The 25 Worst jobs in America ...

[dogtag]

I think maybe President Trump might want his job
included in there somewhere - maybe number one ?
The say Broadcasters are poorly paid. Now that's a laugh.
And Construction workers are unskilled ? How many people
could figure out the rafter cut angles for the hips and valleys
on a roof or the rise and run of a curving staircase ?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/04/20/the-worst-jobs-in-america/39364439/

They don't mention jobs where you sit and stare into
a computer screen all day, so I suppose that's the job to have.
It pays well because by the time you reach thirty, you're
virtually blind and your legs have atrophied.

[JB White]

Decorating coffee foam must be the way to go these days.

[Allen]

How about a receptionist? Some of them are pretty good but mostly what I see is a very attractive young lady who stares at the phone all day waiting for it to ring. When it does she can't answer any questions and rarely knows who to forward the call to but she does stop the phone from ringing.

You can't always base a "bad" job upon pay. Some of those worse 25 jobs mentioned are jobs people want to do and realize the pay scale before hand.

My last job at the refinery would be thought of as one of the best jobs depending on pay alone but no mention would have been made on the inherit dangers, long hours, short turnarounds, working nights, weekends and holidays, working in the elements, BS programs and meetings, constantly changing technology, rotating shifts with forced overtime on your days off..

[M1Tommy]

How about a receptionist? Some of them are pretty good but mostly what I see is a very attractive young lady who stares at the phone all day waiting for it to ring. When it does she can't answer any questions and rarely knows who to forward the call to but she does stop the phone from ringing.

You can't always base a "bad" job upon pay. Some of those worse 25 jobs mentioned are jobs people want to do and realize the pay scale before hand.

My last job at the refinery would be thought of as one of the best jobs depending on pay alone but no mention would have been made on the inherit dangers, long hours, short turnarounds, working nights, weekends and holidays, working in the elements, BS programs and meetings, constantly changing technology, rotating shifts with forced overtime on your days off..

I was a project engineer in a refinery for almost 4 years. Yeah it paid well but all of what you said applied, except for no overtime pay, ever, and add responsibility for decisions and questions from operations folks 24/7....... Still, the trade craftsmen were magicians, IMO!

Tommy

[Allen]

I was an operations folk. During projects and shutdowns there were about 3 of us to deal with 300 engineers and contractors. Their safety was our responsibility. We could be fined personally for any environmental violations too.

People don't realize the expense and work that goes into making gasoline.

[M1Tommy]

I was an operations folk. During projects and shutdowns there were about 3 of us to deal with 300 engineers and contractors. Their safety was our responsibility. We could be fined personally for any environmental violations too.

People don't realize the expense and work that goes into making gasoline.

Great points, and very true!

I was the "pre-startup safety checklist" guy for a half of my refinery, for a major turnaround. Yeah, I was 'that guy', and NO-thing started without all the signatures on my lists. I inspected and put my initial on hundreds of items. I 'lived' there, and wanted nothing unsafe etc....
Oh, I also was responsible for a score or so of small-med. sized projects. 53 days straight, 14 or "so" hours/day before my first break. The hourly folks were buying new offshore boats, taking family to Europe for vacations, etc. I don't begrudge that a bit, as they worked for it. That T/A went well, with exactly one lost-time accident.
The engineers (not many about 20)..... got..... a windbreaker. I'm still pretty proud of that windbreaker! LOL!!!

Tommy