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People Break Down The Most Unhealthy Professions

People Break Down The Most Unhealthy Professions

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Finding a career is not easy.

And many professions are stressful and prone to burnout.

So what do we do?

Apparently, we keep going.

We have to work in order to get money and survive, right?

But some career choices just don't seem to be worth the coin.

The folks on Reddit stepped up to help us avoid certain career paths.


Redditor kk-sahinul wanted to chat about the jobs that make the money not worth it, so they asked:

"What profession do you find unhealthy?"

I worked as a waiter. That's all I say.

Heavy lifting...

construction GIFGiphy

"Construction, breathing in all kinds of dust all day, working in weird positions, heavy lifting, loud, dangerous tools and so on."

thatsoneuglybaby

On the Road Again...

"I imagine trucking comes with a lot of problems."

Poorly-Drawn-Beagle

"My grandfather was a trucker his whole life, he started his own business and raised 3 kids off of trucking. It killed him."

"Sleep deprivation, sitting still for 10+ hours at a time, an endless stream of black coffee and later energy drinks to stay alert, eating nothing but fast food and truck stop fare."

"And even when he was 'home,' the phone rang non-stop, usually brokers asking him to run another load from VA to CA."

"And to top it all off, he would be gone for weeks at a time, missing significant chunks of his children’s lives. And all of this, just to enjoy retirement for 2 years before dying of total kidney failure."

ChallengeLate1947

Toxic

"Welding, did that for 15 years. Breathing in toxic fumes all day sneeze into a kleenex and it would be black."

Consistent-Panic-996

"My dad was a welder and after retiring got lung cancer and caught it early, but lost part of a lung. Luckily my husband is a lawyer and has a friend that does personal injury lawyer specializing in asbestos so my dad has been getting settlements from over a dozen companies. The companies were required to put $ in a fund for settlements."

ketomachine

Too Much

"EMT. Those hours are unbelievable."

Jrk16

"Why are 24 hour shifts so common in medicine? There is ample evidence that mental performance declines over even an 8 hour shift, let alone 24hrs. Seems that of all professions this is one where you'd want everyone to be sharp and fresh as much as possible."

Johnny_B_GOODBOI

"And the lack of sleep, the caffeine intake, the trauma, the assaults, the gas station food."

austinh1999

The Fields

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"Farmers. My dad was exposed to toxic herbicides/pesticides and his doctors attributed his terminal stomach cancer to his decades of exposure."

username987654321a

"And that doesn’t even get into the insanely dangerous machinery they work with. I’ve read some real horror stories about guys getting caught in equipment and that’s all, folks."

kittyness02

Farmers are necessary. But not fun apparently.

Chronic

Doctor Hospital GIF by LCLGiphy

"Healthcare workers, chronic lack of sleep due to understaffing, potentially combative patients, various communicable diseases, sometimes threats from patients/their families."

HollyRoller66

Shaken & Stirred

"Bartending. There are so many alcoholics on both sides of the bar you become friends with. It can be difficult to keep yourself in check."

Mowings1

"I bartended for 10 years. Stopped almost exactly a year ago and while I loved being in that industry, getting out made me realize that drinking almost every day and doing drugs just to keep being able to handle those crazy weekend shifts wasn’t as fun as I justified it to be in my head. LOL."

freakybe

Not Safe

"Bouncer/Security. In my younger days I spent time as a bouncer, bar-back, and concert security. Nothing like having a drunken a** take swings at you for trying to do your job. Or getting blind-sided by a beer bottle to the head, etc. 100% not a long term sustainable role."

Toxikfoxx

Hazards

"Service work. Healthcare & K-12 teaching particularly. Medicine sucks due to inept healthcare & residency. My mother’s a teacher - overworked, underpaid."

Saint2th

"Where I am the schools are filled with lots of environmental hazards that really are unsafe to work around let alone have kids at everyday (mold, asbestos etc) it's unreal."

"People turn a blind eye or say it's not there but I grew up exploring every corner of that big old school... it's there. My mom was a teacher for four decades, got a different rare cancer 2x. The second one killed her. Underpaid is an understatement."

Bureaucrat_hell-loop

All of Us...

"Pretty much any job you don't like doing, which seems to be most for the majority of people. Forcing yourself to get up everyday to go do a job you hate just so you can break even at the end of the month."

chickadeedeedee_

Do what you love. If you can. And perhaps try to avoid some of these whenever possible.

Do you have any jobs to add? Let us know in the comments below.

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