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#2

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back Influencer

tomhdesign , Laura Chouette Report

Final score:

381points

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Xenon 1 year ago

Not a real job but parasites.

156points

#3

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back Hospital CEO’s… and actually almost all hospital upper management. There are so many layers of management that many of them barely step foot into a healthcare facility EVER, let alone EVER speak to a patient, yet all of them make 6, 7, 8 figure salaries plus mega bonuses. My hospital network CEO makes $11 million salary not including bonuses, which bothers me, but bothers me even more are all the board members and s**t directly under him making nearly as much. It’s hundreds of millions of wasted money paid to the people trying to screw staff out of good pay and screwing patients into paying big bills.

Uajpqsa , Christina Report

Final score:

348points

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Neuridivergent 1 year ago

This is why health care should not be a for profit industry.

219points

Artist Aaron's thread went viral and it’s no wonder why. Topics about work, money, and justice are very popular. And there’s nothing quite like the injustice of being underpaid and exhausted and seeing someone putting in barely any effort and making bank to make you seriously mad at the world. The redditor found a topic that was bound to get others' attention.

The fact of the matter is that life isn’t fair. Some job positions will inevitably be overpaid while others will be underpaid. The best that society can do is reduce that gap as much as possible. We’ve written before on Bored Panda how society doesn’t necessarily value the people who contribute the most to everyone. Educators and social workers are vital to the health of our society, and yet, they’re often not who get prioritized. At least, not financially.

#4

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back I really hate how the brightest minds of a generation have been funneled into finance instead of science, engineering, politics, medicine and a ton of other critically useful professions because finance is where the money is.

A hedge fund is just a gambling house. It makes no net contribution to society. It just moves money from one pocket to another. We, as one the whole, are not better off for its existence. That can't be said of many other professions. We don't need hedge fund managers. We need doctors.

What a waste.

echohole5 , Scott Graham Report

Final score:

282points

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Sue from England 1 year ago

I think by middle school they should be dividing kids up into groups: 1 group that are intellectuals and show promise and skill when it comes to using their brains for working out problems and can argue/debate situations etc, another group who can create things with their hands, woodwork, electric, plumbing etc Group3 who are more empathetic & show promise in more social skills, last group would be for those who don't fit in any group but need more time to develop their skills.Nurture these kids at that age, allow them to hone their skills in the last 4/5 years of school, there could be a good balance of skilled kids leaving school & entering the workforce. I'm assuming here their formative years in school have taught them reading writing and math which they should master before specialising. And then in their final couple of years, they should be taught life skills...cooking, cleaning, personal hygiene, interview skills, relationships, form filling, check writing..useful stuff. IMO

25points

#5

TV preachers.

Tuaisoq Report

Final score:

262points

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Alecto76 1 year ago

I'm agnostic, but I like to learn about religions for various reasons. I've read the Bible - nothing was more clear than Jesus despised the rich. He said nothing negative about anyone, except the rich. Do the followers of these preachers not read Jesus's own words? Let's say for a minute that the bible they themselves hold dear is true - have a good time in hell preacher!

91points

AbjectZebra2191 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

#6

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back CEOs of hospitals. (I say this as a nurse who continually sees them get bonuses, despite us being short-staffed & getting 3% raises)

Final score:

261points

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Lauren S 1 year ago

Did anyone else get jealous that they got a 3% raise?

38points

The people who get paid the most tend to be those who generate the most profits. That’s why you see so many CEOs with morbidly obese paychecks. It’s a symptom of society valuing profits (ironically) more than tangible value.

Financial traders and software engineers get paid more than construction workers, artists, and farmers. They all bring something to the table, but the former work with something ephemeral while the latter work in ‘the real world.’

However, at the same time, some objectively valuable professions are rewarded very generously. For instance, in the United States, some of the best-paying jobs include anesthesiologists, oral and maxillofacial surgeons, obstetricians and gynecologists, surgeons, orthodontists, physicians, and psychiatrists.

These positions all earn a median salary of $208k, according to US News. Next in line are nurse anesthetists ($195.6k median wage), pediatricians ($170.5k), and pilots ($134.6k). In short, what humankind really does value are all types of medical and mental health professionals, as well as pilots.

