Worst job out there ??

pappyodaniel

The worst job out there?
Crack Whore

completedit

completedit wrote: »

Owner of like a small council estate shop. Just seems a miserable existence; constantly on edge, trusting nobody, having to be fake social with locals.

Most of the customers would be grand, anywhere really sh1t doesn't have a shop.

Muahahaha

bnt wrote: »

I was offered one of those positions about a year ago, and turned it down. I say “offered”: I would have had to interview as normal, but I doubt that would have mattered. It would have been for the South Africa region, since I speak Afrikaans, and I took an hour to think about it before politely telling them “hell, no”. That was before I read articles about it.

Good decision, a lot of these Facebook moderators are now suffering psychological damage from watching beheadings, mutilations and animal torture. Several former staff in Dublin are now suing Facebook, in the US a class action by moderators there against Facebook paid out $48m
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/facebook-us-settlement-for-moderators-does-not-apply-to-irish-cases-1.4252611

2lazytogetup

Feisar wrote: »

It pays the bills.

all jobs pay the bills.

Immortal Starlight

Undertaker. There’s no amount of money I’d do that for.

.anon.

pappyodaniel wrote: »

The worst job out there?
Crack Whore

It pays the bills. That's just my experience though. I can't speak for everyone.

ELM327

Immortal Starlight wrote: »

Undertaker. There’s no amount of money I’d do that for.

I dunno, I think he's got a good run at wrestlemania.

stefanovich

Slaughterhouse.

Feisar

2lazytogetup wrote: »

all jobs pay the bills.

Some better than others though.

partyguinness

Immortal Starlight wrote: »

Undertaker. There’s no amount of money I’d do that for.

You don't see many undertakers go out of business. Their charges are criminal and nobody dares to question it.

I remember the invoice from my granduncles funeral. Went on about 'brass handles' on the coffin.

Bull ****ing **** they were brass. They were plastic. I had to shoulder the coffin several times and had plenty of closeup time with them and even tapped them.

JimToken

stefanovich wrote: »

Slaughterhouse.

I enjoyed it

gogo

completedit wrote: »

Owner of like a small council estate shop. Just seems a miserable existence; constantly on edge, trusting nobody, having to be fake social with locals.

It’s actually the opposite, I worked in a council estate shop in a rough area of Dublin when in college, held up a few times and robbed a lot, but once they got to know you it was different.
Car broke down once and had to leave it outside shop over night. They broke into it and fixed it!! It’s surprising how endearing the locals become, there really was an ethos of looking out for each other and that included the shop. When it was broken in, they tell you they knew who did it and it would be dealt with, love/hate ****e but we were always looked after in their own way. Maybe not the same anymore, but gave me a lot more respect for people, can’t help where ye live, but they do look out for each other and that includes the local shop.

PhilOssophy

Wouldn't mind being on the phone in a customer service job too much, that is what a "Hang on till we investigate" hold button is for. While in reality, you just put them on hold to let them calm down.
Anything customer service related where you are dealing with people face-to-face, must be the pits. I bet you realise what people are like....scum

JimToken

Google Maps Car Driver in Ballymun

State pathologist Guadalajara

Capt'n Midnight

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Zuckerberg is not a human.

When he goes home at night he plugs himself into his charge cradle and powers back on when fully charged.

Completely untrue. It's a wireless charger.

Capt'n Midnight

The unofficial motto of the U.S. Coast Guard is "You have to go out, but you don't have to come back"

valoren

Anything public facing. People can be awful kunts.

CUCINA

A road-sweeper on a windy day...

enricoh

A mate of mine done courier delivering parcels for a short while. Said the abuse was unreal, he was shell shocked after a few weeks of it!!

Sky King

Funny how people's ideas of a terrible job differ. Hands down the worst job I ever had was admin in a state agency. I wouldn't do it again for 100k a year.

Some of the jobs listed here are alright. Id work on a trawler. Its rough, tough work, but doable. Id also happily work as a cleaner, or on an oil rig.

