Teachers. They’re doing their best man, and they’ve got no money to do it on. I doubt you’d even want to babysit your own kids for 8 hours, let alone teach them :/
Prostitution. I don’t understand why hate a profession that doesn’t affect you in any way. Don’t pick one up if you don’t agree with it. Just leave them be.
Fast food workers. People who have a lot of money belittle fast food workers and think fast food jobs are easy and they think fast food workers are overpaid. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Fast food jobs pay very little. Also, in fast food you have to be very fast, very accurate, and you are micromanaged all day long by a manager who is standing next to you or looking over your back. It’s a shame that people try to make themselves feel superior to other people by belittling fast food workers.
The trades period! I will never understand why people think it’s a lower tier of employment. They have the stability and growth opportunity most people seek lol
Physicians. Sure you hear awful stories from time to time, but the vast majority of physicians worked their butts off to get to where they are and strive to take care of you/your loved one.
Government workers. They are just people who are trying their best to help others and to have a positive impact on people’s lives through their career. I see protests in front of government offices and negative feelings about government workers in the media as if it is their fault for decisions they did not make. The decision makers are politicians, please do not hate on the people who have to carry out a politician’s decision no matter what they think of it in private.
IRS workers. They’re underfunded as a whole, so they can only focus on the mom and pop businesses versus the mega corporations. But for each dollar they spend investigating abuse and dodges, they bring in exponentially more
Minimum wage jobs that people insist you don’t deserve to live off of despite the fact that if every minimum wage worker went on strike, the country would collapse.
Mail carriers. We work in every kind of weather, including an ice storm. We get yelled out for not having a package to deliver. People think we get paid by tax payers. If we make a mistake, you think we deserve to burn it hell for eternity. It never ends. I will go out of my way for my customers and they will accuse me of stealing their stuff. It’s crazy how difficult our jobs are. We got a raise in November and had to pay it back in December because of a glitch in the computer. They made a mistake so we got our checks cut during Christmas. I don’t think anyone who doesn’t work for the po can understand the shit we deal with.
Pretty much any public facing jobs where human interaction from the public is a daily thing. More possibility to come across complete jerk offs of society
Social Worker. They are always bad guys in TV shows and movies.
People have no idea what that do. People rarely have an idea that they have helped you or a relative at a hospital or other facility. And that’s just for starters.
All sorts of cleaning people. In hospitals? Essential. In schools? Couldn’t operate without them. In the streets? They make everyone’s life better. It’s not a “high level” position but it delivers a lot of social utility.
Healthcare workers. The rate of assault against healthcare workers is disturbingly high. For anyone who watched The Pitt on Max, the storyline where the nurse is punched in the face by an angry patient is very realistic unfortunately.
Teachers. They are grossly underpaid for the responsibilities they have. I’d hoped the pandemic would’ve taught people the value of teachers, but it went the complete opposite direction. I’m convinced people want to be stupid
Probably mechanics. A lot of the suspicion that they’re ripping you off comes from not knowing much about how your car works. Take some time to look up how to do an oil change, replace wheel bearings, or fix other common issues. You don’t need to become a mechanic yourself, but understanding the work involved helps you make more informed decisions when you’re paying for repairs.
Lifeguards. The amount of people who were not only perfectly content but would fight with on a daily basis to allow their children into dangerous situations was always astounding.
Flaggers/traffic control. I was pretty much forced to go into the job because it was the only job opportunity I had, was in debt, and nowhere to live other than with somebody at the company I got hired on as. I fell in love with the job as much as I hated the job. It was definitely a love-hate relationship and something that toughened the hell out of me as a person. They’re the forgotten people of trades workers and almost NEVER get recognition for it. Work on powerlines needs to be done near roadways? Flaggers. You want roads to get fixed or even small cracks in pavement sealed? Need flaggers. Water main work? Yup, you called it, ya need flaggers.
