30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People

According to a 2023 Ipsos survey of 22,816 people from 31 countries, doctors are the top trusted profession (58%), followed by scientists (57%), and teachers (53%).

At the very end of the list, we have journalists (24%), business leaders (24%), advertising executives (18%), government ministers (17%), and general politicians (13%).

Reddit user OnAFalseErrand wanted to know which of the latter were long in the making, so they asked everyone on the platform to share the occupations they once had a lot of respect for but ultimately lost every ounce. Below are the replies that generated the most buzz in the discussion.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Journalists. Many of them have proven themselves to just be duplicitous propagandists.

Ethroptur , CoWomen / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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Vix Spiderthrust 2 months ago (edited)

It's always been a profession marred by people willing to feed themselves on crumbs dropped from the tables of power. However, it's been made worse by the hunger of the twenty-four hour news cycle, so now even journalists who didn't start out lazy and feckless end up regurgitating press releases without checking them because there isn't time. Luckily there are some handy rules of thumb to check whether a journalist is trustworthy or not. For instance, if they write for the Daily Mail or The Sun, you know that they are incorrigible shitbags who spew lies for a living.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Politicians who are slowly turning us into a slave state, at over £80k per year top 1% ruled over by what can only be described as an unelected oligarch

and police who are the worst of bullies exposed daily by auditors.

darkest_star069 , Mikhail Nilov / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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83points

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Richard Wareham 2 months ago

This should be much higher up the chart, at least from the UK perspective No politician will give a straight answer to a question. The UK has had two months of a new government and they are so immersed in sleaze that they have already lost any respect the county may have had for them. Accepting money from poarty donors for new clothes, Taylor Swift concert tickets, glasses, football matches in private boxes, trips tpNew York to stay in a millionaires luxury appartment, money for parties and travel. The list goes on and on. Pensioners are being deprived of a heating allownce that has been running for many years, yet the woman who has cancelled their £300 per year has claimed expenses of £4,400 for her heating. The sickening contempt for the voters is disgusting. The police should also be up there with politicians.

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Whatever grudges people might have about the workforce, one of the biggest things they hate about it is artificial intelligence.

According to a new FlexJobs survey, 34% of respondents believe AI will lead to job displacement in the next five years.

Their 2024 Future of Work Report polled over 3,000 U.S. workers and showed that:

21% rely on AI for professional and work-related purposes—up 10% from 2023.
48% believe AI is a current or potential threat to their job security.
17% describe their AI knowledge and skills as “great” (13%) or “excellent” (4%), versus 46% who rated their abilities as “fair” (25%) or “poor” (21%).

30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Footballers. I’m not saying they were saints, but money has turned them into entitled c***s from 15 years old.

Kids can earn enough to not give a s**t by the time they turn 20.

TheKnightsRider , Pixabay / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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80points

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Emma S 2 months ago

The worst thing that ever happened to football was not capping players wages. To be able to earn £50k a week is obscene. That's why tickets and shirts are now so expensive.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Priests......I know there are rotten apples in every bushel in all fields, but I hit my limit when our priest vanished and was replaced. Seems he was removed due to accusations from years ago. I have never been back to mass again, and my entire view of religion has shifted.

Tricky_Parsnip_6843 , Ramses Sudiang / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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76points

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Mama Clare 2 months ago

Once I start asking questions it was all over for religion with me. The way they view & treat women, gays or anyone different. That's a no from me thanks

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"While job seeker preferences can vary widely, certain factors are more likely to make a job undesirable in the eyes of working professionals," Keith Spencer, career expert at FlexJobs, told Bored Panda. "Inadequate pay and the lack of remote work options are two of the most common reasons someone might turn down a role or seek to leave their current job."

According to Spencer, the rising cost of living is a major concern for most, "which is the likely reason that a majority of respondents in a recent survey cited a pay raise as the top factor that could prevent them from leaving their job."

"Remote work also remains high on the list of job seeker preferences, given the many benefits of flexible work arrangements, like the cost savings associated with working from home," the career expert added.