#7

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back Ex-politicians on the lecture circuit who get paid insane speaking fees

jahid232 , Jorge Maya Report

Final score:

249points

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Phillip Moderow 1 year ago

Bill Clinton, I'm looking at you.

44points

Boredasfbroforreal Report

#8

Anything in sports, honestly if they stopped playing what would change?

Final score:

237points

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StrangeOne 1 year ago

Idk but I know of a good example. When the Winnipeg Jets got kicked out of Winnipeg for some years I honestly didn't know the difference. We still had hockey games. We still had the Manitoba Moose to cheer for. We still had a hockey arena. When the Jets came back there were a ton of excited, happy fans and the annual White Out party would be held downtown for a week. Much to the inconveniencing of businesses and employees who have to work in the places blocked off for the party. We had a bigger, fancier hockey arena built in the city core. Didn't improve safety, security, public funding, vitality, and quite frankly the city has gotten worse over the years (no fault of the Jets nor hockey, but just in general).

33points

#9

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back CEO of Tesla. The guy stays 100% of his time on Twitter, clearly it not that important for the company.

TalesM Report

Final score:

229points

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Heather Daugherty 1 year ago

if he regresses any further, he's gonna need a womb...

76points

_BlueFire_ , Glenn Carstens-Peters Report

If you feel undervalued and underpaid, you have three choices. First of all, you can (and should!) talk to your boss about a raise. Explain to them how much value you bring to the company and back it up with evidence. Have a couple of reviews like that every year to remind management that you’re an essential cog in their machine. Nobody else will fight for a better wage for you, so it really comes down to your own actions.

#10

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back Anything that could be reduced to "I make a lot of money because I move a lot of money", like brokers, insurers, wall street stuff, real estate agents...

Final score:

218points

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Marcos Valencia 1 year ago

Yeah. Being in the middle of money traffic must have some perks.

17points

#11

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back President of FIFA

LucyVialli , Wikipedia Report

Final score:

189points

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gmf 1 year ago

Football generally tbh

53points

Hvnisaplaceonerth , Sam Moghadam Khamseh Report

#12

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back Pharmaceutical or medical sales.

I’m a small scale clinician who deals with medical sales reps 5 days/week who are the [apparently] sweetest, bubbliest, most seemingly accommodating people on earth— if you buy their thing. Since your patients **need** theirs, except they’re usually not even medically qualified to make those determinations. They can’t answer medical questions relevant to their products. Every rep we deal with can be googled and earns >3x the combined salary of my office staff comprising 4 people.

Final score:

187points

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Penny Kemper 1 year ago

Yeah this should be outlawed. Selling to doctors which definitely influences some of them. So that they use the new expensive drugs instead of drugs they already been using for years. Then people hate the insurance companies for not covering. That's the only good thing they do, make doctors prove other drug have been tried and aren't working before they can use the new very expensive drugs.

30points

Your second option is quitting… or rather, looking for another job while you’re still employed and negotiating a severance package at your old one. Many workers have power fantasies about how epically they’ll quit while burning every bridge and slamming every door, but you have to take the time to figure out what’s in it for you. Maybe being a bit more patient and tactical can put you in a better financial position down the line. Of course, that doesn’t mean that you should tolerate exhaustion, bullying, and unpaid overtime. Just be strategic about how you handle it.

#13

Religious Leader

CrazyPickler Report

Final score:

174points

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Mav Mav 1 year ago

shout out to the cult makers

30points

#14

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back We paid a guy/company $10,000 to come and do a motivational speech at the school, which was supposed to improve kindness among the kids at school. It didn't work.

smalltownboarder , Borta Report

Final score:

173points

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Marcos Valencia 1 year ago

I can do the same, 50% off. Same results, but you save 5,000.

85points

#15

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back College football coaches. The highest-paid public employees in many states, and is even more egregious considering for decades the students were not allowed to make money from endorsement deals and whatever. Glad that has changed, but it's still ludicrous for Alabama or Mississippi for example to sink so much money into their football programs when the rest of the two states struggle in almost every other metric.

ShaneSeeman , Tim Mossholder Report

Final score:

168points

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

definitely an american thing... and I can't see how or why they should be paid out of public purse?