I completely understand the frustration as we all need to get somewhere and it’s a massive piss off when you’re already late and get held up, but shit man I remember people getting mad at me for being held up for 2 minutes when I’ve been controlling traffic for 12 hours without a break. Yes, you often don’t get breaks because… Somebody has to control the chaos. Also, controlling traffic isn’t even all of it lmfao. Gotta meet with crews, write up pre-worksite safety sheets, make sure everybody knows what’s happening, establish hand-signs because some crews are different than others and you can rarely hear each other unless you have radios.
It’s also a GREAT way to make money if you are female. It’s a female dominated field but with construction pay. Where I’m from it’s roughly a 300 dollar 3 day course with an open book test at the end and a practical field test as well. Great way to work yourself into a city crew as well. I wish I took the chance to join up on a city instead of going to University. Those guys I worked with were like a second family to me.
I could write on for hours and hours about the weird shit I’ve seen, the chaos I’ve endured, and the heartbreak that comes along with dealing with general public. I only did it for three years and I feel like I got a lifetime of experience. Went from just a normal flagger to being in charge of the setups and determination of how we’d deal with the day, and when I ended I was doing highway-based work.
I realize I kinda made it sound like flaggers are the best people in the world, but that ain’t true either. A lot of em are mad alcoholics or drug addicts but there’s also a LOT of great people in the industry. Same with good workers vs bad workers. There’s some insanely well put together professionals and some dumpster-fire individuals.
Teachers.. so many parents blame them for their kids being horrible. Instead of parenting, they assume their child’s an angel and the teacher who has 25 students to manage while teaching is trying to get through the day
Teachers… they are there to teach your kids about the topic… not to give out participation awards or give the kid a passing grade when they failed a topic or didn’t put any effort on doing any schoolwork.
Parents are quick to yell at them for any reason, just cause they are just doing their job.
Farmers. We’re less than 1.5 percent of the population and we grow food for every American and many other people around the world. We make a living on paper-thin margins, and often lose money. Most of the farmers in the US generate less than $50k in gross sales per year. That’s gross income , folks, not net. Many farmers work a second full time job in town just to keep their farm going.
We’re not in some grand conspiracy with Monsanto, nor are we torturing your next hamburger or glass of milk. 99.99999999% of farmers are keeping in agriculture because we love to be caretakers of our land and animals. It’s not a “get rich quick” scheme, and very few of us receive the kind of fat government checks that many people think we do. It’s a tough business, but we’re here because we love the lifestyle. Not everything is about money.
I’m a phlebotomist at major hospital, and I work night shift. So if your medical team order labs for you, that’s means it’s usually super necessary for me to be there drawing your blood. And I’ve worked really hard to become skilled enough to get the sample on the first try about 98% of the time. But damn the way I get looked at and spoken to as if it’s the highlight of my day to come cause pain to these people. Like, I’m just doing my job.
The handyman trades, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc. They can lose their liscense due to poor work and always work to code if they are putting a stamp on something. Not trying to fuck you over.
Think of them like your dentist. You have no idea what your looking at when a problem comes up, but trust their professional opinions or you’ll have more problems.
There is probably lots of good cops but the bad cops really do put a damper on the whole force. Imagine trying to do your job stopping crime but all of a sudden people spit and call you pigs because of the universal hatred of your job
Social Workers – if people actually knew what they are expected to make judgements on and how much other stuff they have to pick up that is not actual social work (but have to because councils won’t pay for support staff) alongside their caseloads that are often double what guidelines for safe practice suggest, there would be riots. Social Workers are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
Lawyers, especially defense attorneys and public defenders. Everyone is entitled to a defense, no matter how deplorable you find the person, and you’ll be glad for the job they do if you ever find yourself accused of a crime you did not commit, or if you become embroiled in the legal system and need help.
IT workers. If shit doesn’t work, we are to blame. If everything is working, we get told “nothing is ever broken, why do I even pay you?” If everything is working without issue then I am doing my job well.
Mechanics. We’re required to be electrical engineers, software engineers, welders, diagnosticians, and sometimes mechanics. And get paid the least of all the skilled trades these days, and have the least respect.