30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Maybe I just had a string of bad experiences, but Chiropractors. My ex used to go a lot and loved it, I started going when I got older and found out it's a load of c**p. Get your back cracked, feels a bit better for a few days, go back in a week. Pay them $200-300/mo that's not covered by insurance.

arkham36 , Toa Heftiba / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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75points

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Cee Cee 2 months ago

Potentially very dangerous too.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People University senior leadership - Deans, Provosts, and VCs. Snouts in the trough with their boots on the backs of lecturers and students. A product of the marketisation of higher education. They disgust me.

WhisperINTJ , olia danilevich / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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70points

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Emma S 2 months ago

Yep. The VC at my university was on £350k a year and I never saw them in the three years I was there.

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Earlier this month, FlexJobs also announced the most in-demand hybrid job titles, which act like an interesting counter to the list we see born in this Reddit discussion. They were:

Accountant;
Executive Assistant;
Financial Analyst;
Software Engineer;
Project Manager;
Account Executive;
Accounting Manager;
Sales Development Representative;
Customer Service Representative;
Business Development Representative.

30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Not sure respect is the right word but I always thought HR were “for the workers” I work in Management now and 100% know HR are not your friend, do not go to them thinking they are ever!

Got the HR community after me!! All I said was when I was on the tools I was under the impression that they were there for the workers and were the go to for independent help guys when they are absolutely not and you shouldn’t ever go to them under those pretences!!

stevielfc76 , Tim Gouw / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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ben woskje 2 months ago

always remember, HR is there for the company, not you.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Ok this is going to sound weird. I have huge respect for anyone in a caring profession and I totally get that the pressure and difficulty of the job has a negative impact on worker's and their mental health and personalities.

But over and over again, the b***hiest, nastiest environments I encounter are in care working professions. I sort of get it. But also I don't. If you can't even pretend not to be at worst a psychopath and at best not a toxic individual then don't do that job.

banananases , Mark Williams / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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51points

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Roots & Wings Boutique 2 months ago

My dad got injured at his job and was given certified nursing assistants. 95% did not do their jobs. One even left two hours early and didn't clock out. One chewed me out after I asked her to clean the microwave after heating snapper in it. One sat in a chair all day watching movies.

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Spencer said that while remote work and salary are the top factors that a majority of workers are looking for in a job, there are a few other important considerations that job seekers take into account.

"Having a flexible schedule, a good relationship with one's boss, the ability to set clear work-life boundaries, and engaging in meaningful work within a healthy company culture are also qualities that many professionals seek in their next role," he explained.

30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Doormen/bouncers/private security.

In seven years working alongside them I have met one that was in it for the right reasons.

They are narcissistic, predatory and power mad, some of whom use it as an excuse to express sanctioned violence.

HaunterUsedLick , energepic.com / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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49points

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Nimitz 2 months ago

Here's a thing: lots of security people are on their last leg financially. Here in Canada when I was having trouble finding work, when I went to apply for benefits the people just gave me brochures for security companies. Apparently NO ONE wants to be a security guard so they just recruit from people who are denied welfare/EI. So all you get are psychos who are there hoping to be a big man and hurt people, or people who are out of hope. That's why every manager/supervisor in those jobs is a complete and total roid rage psychopath

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People The BBC management. They've fought a mate of mine over ten years after a severe accident at work. They basically bankrupted him, destroyed his life, and hired experts to discredit him in court. After a decade, he won the case, but those who dragged him over the coals for years continue to have successful careers and just saw him as a game, a toy to be played with, with hundreds of millions available to outspend his lawyers. The BBC top brass are pretty sick in the head - they could have just admitted liability and paid up years ago, but no one would.

mondeomantotherescue , K. Mitch Hodge / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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46points

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Tucker Cahooter 2 months ago

When I first saw "BBC Management" I thought the discussion was going to be about Jimmy Savile and how they covered it up for years and years

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Lawyers. I studied law and did so many work experiences to see what area of law I wanted to get into. Every single lawyer I met (save for a few posh white men) was a glorified administrator. 99% of the job is soooooo menial. It’s really a profession where success is determined by your socio-economic profile and connections, not actual talent. Boring.

sophosoftcat , August de Richelieu / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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43points

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XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 2 months ago

I think this is a bit reductionist. There are so many avenues of law that you can get into: entertainment, business, environmental, immigration, real estate, international.... I'm sure those men & women who work very hard (whatever their ethnicity may be) would love to know that they are "glorified administrators" simply because their careers don't consist of high-profile, Netflix-worthy cases. If you go into this field thinking every day is going to be like Law & Order, you're going to be very disappointed.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Car mechanics.

