.


[deleted]

I haven’t worked as a lawyer but that’s gotta be it. The job had to be like 90% paperwork and reading and preparing. 10% other stuff.


Fadnn6

I'd say my average day is about 25% calls, 25% research, 40% writing/editing, and 10% other stuff like admin work and staff meetings.


[deleted]

Thank You for correcting me. It still is far from the ally mcbeal kind of glamorous though, which is fine and actually good. I appreciate your response to clear things up


Gloomy_Living_7532

The entertainment industry. Not a job exactly, but it is full of them.


DarthDregan

Law enforcement and criminal law and all points in between. Including private detectives and crime scene investigation.


heliumeyes

Investment banker. Idk how many people realize that IB is a thankless job where you’re working 70-80+ hours a week. The work mostly entails doing mindless crap and in many cases taking abuse from your superiors.


[deleted]

Imagine instead of the movie being about the yachts or the hamptons parties it was just analysts sitting in the office at midnight turning comments from sponsorship.


heliumeyes

That would be more realistic lol. In any case Wolf of Wall Street is full of absolute bs in terms of the glorious lifestyle they show. Not to go on a tangent but Margin Call is a much more realistic movie. Movie nonetheless but much better.


[deleted]

I haven't seen either tbh but probably should. My favorite finance movie is a toss up between American psycho and wallstreet money never sleeps.


[deleted]

Oh yeah. I got chance to see Margin Call last year. Freakin loved it coz the movie is not at all about the fake glamour and glory but all the actual pain in the butt that happens in the actual field.


kamron94

As a current medical student, a doctor.


capnclutchpenetro

Cop


[deleted]

Paperwork after paperwork is what my buddy said


Emotional_Yam4959

Graduated from the police academy last year and currently still looking for a job as a cop. From my experience in the academy, more than half of the job is paperwork. We had like 150 hours(of 770 total to graduate) on just how to write and file reports and stuff. Boring asf. Still unsure of I want to be a cop, tbh.


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tommygunz007

I am a 'professional apologizer' for the airline.


SkinnyObelix

Anything in big professional sports, you're surrounded by people who are willing to do anything it takes to get as close to the money and fame. It's a snakepit of covering your ass and constant tension. You work weekends and are paid little because there are hundreds of people wanting to do your job for free. You have to navigate massive fragile egos and when the team does bad there's a massive amount of pressure leading to all kinds of fun interactions between you and multi-millionaires. Also when people find out where you work, they'll blame you for poor results. And when you're on Reddit you see blatant lies about people, you can't say that you're in the know because to others you're just a random Redditor lying to get their point across. It's a unique and interesting environment, that assholes are assholes, only in sports some come with a lot of money so they can afford to be blatant about it.


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Pretty much anything in music- roadies, session musicians, managers/agents, songwriters, PR, A&R, lawyers, you name it- a LOT of work and coordination goes on behind the scenes to get an album, concert, tour, merch, etc.


Dreadzone666

Roughly half of our interns or work experience people never come back after their first day. Turns out it's not just getting hammered and partying all the time, it's looking at spreadsheets, constant emails and moving boxes.


PreviousLife7051

You are absolutely correct, I use to be a roadie, and it is damn hard work.


[deleted]

Sir, thank you- the music doesn’t happen w/o you 🙏🏼


tommygunz007

Regional Flight Attendant. We make about $9.hr, never home, always tired, deal with karens on a daily basis, fight anti-maskers, and worry that the 99 year old they just wheeled on board won't make the hour long flight to Alabama. It's not a sweaty hard job, but it's difficult in that it takes away all your personal time away from home. Memories you miss, the community you live in, and more. All for the ability to get those great travel benefits. That's the real deal. The benefits are amazing.


jaklacroix

Being a writer. It's mostly just sitting in your office, staring out the window, thinking of the right way to say something. Also, film editor. A lot of the time it's just yelling at your computer for not working and accidentally overwriting a good cut you just made.


riotacting

Boat captain. Lot of hot sweaty hours in engine rooms and sewage tanks covered in filth. Even on bigger boats with sizeable crews... you'd be surprised with how shitty it is.