I would *hate* any job where I had to deal with drunk spastics tho: chipper worker, taxi man, bouncer etc. Even a guard. Fk that.

Would hate anything with cold calling sales as well.

the purple tin

The guy who empties the septic tanks and slurry pits.
Pooh-ee!

riclad

Working in a prison is tough,
, people who are sent to prison are usually someone who committed a serious crime.
Doing pr for company's who destroy the planet, oil and chemical company's.
Being a firefighter in America is tough now every year the mega fires get worse due to global warming.

Lewis_Benson

Donald Trumps arse wiper.

riclad

riclad wrote: »

Working in a prison is tough,
, people who are sent to prison are usually someone who committed a serious crime.
Doing pr for company's who destroy the planet, oil and chemical company's.
Being a firefighter in America is tough now every year the mega fires get worse due to global warming.

I saw 5 Garda arrest a man in a chipper, he was sober and he was calling everyone obscene names
I think he was under the influence of drugs

Game devs doing crunch
They work 80 plus hours every week
for months to finish off a game
They may not get paid for all the hours they work . Most game developers
are not allowed to join a union.
I think it must be tough to do certain jobs while wearing masks and a face shield. Like being a hairdresser

bnt

I did phone support for internet service for a while, some years ago: by the end of a busy day, I couldn’t speak because the muscles in my throat had given up. Abuse from customers was sometimes a problem, but dealing with other parts of the company was also a pain. That said, I can think of worse jobs, such as the Facebook ones already mentioned.

I found small business customers were the worst, since they had such a sense of entitlement and often refused to help themselves. Their whole business would run through one thin RJ-11 cable, they would let it get damaged, but it was too much to expect them to check that it’s OK. You can buy spare cables in Tesco for €2, but nope, they want someone out there now ...

Yyhhuuu

Jenneke87 wrote: »

Customer service. The amount of abuse you get on a daily basis just trying to do your job. I'm so glad I got out of there, it was absolutely terrible and just bleak at times. You really get to see the nastier side of society that just sees you as a voice and treat you accordingly.

Whilst I feel sorry for some in customer service, SOME others bring it on themselves by the attitude they display to customers. EIR is the most appalling customer service I ever experienced. Hours on hold, transferred then line goes dead.

Yyhhuuu

gogo wrote: »

It’s actually the opposite, I worked in a council estate shop in a rough area of Dublin when in college, held up a few times and robbed a lot, but once they got to know you it was different.
Car broke down once and had to leave it outside shop over night. They broke into it and fixed it!! It’s surprising how endearing the locals become, there really was an ethos of looking out for each other and that included the shop. When it was broken in, they tell you they knew who did it and it would be dealt with, love/hate ****e but we were always looked after in their own way. Maybe not the same anymore, but gave me a lot more respect for people, can’t help where ye live, but they do look out for each other and that includes the local shop.

Yes there can be a sense of community in these areas. The ordinary working class dubs can have a heart of gold. Whereas many of the so called posh "Dubs" are the opposite, most of whom aren't from Dublin originally, and originally came from impoverished thatched cottages.

Yyhhuuu

PhilOssophy wrote: »

Wouldn't mind being on the phone in a customer service job too much, that is what a "Hang on till we investigate" hold button is for. While in reality, you just put them on hold to let them calm down.
Anything customer service related where you are dealing with people face-to-face, must be the pits. I bet you realise what people are like....scum

Ironically Placing on hold causes one to become enraged

TP_CM

I think those child welfare officers who go around troubled houses checking on kids in need would be tough. Just house after house, seeing the little ones sitting there afraid or not cared for from a clothes/diet/sanitary perspective, maybe because mam or dad have issues. Especially because a lot of those workers get into the job because they really love kids. They're heros the lot of them I think.

paleoperson

manonboard wrote: »

Friend of mine works in facebook, moderating beheadings and child porn. It's destroying her. Terrible hours.

Would I be sent to the gallows for saying this may not be a job suited for a lady...?