I worked in the field for 40 years, and there were always bad actors, but the norm was that something would be diagnosed and repaired as needed, and you tried to keep the bill down and respect the customer and the car. The normal markup on parts was 40% for ages. Now it's fairly normal for shops to just replace everything that might cause a problem (instead of diagnosing it), and markups are almost always over 100%. Customers get a $2,000 estimate for a small issue, with a shrug, "take it somewhere else if you want".

The number of guys on the job who don't know or care to know how to actually service things rather than just swapping new parts in is appalling.

dxrey65 , Aaron Huber / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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43points

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Cee Cee 2 months ago

My mechanic is great and does not overcharge. Used him for years.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Academia and anything based in universities. Since starting a PhD and being considered a staff member instead of student, the corruption and egos involved from a Dr to senior management makes a struggling industry toxic to work in. Can't wait to finish and move on.

Forgettable_Doll266 , ICSA / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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40points

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Francisco Scaramanga 2 months ago

I would also add to this their "expert opinions" upon request, which are based on data from a******s.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Not going to shock anyone as I don't know if they ever had it, but Estate Agents. They straight up lie, they make negotiation more complex between seller/landlord and buyer/renter. They make an already stressful situation worse to deal with. I actually believe their jobs are now redundant in the modern age where the internet can do a better job of advertising and owners/landlords do a better job of showing you around.

Politicians have become (even more) spineless and all they're doing is saving their jobs and securing income for themselves and family.

Journalists because they've stopped explaining who has expertise and a decade in the job and who has just done a google search. But they don't they give equal importance under the guise of fairness. But that's not fairness, that's spreading misinformation.

CoffeeIgnoramus , RDNE Stock project / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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38points

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Přemek Marek 1 month ago

In this situation, I am an owner and I have a list of realtors that I work with. They make it easier for both sides - keep track of legal requirements, they do photos, advertisement, make tours, check the tenants (lawsuits, insolvency etc.), help with transfer of utilities... They are experts at all those things (those I work with). It is not my job. I can take photos - they will be worse. I can make advertisement - they have more experience what is important and what should be in or not etc. All the things they could do, I could do - but worse or at higher cost. Like with lots of other professions. So yes, there are many bad ones, but I can't agree with that damning of the whole profession.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Vets. I used to buy into the whole "we're just covering our costs" with insane prices but since working alongside them a lot, they mark up emergencies surgeries based on availability of vets, not a percentage, to the point where when there aren't alternatives, owners just have to go into crazy debt or put thier animals down. They also try and talk you into treatment and tests that aren't necessary.

Disclaimer: not all are bad, like any profession.

Jeffuk88 , Tima Miroshnichenko / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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37points

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Cee Cee 2 months ago (edited)

Pet insurance too is a ripoff. Far too many vets are in a franchise run by greedy venture capitalists.I'm glad that the Competition and Marketing Authority are investigating. If you can change to an independent practice.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Having worked in a prison - prison officers and governors. Some of them are the most crooked, racist, sexist, homophobic people I've ever met, who continuously cover up each other's mistakes and drive out anyone who is any way a threat / has any morals.

The people who are the worst get promoted. There's a crazy amount of officers who go to court for assaulting inmates in "self defence", come back and get promoted. Lots of people get "investigated" for misdeeds and the person in charge of the investigation are their uncles / parents / inlaws. Unsurprisingly, they're found innocent. These people earn £50-80k a year for doing nothing, and are on the world's largest power trip. Getthe job through nepotism then never leave. Basically a bunch of thuggish bullies.

Had one senior manager brag about how when he started in the 90s, him and his coworker stripped a prisoner down naked and used as a staple gun on his ballsack. I was talking about the standford prison experiment (he'd never heard of it). He asked, "oh, dyou think yhat counts as brutality?" Have a ton more stories like this. I was there less than a year.

