The three worst jobs in the US, and I've had 2.5 of them

“Careers that ranked the lowest included enlisted military personnel, lumberjack and newspaper reporter.”

http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2013/04/22/dust-off-your-math-skills-actuary-is-best-job-of-2013/

(The .5 was running a saw in a sawmill. Logs came already cut, but the job was a lousy job – low pay, constant whine of saws, supervisors whose reverse cranial insertion was unbelievable … “You’re the college guy. Yeah. You’re gonna work the summer and then go back to college, huh. Me, I have to work for my pay. You college guys …” I quit and got a job driving a taxi.

(The reporter who spent six years as a crime reporter? That’s an easy newspaper job. You show cops (1) you can be trusted; (2) they can’t push you around; (3) you are fair, it’s a piece of cake – except for the bodies and families of bad guys who insist their little darling was always misunderstood and cops planted evidence and somebody else killed the woman or man. One time I almost had the phone hung up when saying to a family member “Kiss my ---, ------------r.” Almost.)

Full story: http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/worst-jobs-2013


WSJ link at maggiesfarm..