So, what IS the hardest job out there?

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Aug 10, 2012 10:24:13 GMT -5 Taxman10 said:

Aug 10, 2012 10:22:31 GMT -5 swamp said:

Pediatric cancer nurse.

they have it easy....if they mess up, they can just say "well...you knew what was going to happen anyway"

NOT FUNNY

[comom1]

I was a CNA for a while. It was a back-breaking, low-paying job. I always felt so helpless when dealing with sick children. That was awful. I also did the call center thing. I was paid better than many since I worked for a major airline, but people are are bigger assholes on the phone than in person.

I did accounting after college, but hated being tied to a desk. I was good at it, but didn't really enjoy it.

Today, I'm a baggage handler for the same major airline. It's filthy, heavy, sweaty work, (a lot like porn, I guess ) but I've never enjoyed a job as much as this. I work mostly with men, so much less drama. I don't have cranky passengers yelling at me and calling me names because their flight cancelled and I go home in a good mood. I get paid to work out, have great benefits and fly for free. It's awesome.

My hardest job was being a CNA. I have so much respect for those who make it a career.

[Spellbound454]

Teaching, most definitely.

Yep..the job itself is wonderful... but there is so much crap associated with it..... ie... targets, deadlines, performance management, new initiatives, policies, guidelines, assessments, scrutiny.

I always felt so helpless when dealing with sick children.

Hats off to anyone who has to do this...it must be heartbreaking.

[zibazinski]

My friends that are doctors said the worst rotation was pediatrics. They couldn't stand it. They weren't hardened enough. I also have a friend who does physical therapy and she won't do kids. She has no issue making adults suffer but kids crying will do her in!

[midjd]

My sister is a pediatric nurse. She says it is very emotionally draining, but you feel like you can help bring a little brightness to their lives, so it's worth it (at least for her).

DH's old job (steel foundry) involved driving heavy machinery through very thick steam and dumping molten steel into pits. Temperature inside the cab was usually 120-130 degrees. Get slightly off track, fall into a pit and die. Blow a tire, cab catches on fire and you die. Allow a teeny bit of water to get into the steel - whole plant explodes. About 5% of his coworkers were killed or permanently injured each year. The pay was not bad ($40K+ in a LCOLA - no education required) but not worth risking your life.

I think that was the hardest job in the world. Plus his shift started at 6am, so he had to leave the house at 4. That might've been the worst part

[Firebird]

DH's old job (steel foundry) involved driving heavy machinery through very thick steam and dumping molten steel into pits. Temperature inside the cab was usually 120-130 degrees. Get slightly off track, fall into a pit and die. Blow a tire, cab catches on fire and you die. Allow a teeny bit of water to get into the steel - whole plant explodes. About 5% of his coworkers were killed or permanently injured each year. The pay was not bad ($40K+ in a LCOLA - no education required) but not worth risking your life.

Wow, Mid. That must have been really fun for you

[midjd]

Yeah... to DH's credit, he didn't tell me the half of it until after he'd quit. The worst part was when one of his coworkers was killed mid-shift, the local paper reported the death right away, but I couldn't get ahold of DH until after his shift ended, so didn't know what was going on (or if it was him...) He quit about a month later and went back to school.

Nothing compared to what military spouses go through, I'm sure.