Worse than the police.

lemonfluff , 7500 RPM / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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36points

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CP 1 month ago

Unfortunately there aren't a lot of nice people wanting to be prison guards.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Physio's. I used to think they played a key role in injury recovery and were very knowledgeable about the human body but over time, and several sport related injuries, its become clear to me that a lot (not all) of them dont actually know a great deal and its not much more than i have learned through life experiences and reading up on injuries online.

I had one who was giving me exercises so light i dont think they took in to account i was a regular exerciser and gym goer before the injury and the exercises were far far too simple. I had another who regularly pulled out a little book that looked like it was £5.99 from Amazon on leg exercises and another who i told repeatedly i had a back problem and they just focused on my knees for weeks and weeks (it was later proven to be a back problem).

Im sure theres some very good ones out there but im yet to encounter them.

RainbowPenguin1000 , Annie Spratt / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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33points

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Cee Cee 2 months ago

I've found physios to be extremely helpful both from the NHS and private.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Senior leadership in NHS hospitals. Not Drs or Nurses or support staff, who do great jobs. The nepotism starts at the top and its deep.

ComprehensiveHornet3 , Tom Fisk / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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32points

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Vix Spiderthrust 2 months ago

You get what you pay for. The NHS is undermanaged - it has 20% fewer managers than any organisation of comparable size, according to the King's Fund. But the taxpayer doesn't understand what managers do, so they don't want to pay for them. And, of course, RIGHT at the top you've got to contend with the politicians at the Department of Health, who will never do the right thing when they get spend the same amount of effort managing how the newspapers refer to them.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Midwives. I work in a hospital and I’ve been unfortunate to work at a very high level for a while a few years back. The midwives were the most vile, abusive and toxic cohort. Totally delusional. Thinking they’re better, more important and special. I copped more abuse off them than the rest of the hospital put together. Recently (in a different role) I had the misfortune to have to go to their ward to review a patient. I got interrogated about who I am and why I’m there 7 times on my first visit and 11 times on my second visit. Yes I kept a tally. They were aggressive, argumentative and generally bullies.
I got a very irate phone call from their discharge planner about my patient demanding I create the patients discharge plan then getting angry when I didn’t know what she was on about. The discharge planner had not spoken to the patient about what and how they wanted to discharge. I suggested the midwife have a discussion with the patient rather than me and reminded her of putting the patient at the centre of her care.

I’m torn about writing this as I am friends with a couple of midwives and they’re great. But they seem to be the few and far between.

minigmgoit , Olivia Anne Snyder / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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32points

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het 2 months ago

Shrewsbury maternity scandal, amongst others.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Independent Financial Advisors are an absolute joke. I work in pensions and some of the questions they ask me are shocking, some even ask me to explain basic maths to them. They shouldn’t be giving financial advice to anyone, and the advice they end up giving to their clients is always “we’ve evaluated your portfolio and recommend you invest your funds with us”.

leomack1968 , Jakub Żerdzicki / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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28points

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ZGutr 2 months ago

Not sure they where respected, but yes, workers in the financial sector ... absolute untrustworthy bunch of grabbing lying thieves

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Builders. I’ve had nothing but bad experiences with them. One stole a lot of money from me and I’ve had to fight them in court for it back. They won’t get into trouble or pay interest on what they owe because these kind of people get away with stealing… but if a member of the public went into a shop and stole something, there would be hell to pay.

PrincessStephanieR , Life Of Pix / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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27points

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cerinamroth 2 months ago

Always get a referral from someone you know and trust!

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People The royal family. I was brought up in primary school to believe that they were to be admired and respected.

Turns out they are a bunch of elitist c***s. The national anthem doesn't even mention the country, it's just a vanity song for whichever tw@ happens to be sitting on the throne.

Also their entitlement to any archeological treasure "gold and silver objects, hidden with the intention of retrieval, and which are discovered with no identifiable owner or heir, belong to the Crown"
The scamming bastards weren't even in power when these items were crafted and should have no right to just claim them.