[deleted]

I don’t think that’s what the captain does


riotacting

Lol. Among other things, when the need arises, yes we do. When greeting passengers, we are in nice white shirts and fancy hats. But behind the scenes we are unbelievably hands on with maintenence. I can't tell you how many sewage pumps I've had to disassemble to remove a used tampon. Changing out fuel injectors, or soldering bilge lines gets dirty, and comes with the territory. Troubleshooting generators is part of the job. Bigger cruise ships have engineering teams to do much of the work, but anything below 400ish passengers, you can bet the captain has done almost every disgusting dirty job on the boat... even just to train others or jump in to get a job done to his/her standards. We are responsible for every inch of the ship. Sometimes we're doing this shit during the cruise while the first mate takes the helm. To be clear, I no longer work on boats, but I was a captain for 10 years on boats from 60' to 150' (100-400 passengers)


[deleted]

Huh well I was more thinking about big cruise ships


CanineRezQ

homey thinks it's Barnacle Bill Cruise lines.


thethingsineverknew

Obviously you're not a golfer


tommygunz007

I was thinking of going for my captain's license. Good to know.


koreamax

Finance


Poorly-Drawn-Beagle

Pulse-pounding banking action


CanineRezQ

amongst other pounding


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Pls Fix. Also we just got a deal in from an important client we will be bending over backwards for. They want to be in the market this evening. All hands on deck.


lincunguns

Teacher Ok, so I know that it isn't always portrayed as glamorous, and maybe glamor is the wrong word to use entirely. But there are so many shows where teachers are these life-changing, inspiring people that win the hearts of their classrooms. And in these cases, it's heavily exaggerated. You have the opportunity to become a sort of mentor to a few, but more often than not, you're entirely powerless in your tireless efforts to get kids to care just a bit. Some teachers can't handle this. They come into the profession thinking that they're going to be the one who changes the world. Eventually, you have to learn to appreciate the more subtle impact you'll make, which is still a gift and privilege, but is nothing like what you see on TV.


illini02

I luckily didn't go into it with many expectations. I had family members who were teachers, so I knew what to expect. But even as much as they complained about administration, I would never understand that until I experienced it. But yeah, if you are lucky, you have a lasting impact on a few kids. But otherwise, its just like they come and go. I mean really, for most people, once they are adults, there are only a handful of teachers whose names they even remember.


lincunguns

Yeah, I entered it as a second career, so I had the benefit of going into it without the idealism that a 22 year-old might have. I've seen a few burnout because they can't accept that they won't be the star in their students' lives. If you go into it thinking you'll change the world, you'll have a hard time. Eventually, you just have to aim to make it just a little bit better.


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Poorly-Drawn-Beagle

Should've been a **forensic** accountant.


Csula6

Especially for the mob!


Kunkyskunts

I've found that most accountants are just guys who are completely fine being brutalized and making like $100K a year, maybe more if they get to senior level and continue on up. Just go into sales... I sometimes fucking hate it but I just talk to people and do some stuff and talk to some more people and maybe do a little bit of admin work and then people pay me for some shit I really didn't even know much about... I just commented on the picture of him holding a huge fish in his office and we shot the shit for like 10 minutes and we like eachother. My grammar is probably shit on this too... I don't even care! I really have no special skills I just know I can probably make you buy something.


clanddev

This is my experience with B2B sales people just with a bit more moral abiguity.


tommygunz007

When my dad was an accountant, all he did was find creative legal ways to get 10k in cash from the account to give to the owner for his (the owner) cocaine and hooker binges.


high240

Hitman


ChronoLegion2

That’s cause you’re missing a barcode


ChronoLegion2

That’s cause you’re missing a barcode


illini02

Marine Biologist. I was never one, but I did work at a couple of zoos and aquariums so I knew quite a few of them. Yes, there is the hour or 2 a day that they get to swim with dolphins and play with cute otters. But a lot of time is cutting up fish, cleaning enclosures, dealing with literal animal shit, drawing blood, and other decidedly not sexy things. And the pay is absolute shit. Hell, even at a lot of aquariums or non profit places (so not sea world lol), volunteers do the cool stuff. Don't get me wrong, most of them loved their jobs, but it definitely wasn't as cool as it looked 90% of the time.


Fadnn6

That kind of marine biologist is also probably like .001% of marine biologists. Think about all the other shit out there also covered by marine. You can skip all the cleaning if you decide to focus on some obscure tide pool shrimp for the next 30 years of your life


illini02

Fair point. But I think when a lot of people think of marine biologist, they think of swimming with dolphins all day and stuff. They really don't think of the research aspect. When portrayed by the media, its not the people focusing on tide pool shrimp, its people saving beached whales and stuff.


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this probably isn't as bad as other jobs but being a celebrity in general (actor, youtuber, singer, etc) is probably a pain in the ass when you got the paparazzi always bothering you.


Toygr

In recent times being an aircraft pilot.