Your plumber tells you you need to spend $6k, you get upset, but you pay. Your mechanic tells you you need to pay $6k….what a thief, my buddy’s brother’s cousin can fix it for 1/4 of that. Ok, sure thing 👍
Ive heard things like “glorified ass wiper” and just really belittling things that don’t at all give justice to the knowledge and skill sets that go into being a nurses aid.
Vitals, meds, sitting with dying people, finding corpses sometimes, knowing how to use oxygen tanks
I remember one time when someone fell and there was blood everywhere.
I don’t do the work anymore but it is a solid job and it should be respected more.
Honestly any no skill or entry-level job. Think retail, fast food, customer support.
Used to work in retail and people shit on them, all they do is stock shelves, receive products on the loading dock, and do the registers. I’ve seen people treat OLDER workers even worse and usually use the line “you’re 50 and still working in retail, maybe that should tell you something” but then those people don’t stop to think that SOMEONE has to do it. If retail workers didn’t exist you wouldn’t be able to go down the road and pick up a hot chook, or milk, bread, anything we take for granted.
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Teachers. They’re doing their best man, and they’ve got no money to do it on. I doubt you’d even want to babysit your own kids for 8 hours, let alone teach them :/
Lawyers. Especially those who represent the bad guy. They are just doing their job man.
Janitors, lawyers, and garbage men. They all deal with trash daily.
Law enforcement
Prostitution. I don’t understand why hate a profession that doesn’t affect you in any way. Don’t pick one up if you don’t agree with it. Just leave them be.
Truckers I’m guilty of this.
If they weren’t long hauling goods the luxuries we enjoy wouldn’t be available.
retail workers—deal with the worst version of people daily
Fast food workers. People who have a lot of money belittle fast food workers and think fast food jobs are easy and they think fast food workers are overpaid. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Fast food jobs pay very little. Also, in fast food you have to be very fast, very accurate, and you are micromanaged all day long by a manager who is standing next to you or looking over your back. It’s a shame that people try to make themselves feel superior to other people by belittling fast food workers.
The trades period! I will never understand why people think it’s a lower tier of employment. They have the stability and growth opportunity most people seek lol
Teachers.
Physicians. Sure you hear awful stories from time to time, but the vast majority of physicians worked their butts off to get to where they are and strive to take care of you/your loved one.
Government workers. They are just people who are trying their best to help others and to have a positive impact on people’s lives through their career. I see protests in front of government offices and negative feelings about government workers in the media as if it is their fault for decisions they did not make. The decision makers are politicians, please do not hate on the people who have to carry out a politician’s decision no matter what they think of it in private.
Tech support
IRS workers. They’re underfunded as a whole, so they can only focus on the mom and pop businesses versus the mega corporations. But for each dollar they spend investigating abuse and dodges, they bring in exponentially more
Teachers
HR
Sex workers and teachers.
Government Employees. These people do more than you realize on so little pay and resources.
The government you hate is actually the political leaders. The employees just do what they’re told.
Minimum wage jobs that people insist you don’t deserve to live off of despite the fact that if every minimum wage worker went on strike, the country would collapse.
Mail carriers. We work in every kind of weather, including an ice storm. We get yelled out for not having a package to deliver. People think we get paid by tax payers. If we make a mistake, you think we deserve to burn it hell for eternity. It never ends. I will go out of my way for my customers and they will accuse me of stealing their stuff. It’s crazy how difficult our jobs are. We got a raise in November and had to pay it back in December because of a glitch in the computer. They made a mistake so we got our checks cut during Christmas. I don’t think anyone who doesn’t work for the po can understand the shit we deal with.
Pretty much any public facing jobs where human interaction from the public is a daily thing. More possibility to come across complete jerk offs of society
Social Worker. They are always bad guys in TV shows and movies.
People have no idea what that do. People rarely have an idea that they have helped you or a relative at a hospital or other facility. And that’s just for starters.
All sorts of cleaning people. In hospitals? Essential. In schools? Couldn’t operate without them. In the streets? They make everyone’s life better. It’s not a “high level” position but it delivers a lot of social utility.
criminal defense
Literally any honest job. Why isn’t working enough?