Queefofthenight , Roger Harris / wikipedia Report

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27points

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Alexandra 2 months ago

In this case, 'the Crown' means that archaeological finds wil become property of the state/country, not Charles personally; it's just a manner of speaking. As for royal families: don't forget they generate trade and thus jobs and income for their countries. They also push forward those charitable causes that otherwise won't get the attention they need. Lastly, it's not much of a fairy tale. Sure, you don't need to worry about paying bills and whether you have enough to retire on, but the continuous scrutiny, the obligation to look good (especially for the women), the criticism, the not-being-able to express your own opinions on anything, the set calendar of events...this all makes it less of a fairy tale and more of a bit of a grind.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Boxing. As a sport, it has become too much about the money and focusing too much on fights involving social media influencers.

anon , Zachary Kadolph / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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25points

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Rich Black 2 months ago

As opposed to hitting someone until they lose consciouness.

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People My own profession (work in tech). I thought people cared about their work and enjoyed working in a team to meet some goal. I also thought everyone else was bright. Turns out we are all charlatans that do next to no work.

cocacola999 , Luca Bravo / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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25points

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cerinamroth 2 months ago

Sign me up! Since AI has practically put me out of work as a professional translator, the least you can do is give me a job where I don't really need to do anything ;-)

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People I’ll get attacked for criticising an NHS profession but GPs.
Just my anecdotal experience of them is that they don’t give a f**k.
I’ve been prescribed medication I’m allergic to on multiple occasions, I have a scar thing on my leg that sometimes keeps me up at night when it flares as the pain is so bad and the reply from 3 separate GPs now is essentially “that condition doesn’t typically cause pain so I don’t believe you and can’t/won’t help you”. I injured my Hamstring pretty bad one time and now it often flares up if I try and resistance train and the GP just googled “hamstring stretches” in front of me and printed off a page of stretching designed for the elderly. No follow up or referrals.

anon , Marek Levak / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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24points

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cerinamroth 2 months ago

The system is collapsing and requires an immediate and comprehensive overhaul. But long live the NHS as a concept!

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People For me, dentists.

Growing up, dentists were people who stopped you eating sweets, but actually cared about your health.

But as an adult, they just seem money hungry, as they seem to find issues where you've never had them before. Fiancé was told they needed 12 fillings (2 pretty big ones, the rest small ones), and went to a different dentist to have them done (as they are anxious about dentists, so needed a specialist). The dentist looked at their mouth and said "You don't need any fillings, no idea why your dentist said you needed any".

This happened a week after the same dentist gave me a filling on a chipped tooth... Which just over a month later abscessed, and I find out the dentist was fired from the practice. So him alone completely turned my view of dentists on its head... And my current dentist seeming to always have something extra to charge me extra for...

jordsta95 , Quang Tri NGUYEN / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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22points

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Cee Cee 2 months ago

I've had the same dentist here in the UK for nearly 30 years. He's kind, witty and a biker like me. Doesn't overcharge and when I was undergoing cancer treatment didn't charge me. What a guy!

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Controversially, builders/laborers.

They seem to come in 2 distinct categories.
Reliable cowboys, or unreliable craftsmen.
You either seem to get a bunch of workers who turn up do the "work" quoted and leave, but when you find out all of the corners that were cut you end up having to foot the bill for repairs as they won't ever return.

Then you get the ones with great repertoires, good reviews and generally coming in at a higher price point. You know you're going to get good results from them. The problem is *if* they turn up. Take "I'll be there at 10am Tuesday" with a large pinch of salt. They will also prioritise jobs on value. My friend had put £2k down on a new kitchen worth £10k, agreed on a start date. Start date came, nobody turned up. When he rang to see what was happening they said they needed to push it back a month. When down on the high street of the village he lives in, the contractors vans (small company, only have 2) were both parked outside a restaurant that had recently closed for renovation. He called and asked what it was about, they said that the bigger job had to take priority.

They're a group of people that I wouldn't trust as far as I could throw them.

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21points

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People The employees of the The Probate Registry also have absolutely no idea what they’re doing. The long delays with applications are caused solely by their incompetence.

leomack1968 , Vlada Karpovich / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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18points

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Gunna get sh*t for this, but almost anyone who works on the trains. Commuted to London for 6 years (on one of the better services nationally) and I can’t say I found any member of staff particularly helpful (even when they weren’t being rude) and they seem to view passengers like cattle.