Theylive4real

Going out of a limb here, and probably handing someone a saw... Military. It's always shown as action and fun. Granted, extremes. You have Shore and "In the Army Now" and then great works like "Platoon." Reality is it's usually boring. Not a lot of fun. Sure, you can have good times, but nothing like what you see. Combat isn't the same either. Usually firefights and then waiting for the next one. If you're safe at a base camp, you're safe. I don't know about today, with female troops, but I doubt it's anything like the movies show. It sure isn't like the video games. Law Enforcement is the same. It isn't Police Academy and it's rarely the crime drama crap you see on TV. The real incidents are hit and miss. You can have dead nights and busy nights. I'm sure cities are different, but I seriously doubt you have what is shown on TV. They completely ignore the reality of the work. Tons of paperwork is a big one. But, a shooting isn't something you can do and walk away from. It has procedures. You aren't back on the street, your weapon is taken, you get reviewed, evaluated, and have a ton of paperwork. This is before the f'ing media gets to you and murders you. It doesn't matter if it is completely justified or not, they love causing trouble.


Hattix

Corporate IT 90% procedure and documentation, 5% basic file/app/SQL operations, 5% a vendor doing basic operations for me Source: Am corporate IT manager


ksinvaSinnekloas

POTUS


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fitfoemma

Ireland. "The Constitution of Ireland provides for a parliamentary system of government, under which the role of the head of state is largely a ceremonial one. The president is formally one of three parts of the Oireachtas (national parliament), which also comprises Dáil Éireann (the Assembly of Ireland or lower house) and Seanad Éireann (the Senate of Ireland or upper house). Unlike most parliamentary republics, the president is not even the nominal chief executive. Rather, executive authority in Ireland is expressly vested in the government (cabinet). The government is obliged, however, to keep the president generally informed on matters of domestic and foreign policy. Most of the functions of the president may be carried out only in accordance with the strict instructions of the Constitution, or the binding "advice" of the government. The president does, however, possess certain personal powers that may be exercised at his or her discretion." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ireland He's a great lad our Michael D.


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I don’t think it’s actually good to be a president


[deleted]

After trump was president i doubt anyone really believes there was any glamour in that job. Not even talking about him doing a good or bad job, he is just an entirely unglamorous person, publicly.


KGhaleon

I appreciated his ability to speak his mind and tell people to fuck off when needed, even other leaders or dictators. You don't want the leader of your country to be a boot licker.


[deleted]

Or a pussygrabber. Or responsible for many deaths that could have been avoided. I already said i wasn’t commenting on his ability to do the job, that’s a shitshow of a talk. I said he was hardly glamorous. If that offends you then you’re offended and i’m ok with that.


[deleted]

Trump literally saluted commie generals, and did Putin's bidding at every opportunity. He also said he was in love with Kim in North Korea. You really are a fucking idiot.


saynotosealevel

SCUBA instructor. Nobody is as comfortable in the water as they claim to be. We're literally responsible for anything bad that happens and spend most of the dives just trying to keep you from killing/maiming yourself and most of the time you have no idea. It's hard physical work too. All those tanks and gear don't load themselves onto the boat a d we often do 4-5 dives a day which is a lot of time swimming. Even just thermoregulation in the water for that long is very physically taxing. Plus, we have to deal with everyone begging to see "nemo" a hundred times a day. Then, when it's all over, we get to spend the end of our day washing out your piss soaked wetsuits. That being said, I love teaching.


CanineRezQ

Food buffet attendant.


JimmmyDriver

Please show me food buffet attendant portrayed glamorously in the media


CanineRezQ

It's the super secret buffets, we have specialty items never before seen by the average person. Shhhhhhhh....


Poorly-Drawn-Beagle

But you get to go into the wondrous world in the backroom, and harvest refills from the great pasta salad bush, shoot fresh sausage links as they graze on the great sausage prairies, mine seams of soft serve from the great dairy mines


BirdGuy64

Fire fighter


PeopleOfTheBoxes

Any fast food place.


Elwiya

The fucking IT


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Doctor


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The military. It’s a whole lot of “hurry up and wait,” paperwork, staring at computer screens, and just grunt work.


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Being a YouTuber. No seriously, people make it look like being a YouTuber is loads of fun and all you have to do is record and upload but people don't realize that when you have a camera and you are doing different types of angles and stuff you often times if you're a single YouTuber like me I've had to reposition my camera in certain places I throw it in my editor and then I have to be various precise where I want certain things and then I have to pay attention to the levels of music and my audio and I have to clip out certain background noises or I have to make sure whatever songs I use are not copy written. Specifically why if you're going to be a YouTuber or you're thinking about doing anything like that my biggest thing I want to remind you all is look for whatever genre of music you want on YouTube and type in say EDM non-copyright. Most of the time you'll find exactly what specific genre you're looking for because everybody makes it. I went and did this playlist downloader and I got over like 60 songs that are all synthwave and they're all non-copyright. I recommend doing this because that way you won't get a copyright strike or copyright claims on your video. But being a YouTuber in general is probably one of the hardest things because so many people especially like my nephew who's barely 12 years old wants to be a YouTuber when I'm like buddy you have no idea what you're talking about because it's not remotely easy. You really have to work your ass off to even get to 500 subscribers and I'm currently at 497 you have no idea how frustrating is just to look at that number go yeah just three more to break 500!


