Is your job high-stress, low-pay?

Every job has stress to a degree that it can effect anything and everything we do. I have had my share of them over the years. We just have to remember to give everyone some respect and it does not my one kind of nationality or another, we are all here to work with each other. Another thing we must remember that we are also the cause of alto of the tension that is going around to others and can try to be a good example to understand the others side and not to tell them they don't know what they are doing. So be kind to one another and it will be given back to you. So if you want to have someone be nice and polite to you, be it to them and it will be given back the same way as given.

You missed a very big one - Restaurateur

someone @ cnn money must have compiled this isightful list after doing the rounds at the office, filling in the blanks after hosting a dinner party.
WTF! Ask said teachers/ reporters/ photogs what were the ghastliest jobs they had before their chosen careers and then you'll get a clearer picture.
Film producer my ass....give me a fricken break, ever picked cotton?

I second Mr.Greaves' post: anyone in the restaurant business !

Well, I guess no one has considered funeral directors! We put a lot of hours and energy into our jobs and come out with nothing in the end. Late nights, back breaking lifting, dealing with infectious diseases (AIDS, H1N1, SARS, etc.), I still wonder why we never get compensated for our hard work?

I agree with Mr. Greaves and Lafond.. the restaurant business, whether you are the restauranteur or an employee, should be on that list.

I was very suprised to see High School Teacher on the list. If teachers are low pay then there are a lot of people living at the poverty level. Anyone who works in the customer service industry knows about high stress. Customer expectations have become out of control.

What about personal & business loan managers ????

High scholl teachers? Come on now!!! With their pay levels and benefits PLUS time off (they only work about 38 weeks per year) no teacher should be on this list. They are big complainers about being overworked and underpaid though.

Someone forgot to add Driving Transport truck to the list. Very high stress job and not a high paying one either.

Any job that has to do with dealing with farmers.

This is not my occupation but I have always felt the most stressful job with very little pay is a driving instructor. There are about 20 per cent of the population who have no spacial recognition and these poor geisers are with them every day of their working lives. These people must have extraordinary bowel control to do waht they do.

Wow; Roland makes such a good point! Teachers in general have nothing to complain about. Who couldn't look after 30+ kids all day long; conference with coughing and hacking children (H1N1 carriers) who come to school sick because their parents won't keep them home. What idiot couldn't manage social issues while maintaining the integrity of a mathematics lesson? Why would it be such a chore to go out into the fresh air everyday and watch children (that aren't even in your class) make poor decisions about how to interact with eachother - and why would it be so bad to have to stay with those individuals after school and spend some quality time with them and their parents? Who would complain about marking papers until your children tell you it's their bedtime and you haven't helped them with their homework yet? What would be so stressful about writing reports to parents that think they know everything and can't even spell the word 'school?' Hmmm can't think of why teachers would be put into that category at all.

Anyjob dealing with people!!! People cause the stress not the job.

While I wouldn't want to be a teacher, they are very well paid considering how many hours they work per year. As well, let's not forget their indexed pensions. I certainly don't get one of those.

So what you're saying Derek, is that the high paying job of a teacher, with great holidays and fantastic pension wouldn't be enough for you to put up with the stress of that job? Do you have a job that pays you overtime (time-and-a-half or double time on holidays) for the hours you work in addition to your scheduled hours... Did your job require you to spend at least 4 years at a University to get two degrees? How much do you think the people in charge of shaping your child's educational portfolio should be paid?

I might suggest armed forces or police officers might also be included on such a list. Although I have never been occupied in either capacity, any job that exposes individuals to increased risk of serious injury or death should be highly compensated...I am not sure either one of these occupations adequately reconciles the salary with the inherent risks...

I couldn't agree more with Dave Brown; The people entrusted with the care, safety and betterment of our society should definitely receive appropriate compensation. Nurses should also be added to that list!

What about secretary, euphemistically called "Administrative Assistant?" You are in front of a firing squad every moment of the day, "Where is this, where is that, get me a pen, who was that on the phone, why didn't you say this instead of that, Why did you do the brochure this way instead of that - when you have never been told how they wanted it in the first place.

Management have to be the laziest people alive - all they do is sit around and criticize - they very seldom do any work - they just wait until the secretary does something and then they critique.

I am 74 years of age and have been in the workforce since I was 16. I have had many jobs but only three REALLY bad bosses.

I just finally retired last year and I am doing things the way I want them done for once in my life. Wonderful!

Teachers are paid very well with the best pensions going. They work 7am-3:30pm; maybe later if they coach. What about nurses?? 12 hours shifts with trauma, infectious disease, and negative work environments to say the least; running all night, with no breaks when short staffed which is always given the current economic climate...