They always blame everyone else for problems on the trains but at some point you’re the people who run it day-to-day so that only goes so far.

Any time they complain about jobs and pay I can’t say I’m that sympathetic, given they never fight passengers corners when the ticket prices go up or for a better service.

I think bus drivers do a far more complex and demanding job than train drivers and should be paid more than they are.

mufflepuff21 , Namzhil Chimitov / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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9points

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KaiPonpon 2 months ago

The bus drivers are the absolute worst where I live, literally had one almost crash into us because he just went even tho he would've had to wait for us to pass. Also several times see people running to the bus (myself included), the bus driver absolutely looks at them and then drives off. They also drive like s**t and with the lack of seatbelts it makes me incredibly anxious Tho a tram driver did try to run me and my dog over twice in one day also. I was crossing and right as I was in front of the tram it started going, no bell or anything to warn us. And it happened two times. Same driver. We made eye contact the second time and he still just started driving

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30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Social workers - out of the few who really try to help
There are so many who are just box ticking or jump to conclusions and make assumptions about people's lives especially single fathers who get given 10% of the leeway single mothers get
Probably this is endemic of the chronic underfunding everywhere

Alot of marketing/pr jobs - I've worked for and run loads of charity events and shows, getting tonnes for free or cheap and they've come out alot better than when charities have hired a company to run their promotions or events.

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JJ 2 months ago

Umm, no? Social worker here and most co-workers I encounter are nice people trying their best to help. Underfunding is a problem, but most social workers try to do the best they can, including being available for clients on days off and the like. There's only one exception: state-run facilities. Too much work and not enough appreciation leading to giving up.

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#31

30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Teachers.

I’ve worked in schools in a non-teaching position and it’s depressing how condescending and sarcastic teachers can be to children for basic mistakes. Ten minutes can be wasted having five year olds practise lining up in perfectly straight lines over and over.
Anyone who isn’t also a teacher is basically invisible unless they need something from them and headteachers are in another league of control freaks with God complexes.
I know there are some great teachers out there but in my experience, anyone genuinely nice ends up unhappy or leave within a few years.

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T'Mar of Vulcan 2 months ago

The profession can grind you down. I've been a teacher for 32 years and the things you see are just awful. You end up with compassion fatigue. Eventually you're only working for the money and the holidays. I love children but if teaching wasn't a constant grind and we could actually *teach* instead of tick boxes saying we've covered stuff, I'd be much happier.

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#32

30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People CPS

I did jury duty earlier this year and their case collapsed on the first morning when it became very apparent that the alleged crime didn’t happen. The defendant did have previous for something similar and it seemed like the police just wanted this guy off the street and the CPS blindly went along with it. It’s a joke when the jury is the one getting warned about not talking about the trial because it collapsing would be massive waste of court and lawyer time and money. Rules seemingly don’t apply to the CPS.

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Herringbone 2 months ago

For US readers, this is Crown Prosecution Service, not Child Protection Services.

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#33

30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Our local pharmacy. they've been taken over and are no longer Lloyds pharmacy, they are still useless as they were before. it doesn't help we've got two pharmacy for a whole town and about ten villages and it's only to get worse with all the houses they're building.

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Cee Cee 2 months ago

Many are going out of business as they are being asked to do much more but without additional funding. My pharmacy is great.

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#34

Recruiting, those people are mad and most bouncers have massive ego problems.

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#35

Post Office workers - never met such a rude, miserable bunch of people in my life.

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cerinamroth 2 months ago

Have you seen the Post Office Scandal documentary? They have put up with an inordinate amount of injustice. That documentary made me spit fire, I tell you.

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#36

30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People I’d say the whole engineering industry is under appreciated and not prestigious to say the least. Every manager and admin/coordinator think they are better than us.

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Alexandra 2 months ago

I think engineering is a thing of beauty and it deserves more credit than it gets.

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#37

30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People NHS admin and managers.

How come you lot are so useless when dealing with all the bullying of staff?