39points

Your third option is to work for yourself. Not everyone is built to be an entrepreneur (heck, not everyone wants the stress), but for some people, it is incredibly liberating to start their own business. Focus on a side hustle or two while still keeping your day job and see where things go from there. It’s likely that you’ll need to put in a lot more time and energy into turning your projects into full-time gigs than you thought. So be patient and keep at it.

#16

EMS is the opposite if this. Just like to point out how many ambulances are shut down EVERYDAY because of understaffing.

EMS is treated like s**t for how much work they do. As a paramedic I have more responsibility than an RN, get paid less, and I'm not in a controlled environment.

To answer the question though pro Athletes are probably the best example.

BillNyeTheNazi5py Report

Final score:

167points

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Xenon 1 year ago

EMS are massively underpaid for what they do!

100points

#17

Positions where the individual can’t (doesn’t know how to) perform the job of the persons beneath them yet are in charge of them.

rlahey3378 Report

Final score:

157points

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Donkeywheel 1 year ago (edited)

This one is completely ridiculous. Any good organization, for profit or not, works by hiring competent people to perform tasks they’re good at and coordinating all of them is a skill and a position. Whether it be a company, a ngo, an association or even your kids sport team, they work by making people with various skills work together. No, you absolutely don’t need to be able to perform the job of everyone in the team you lead. Quite the opposite: you’re a good manager/boss/captain/guru or whatever if you’re able to delegate, empower and trust the expertise of others that you don’t (and can’t possibly when things get complicated) have.

61points

#18

Any CEO with a golden parachute and/or a salary greater than 100% over the average of the company.

MNJayW Report

Final score:

156points

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Adrian Scarlett 1 year ago

Anyone that makes more than 10x the cleaner's salary

69points

#19

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back I know a life coach who charges $300-500 per person for a 'seminar' that's just four hours of her leading yoga and breathing exercises and telling everyone they're doing great. She makes $2,400 per weekend. F***ing wild.

ashwheee , JD Mason Report

Final score:

142points

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

I feel nothing for this. If you are stupid enough to pay someone 300 dollars to teach you to slow down your breathing you deserve to lose your money.

123points

Professional_Bar3689 Report

#20

Not sure the exact title but saw a video of smug looking woman bumble bragging she makes 250k a year at some Org in los Angelos that “helps” homeless.

Basically what I’m getting at is b******t made up foundations that are just milking the system under the guise of “social work” to make bank and fleece people.

Final score:

136points

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Will Cable 1 year ago

With how many 'charities' there are these days it makes you start to think they only set the charity up to make money for themselves and not to help others they claim they are helping.

39points

#21

Politician.

mpe8691 Report

Final score:

133points

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Xenon 1 year ago (edited)

Yet they consistently vote themselves pay raises on top of Cadillac perks and graft

42points

#22

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back Most middle management at large corporations. What do you do.

hisglasses66 , Towfiqu barbhuiya Report

Final score:

132points

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Lauren S 1 year ago

Have meetings about other people’s jobs

78points

#23

Life coach

thewezel1995 Report

Final score:

129points

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Mav Mav 1 year ago

Coach life

9points

#24

Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). They've had a lengthy history of excessive demands ($4 million US spent on "entertainment" in Nagano, traffic lanes dedicated to IOC members during the games, etc.)

They make very few decisions, all of which are politically motivated. They travel extensively and are paid well for it:

[https://dailytrojan.com/2021/08/16/progress-without-profit-the-ioc-benefits-itself-at-the-expense-of-athletes/#:~:text=Although%20most%20IOC%20members%20are,meetings%20and%20at%20the%20Olympics](https://dailytrojan.com/2021/08/16/progress-without-profit-the-ioc-benefits-itself-at-the-expense-of-athletes/#:~:text=Although%20most%20IOC%20members%20are,meetings%20and%20at%20the%20Olympics).

From the article:
"Although technically a volunteer, the IOC President receives a yearly “allowance” of $251,000 and lives rent-free in a five-star hotel and spa in Switzerland. "

brighter_hell Report

Final score:

115points

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Penny Kemper 1 year ago

Yeah why so they always built a new arena for the Olympics. It seem way to expensive

12points

#25

I'm bracing for impact here but ......Diversity and Inclusion officers are doing much of what HR has been doing for years.

roadrunner00 Report

Final score:

111points

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Neuridivergent 1 year ago

Good organizations had HR managing this well. But then allegations are made... Cya.. We will do better... Yadayada... Lets hire a diversity and inclusion person to tell us what we should be able to figure our ourselves.