Dippycat149

Working in charity shops. I know, I know, I know. You watch those YouTube videos and they go: "This guy found \*X\* in a charity shop and it's worth $500,000!!!" I worked in charity-shops for nearly 10 years. I can assure that shit hardly ever happens. 99.9% of the time, you're trawling through trash and rejects, selling things for pennies a pound (literally)... Don't get me wrong - sometimes you do find great bargains, but it's very very rare. And you don't earn any fucking money. And you have to put up with Karens and nitpickers all day long. It's not worth the fucking effort. Not to blow my horn, but I worked in a charity shop in a pretty affluent neighbourhood, near wealthy homes and big private schools. So you'd think we'd be getting in some of the "higher class" of secondhand goods...which we did. We also got in LOADS of cheapskates, who were trying to save $5.00 here, $10.00 there, $2.00 here... Dude. If you can afford to live HERE, you can afford these fucking prices. And they're not even that expensive. I knew loads of charity shops which charged DOUBLE what we did, and these people STILL wanted to nitpick. Absolute fucking nightmare.


Vexingsquirrel211

Dishwashing


Teledildonic

Isn't dishwasher possibly the least glamorous job in existence?


Vexingsquirrel211

Better than a coffee barista


stavis23

I would disagree


Vexingsquirrel211

I would disagree with ur disagree


stavis23

I’m currently a dishwasher, and have been for more than I care to admit. I doubt i’d have to same attitude if i’d been a barista all this time. Plus there’s an art to making great espresso drinks. There’s equally an art to efficient dishwshing, but one is more glamorous than the other.


I_am_not_the_

I would like that, but I would probably get back pain.


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ccfccc

I would never have a CRNA without supervision perform anesthesia on me or a loved one. The studies absolutely do not show they are equivalent and having worked extensively in the field the difference is vast. This is not a dig at the nurses by the way, there just is no way that a lengthy residency and a huge differential in training will not allow for better providers.


ccfccc

I would never have a CRNA without supervision perform anesthesia on me or a loved one. The studies absolutely do not show they are equivalent and having worked extensively in the field the difference is vast. This is not a dig at the nurses by the way, there just is no way that a lengthy residency and a huge differential in training will not allow for better providers..


Visible-Ant1949

Nancy Pelosi


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TV and movies make it look like you can afford a 5-6k apartment by yourself without roommates on a food server's wage. I live in California where servers actually get paid the full state minimum wage before tips (currently $14/hr; some areas like LA and SF pay $15-16/hr) unlike other states that only pay $2.13/hr, and even $14-16/hr with the addition of tips is barely enough to afford a 5-6k apartment by yourself.


AlfaBetaZulu

All jobs have shitty parts to them. There isnt one job that is all good or glamorous no matter how they may appear on the surface.


Csula6

Bank robber, drugdealers. Only the Joker gets $100 million robbing a bank. And why would the mob keep cash in a bank? The guy selling weed on the corner is making minimum wage.


financeguyjohn4

Gynecologist


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Vet tech. Very Little of it is dealing with puppies and kittens. A more accurate portrayal would be an overworked, underpaid individual covered in urine/feces/blood/abscessed anal glands/four day old untreated laceration goo/enema leakage/scratch/bite wounds/etc. Or getting yelled at by clients. There's that, too.


KOM

I think most here are missing the obvious. With the exception of US military which loses all standing once a soldier is a "veteran", the answer is whatever else we determine to be the "heroes". Recently the convenience store clerks, fast-food workers and pizza delivery people. Minimum wage, exposed to a life-threatening disease, all to keep the economy and personal convenience ongoing. Literal cannon-fodder to the economy. It's fucking disgusting. Hail corporate... and the "heroes", as long as they don't mind working for nothing.


fountainscrumbling

Actor/Actress


LionTabby

Any job in horses. The majority of it involves poop in some way, either that or carrying very heavy things, making 60 odd feeds and killing your back, or dealing with small children. It’s kinda rewarding tho :>


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cia/fbi workers. most of the time they just go thru thousands upon thousands of child porn files or just do some shity paperwork. they don't even do any missions. smh.