Healthcare workers. The rate of assault against healthcare workers is disturbingly high. For anyone who watched The Pitt on Max, the storyline where the nurse is punched in the face by an angry patient is very realistic unfortunately.
Nursing. Patients will assault you and treat you like dirt. The worst in humanity can be drawn out through suffering.
Teachers. They are grossly underpaid for the responsibilities they have. I’d hoped the pandemic would’ve taught people the value of teachers, but it went the complete opposite direction. I’m convinced people want to be stupid
Realtors.
Probably mechanics. A lot of the suspicion that they’re ripping you off comes from not knowing much about how your car works. Take some time to look up how to do an oil change, replace wheel bearings, or fix other common issues. You don’t need to become a mechanic yourself, but understanding the work involved helps you make more informed decisions when you’re paying for repairs.
Lifeguards. The amount of people who were not only perfectly content but would fight with on a daily basis to allow their children into dangerous situations was always astounding.
Public defenders
Veterinarians,
go to school for years, learning multiple systems and issues, only to get called greedy scam artists by their patients owners.
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Flaggers/traffic control. I was pretty much forced to go into the job because it was the only job opportunity I had, was in debt, and nowhere to live other than with somebody at the company I got hired on as. I fell in love with the job as much as I hated the job. It was definitely a love-hate relationship and something that toughened the hell out of me as a person. They’re the forgotten people of trades workers and almost NEVER get recognition for it. Work on powerlines needs to be done near roadways? Flaggers. You want roads to get fixed or even small cracks in pavement sealed? Need flaggers. Water main work? Yup, you called it, ya need flaggers.
I completely understand the frustration as we all need to get somewhere and it’s a massive piss off when you’re already late and get held up, but shit man I remember people getting mad at me for being held up for 2 minutes when I’ve been controlling traffic for 12 hours without a break. Yes, you often don’t get breaks because… Somebody has to control the chaos. Also, controlling traffic isn’t even all of it lmfao. Gotta meet with crews, write up pre-worksite safety sheets, make sure everybody knows what’s happening, establish hand-signs because some crews are different than others and you can rarely hear each other unless you have radios.
It’s also a GREAT way to make money if you are female. It’s a female dominated field but with construction pay. Where I’m from it’s roughly a 300 dollar 3 day course with an open book test at the end and a practical field test as well. Great way to work yourself into a city crew as well. I wish I took the chance to join up on a city instead of going to University. Those guys I worked with were like a second family to me.
I could write on for hours and hours about the weird shit I’ve seen, the chaos I’ve endured, and the heartbreak that comes along with dealing with general public. I only did it for three years and I feel like I got a lifetime of experience. Went from just a normal flagger to being in charge of the setups and determination of how we’d deal with the day, and when I ended I was doing highway-based work.
I realize I kinda made it sound like flaggers are the best people in the world, but that ain’t true either. A lot of em are mad alcoholics or drug addicts but there’s also a LOT of great people in the industry. Same with good workers vs bad workers. There’s some insanely well put together professionals and some dumpster-fire individuals.
Veterinary medicine
Retail. The ones hating won’t even last 15 minutes.
Teachers.. so many parents blame them for their kids being horrible. Instead of parenting, they assume their child’s an angel and the teacher who has 25 students to manage while teaching is trying to get through the day
Call centre reps. Geez the way people act when they can’t see you or know they’ll never have to deal with you again.
We love our janitors. Can’t imagine work with out them
Pharmacists
Teachers… they are there to teach your kids about the topic… not to give out participation awards or give the kid a passing grade when they failed a topic or didn’t put any effort on doing any schoolwork.
Parents are quick to yell at them for any reason, just cause they are just doing their job.
Medical insurance executives.
Jk, fuck’em all.
Mechanic
Farmers lately. Its hard work with not that much profit.
Farmers. We’re less than 1.5 percent of the population and we grow food for every American and many other people around the world. We make a living on paper-thin margins, and often lose money. Most of the farmers in the US generate less than $50k in gross sales per year. That’s gross income , folks, not net. Many farmers work a second full time job in town just to keep their farm going.
