Top 10 most stressful jobs in America

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http://positivemed.com/2013/07/30/top-10-most-stressful-jobs-in-america/


My job wasn't on there which is why I can actually do my job. I can't handle stress at all but some people thrive on it. weird.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Firefighters !? LOL

Nope. Invalidates the whole list.

 

[firefighter12]

Firefighters !? LOL

Nope. Invalidates the whole list.

If you are one, you must be in one very slow house and if you aren't, you have NO idea of what you're talking about.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

I bet you make the best chili, ever.

 

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http://positivemed.com/2013/07/30/top-10-most-stressful-jobs-in-america/


My job wasn't on there which is why I can actually do my job. I can't handle stress at all but some people thrive on it. weird.

Does prostitute in the list?

 

[Kiss_me_gently]

This list can't be correct.

I can name many professions more stressful. Surgeons just for one.

 

[WeedSmoke420]

interesting *CLICKS*

 

[Joeybagadonuts]

Air traffic controller should be listed....not that I've ever but gotta figure.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

The inclusion of airline pilot is a joke. Having known a former airline pilot, the stress of the job is primarily in the scheduling of back to back trips where pilots catch a few hours of fitful sleep on a couch in the pilot's lounge.

The flying itself, is a piece of cake and the safety record the airline industry enjoys is more the result of superior technology and maintenance of individual planes and the design of the air transportation network as a whole.

Since "pilot error" is at the heart of so many fatal accidents, one can argue that the element of danger is most acute when the pilot interposes himself in an automatic process that was probably humming along quite happily before it was interrupted. The latest incident in San Francisco comes to mind.

Flight attendants have a far more stressful job simply because they have to deal directly with cranky passengers.

 

[koalabear]

Lumberjacks.

 

[Saint Peter]

Plumber.

 

[KRCummings]

Did you guys arguing over the firefighter inclusion actually read what was said?

 

[koalabear]

Plumber.

Nope they have shirts to fix plumbers butt. Watch ax men.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

I read this:

"Firefighters typically work shifts of up to 48 hours, which contributes to physical fatigue and can weigh heavily on family life and emotional well-being."

And that is what made me laugh. The FFs I know sleep 16 of the 48, eat well (meals in the fire house are a big event) and then have second jobs on the 5 days fo the week they are off, make good money and have a pretty good life. Most get their 20 years before they are in their mid 40s and so are pension eligible, have good healthcare, blah blah.

Lots and lots of more stressful jobs out there.

 

[KRCummings]

I read this:

"Firefighters typically work shifts of up to 48 hours, which contributes to physical fatigue and can weigh heavily on family life and emotional well-being."

And that is what made me laugh. The FFs I know sleep 16 of the 48, eat well (meals in the fire house are a big event) and then have second jobs on the 5 days fo the week they are off, make good money and have a pretty good life. Most get their 20 years before they are in their mid 40s and so are pension eligible, have good healthcare, blah blah.

Lots and lots of more stressful jobs out there.

So what does what you're saying have to do with what they're saying?
The article says the stress comes from being away from home and fatigue which is pretty common in any of the emergency services areas. It has nothing to do with what they do with their time off or how much money they make or what they eat.

 

[girlsmiley]

This list can't be correct.

I can name many professions more stressful. Surgeons just for one.

Is it true that Physicians have the highest suicide rate of any profession?

 

[BoyNextDoor]

Eating well, and sleeping well, and having a good life and having enough time for another job seems to me to be contrary to emotional and physical fatigue and a weighted down family life.

 

[firefighter12]

I bet you make the best chili, ever.

No, but I am pretty damned handy with the pneumatic tools used to cut some drunken ahole out of his vehicle after an accident at 0300, often in the rain or snow. Also adept at using an AED and CPR on someone who has suffered a cardiac arrest while their friends or family just stand there and watch. And then there is that whole fire thing - you know, using a hose in extreme heat with the possibility of the structure falling in on top of you or some silly thing like that. Things like this added to the reasons stated in the article contribute to stress.

Maybe you're right, bND, firefighters don't have stressful jobs because the pay is good, it's steady work, has a good retirement plan and, often, the opportunity for a second income. Oh, yeah, I forgot the gourmet dining AND all the sleep we get. Whatever was I thinking?

 

[thør]

Lumberjacks.

Choker-setter.

 

[girlsmiley]

No, but I am pretty damned handy with the pneumatic tools used to cut some drunken ahole out of his vehicle after an accident at 0300, often in the rain or snow. Also adept at using an AED and CPR on someone who has suffered a cardiac arrest while their friends or family just stand there and watch. And then there is that whole fire thing - you know, using a hose in extreme heat with the possibility of the structure falling in on top of you or some silly thing like that. Things like this added to the reasons stated in the article contribute to stress.

Maybe you're right, bND, firefighters don't have stressful jobs because the pay is good, it's steady work, has a good retirement plan and, often, the opportunity for a second income. Oh, yeah, I forgot the gourmet dining AND all the sleep we get. Whatever was I thinking?

 

[rosco rathbone]

Choker-setter.

Is it one for stop or two for go?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCnYsy7B40o

 

[rosco rathbone]

That's a dumbass list. "Photojournalist" but not nurse? Please.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Enlisted military...ehhhhhhhhh...really depends on the MOS, some of those fuckers do a 9-5 behind a desk with 3 day weekends every weekend.

Other MOS's?

But even then I wouldn't put them at #1 for stress....too much fun.

Is it true that Physicians have the highest suicide rate of any profession?

IDK if they have the highest, but it's pretty high. Last list I saw had dentist at the top of the suicide list followed by auditors.

 

[imalickin]

Is it true that Physicians have the highest suicide rate of any profession?

No that would be dentists. After all, how sane can you be after looking into peoples dirty mouths all day long?

 

[IrezumiKiss]

No, but I am pretty damned handy with the pneumatic tools used to cut some drunken ahole out of his vehicle after an accident at 0300, often in the rain or snow. Also adept at using an AED and CPR on someone who has suffered a cardiac arrest while their friends or family just stand there and watch. And then there is that whole fire thing - you know, using a hose in extreme heat with the possibility of the structure falling in on top of you or some silly thing like that. Things like this added to the reasons stated in the article contribute to stress.

Maybe you're right, bND, firefighters don't have stressful jobs because the pay is good, it's steady work, has a good retirement plan and, often, the opportunity for a second income. Oh, yeah, I forgot the gourmet dining AND all the sleep we get. Whatever was I thinking?

Off question...do you guys see any of the bank from all those calendars, though? Or is it all for charity?