Also appears to be impossible to get rid of these people too.

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Vix Spiderthrust 2 months ago

See above re: undermanagement. Also, join a union.

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#38

30 Jobs That People Once Respected But Realized Are Done By Awful People Managers and road workers. Managers are pretty obvious. For road workers it might be local to me, a main road required repairs for years to the point car tyres would get destroyed. Never got worked on until a McDonald's opened on that road where it was fixed in a day. I lost any respect for them from that.

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Bartlet for World Domination 2 months ago

As if that's a road worker's decision.

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#39

French polishing. After trying but failing to find a qualified person to polish my Louis XVI commode.

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Tucker Cahooter 2 months ago

Maybe Louis XVI himself could recommend someone?

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#40

Mechanics. They constantly whine about the engineers making their lives hard but turn around and joke about using dugga dugga's instead of following torque specs. You have to find a good independent to be confident they will put the customer first but - despite the EU cracking down on it - main dealers try to make you use them & their mechanics with conflicting motivations. I own a car that needs to be serviced at a main dealer to maximise the warranty and there is *1* dealership in this country that knows what oil to put in it.

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#41

NHS. It’s been run to the ground to the point where they’re actively causing harm to people. Especially emergency services. I had a recent emergency and I’ve no doubt I’d be dead had it not happened outside of the UK. And cancer care? What the actual f**k. It’s disgusting.

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Vix Spiderthrust 2 months ago

Cancer care? Friend of mine's dad went to a GP with a lump in his neck. Ten days later her was seen by a surgeon, had a CT scan the same day, was under the knife by the end of the month. Now on chemo and doing well. Cancer care works great, it's the trivial stuff the NHS is bad at.

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What profession has lost your respect over time?

Marno C. 2 months ago

Well, this was a depressing, pessimistic list full of sweeping generalizations and stereotypes. Have a job? Well, someone on this list probably despises you. Fun times. I challenge anyone to read all the way through and not give up halfway due to all the p*ssing and moaning.

19points

Sojourner 1 month ago

I agree.

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Starfish63 2 months ago

I work in NHS and, yes, it has its problems. On the other hand, I also use the NHS and can honestly say that without their care since 2020 (all through lockdown, etc.) if NHS didn't exist, I would have lost my eyesight. They do amazing work. Yes, there are people in all areas of work who are not the nicest or best suited to what they do but credit where it's due.

12points

Panda McPandaface 2 months ago

Far too much painting an entire profession with the same brush becaus of one personal experience or anecdotal evidence. A highly annoying and unfair list.

UKGrandad 2 months ago

Precisely what I was thinking. It's mostly "I had a bad experience with an X therefore all X's are bad".

Nina 2 months ago (edited)

This is just a bunch of people moaning about individual experiences - not having any capability to judge a whole industry. Those bitching about the NHS should be ashamed of themselves especially - f*****g move to America and see what real s****y care is like.

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Michal Pifko 2 months ago (edited)

Ok, so judging by this (rather cynical and dumb) list: literally every profession ever. TL:DR: Everyone is an a$$hole and only in it for the power and money, because I found a few bad apples. So there!

This may be the worst bored panda thread I've ever seen. It makes brits seem like crybabies. I've been to the UK and that's not generally how people are

Ladedah 1 month ago

Yes, but especially because they've done this exact same kind of post before and - clearly - did not learn their lesson.

JL 1 month ago

I thought for sure that 'Supreme Court Justice' would have made the list.

A lot of theses seem to be anecdotal stories about bad experiences or complaining about capitalism (i.e. money in sports, a vet costing more because of availability).

I'm missing influencers ....wait no, by bad .... that's not a profession and you can't loose what you never had.

John O'Donnell 2 months ago (edited)

I bet every single person who wrote one of these is in a job that is also on this list. You are all useless.

Aud (she/they) 1 month ago

There were so many jobs on this list. Just because someone you know from that profession was a a**hole, doesn't mean everyone in that profession is.

Nils Skirnir 1 month ago

Seems as if every occupation is corrupt based on this list, based on generalizations from one or two isolated experiences. Only one on here worthy of condemnation is royal families - monarchs should be banned.