We’re not in some grand conspiracy with Monsanto, nor are we torturing your next hamburger or glass of milk. 99.99999999% of farmers are keeping in agriculture because we love to be caretakers of our land and animals. It’s not a “get rich quick” scheme, and very few of us receive the kind of fat government checks that many people think we do. It’s a tough business, but we’re here because we love the lifestyle. Not everything is about money.
Retail workers. People suck
Anything where you deal with the public or are open to public scrutiny.
We all do weird or shitty things. Mostly harmless. But definitely not normal or unable to be criticized.
And if you’ve got people just itching to break you down, you better believe that there will be a spotlight on all your worst features.
I’m a phlebotomist at major hospital, and I work night shift. So if your medical team order labs for you, that’s means it’s usually super necessary for me to be there drawing your blood. And I’ve worked really hard to become skilled enough to get the sample on the first try about 98% of the time. But damn the way I get looked at and spoken to as if it’s the highlight of my day to come cause pain to these people. Like, I’m just doing my job.
The handyman trades, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc. They can lose their liscense due to poor work and always work to code if they are putting a stamp on something. Not trying to fuck you over.
Think of them like your dentist. You have no idea what your looking at when a problem comes up, but trust their professional opinions or you’ll have more problems.
Any job that involves cleaning
There is probably lots of good cops but the bad cops really do put a damper on the whole force. Imagine trying to do your job stopping crime but all of a sudden people spit and call you pigs because of the universal hatred of your job
Plumbers. We deal with too much shit
Social Workers – if people actually knew what they are expected to make judgements on and how much other stuff they have to pick up that is not actual social work (but have to because councils won’t pay for support staff) alongside their caseloads that are often double what guidelines for safe practice suggest, there would be riots. Social Workers are damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
Sanitation workers
Lawyers, especially defense attorneys and public defenders. Everyone is entitled to a defense, no matter how deplorable you find the person, and you’ll be glad for the job they do if you ever find yourself accused of a crime you did not commit, or if you become embroiled in the legal system and need help.
IT workers. If shit doesn’t work, we are to blame. If everything is working, we get told “nothing is ever broken, why do I even pay you?” If everything is working without issue then I am doing my job well.
Mechanics. We’re required to be electrical engineers, software engineers, welders, diagnosticians, and sometimes mechanics. And get paid the least of all the skilled trades these days, and have the least respect.
Your plumber tells you you need to spend $6k, you get upset, but you pay. Your mechanic tells you you need to pay $6k….what a thief, my buddy’s brother’s cousin can fix it for 1/4 of that. Ok, sure thing 👍
Lawyers.
For every lawyer whose position you hate, there is another lawyer on the other side trying to stop them.
Pretty much everyone hates attorneys until they need one. Lots do great work.
I work at Walmart, so there’s that.
Very telling that no one said anything about the trades..
People can be pretty disrespectful about CNAs.
Ive heard things like “glorified ass wiper” and just really belittling things that don’t at all give justice to the knowledge and skill sets that go into being a nurses aid.
Vitals, meds, sitting with dying people, finding corpses sometimes, knowing how to use oxygen tanks
I remember one time when someone fell and there was blood everywhere.
I don’t do the work anymore but it is a solid job and it should be respected more.
Dentists, they have a high rate of suicide because everyone says they hate going to see them.
Dentists, thank you! I don’t love everything that needs doing but I appreciate that you do it anyway.
Police officer
Honestly any no skill or entry-level job. Think retail, fast food, customer support.
Used to work in retail and people shit on them, all they do is stock shelves, receive products on the loading dock, and do the registers. I’ve seen people treat OLDER workers even worse and usually use the line “you’re 50 and still working in retail, maybe that should tell you something” but then those people don’t stop to think that SOMEONE has to do it. If retail workers didn’t exist you wouldn’t be able to go down the road and pick up a hot chook, or milk, bread, anything we take for granted.
Police.