25points

#26

Professional Athlete

TopShelfCrazy Report

Final score:

105points

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Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago

Only when the sport becomes a business, and if you're a male athlete.

22points

#27

Homeopathic practitioner.

SuvenPan Report

Final score:

98points

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Binky Melnik 1 year ago

I swear I’m breaking the nose of the next fool who tells me that water has “memory.” 🤬🤬🤬

13points

#28

Anyone who makes a ton of money by inserting themselves into big transactions and charging fees as a percentage of the transaction (brokers, title companies, etc.).

raalic Report

Final score:

94points

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Mav Mav 1 year ago

in Australia, brokers categorise banking products in terms of competitiveness, mostly recommending products managed by their own company. who's steering the ship here?

9points

#29

Stock broker. Parasitic middleman between oligarchs and other peoples money.

Wazula23 Report

Final score:

91points

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Lawrence 1 year ago

I hate to be this guy but stockbrokers aren't the problem - they're a necessary component of a system that is deeply flawed. Publicly traded corporations should not exist. The idea of limitless scaling and increased profitability year-over-year is dangerous fiction. Stockbrokers, like Amazon execs, are just getting theirs while the structure they work within destroys humanity. Who can blame them?

9points

#30

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back Do car salesmen really do any work anymore?

Last time I bought a car I looked online, did my research, and knew exactly what I wanted and basically showed up ready to buy. The dealer just gave me the keys for a test drive, then did the paperwork for me.

miurabucho , Obi Report

Final score:

86points

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Adrian Scarlett 1 year ago

Sales people in general are a waste of space. They basically get paid to lie about a product or service to potential customers.

23points

NZKhrushchev , Dimitri Karastelev Report

#31

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back My mum from whom I am estranged works as the vice president of reward at an international company. She basically arranges contracts so millionaires can get more money and gets paid 189,000 pounds a year for it. Even she thinks it’s ridiculous.

Final score:

82points

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Druklet 1 year ago

But keeps doing it anyway.

13points

#32

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back Knowing the CEO of one of the largest video game companies. CEO. He doesn't know s**t about the industry.

businesslut Report

Final score:

79points

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Xenon 1 year ago

But by god he can choose to release buggy software, ignore gamers' pleas and fire actual coders.

18points

#33

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back If someone else is "Regional VP" they are either drowning in responsibilities working 70 hrs a week; or they have absolutely nothing to do other than collecting a check.

drchris6000 , Ben Rosett Report

Final score:

68points

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Marcos Valencia 1 year ago

Guess who's the one that will be CEO one day.

13points

#34

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back Gillette 'engineers' - they took 5 years to go from 3 blades to 4

plexxxy , Brett Jordan Report

Final score:

67points

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Ryker 1 year ago (edited)

I assume a razor engineer who takes half a decade to improve a razorblade doesn't get paid a lot

20points

idreallyrathernotktx , Kristopher Allison Report

#35

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back My uncle was a commercial airline pilot. He described his job as “vastly overpaid in normal circumstances and vastly underpaid in emergency situations.”

Final score:

62points

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Xenon 1 year ago

Paid mainly for knowledge and what he *can* do, not necessarily the boring part of the flight.

44points

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#36

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back About two-thirds of the upper-level admins at the university I work for.

min_mus , Priscilla Du Preez Report

Final score:

27points

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Zophra 1 year ago

And schools in general, at least here in the USA. So much administration!

9points

UndergroundEvilDoer Report

#37

Vivek Garipalli, Clover Health: $389.6 million.
George Mikan, Bright Health: $180.8 million.
Mario Schlosser, Oscar Health: $60.8 million.
John Kao, Alignment Healthcare: $46 million.

Final score:

25points

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Must Be Bored Again 1 year ago

That amount of money could help so many people obtain health care that is unreachable to lower income families. I can't even begin to fathom knowing your child or loved one is going to die because you can't afford the needed treatment.

10points

#38

Being a cat. Free rent. Free food. Sleep all day. Automatically dominate anyone around you. Just go outside and kill things for fun. Never wear pants. You can lick your own a*****e in public and not get arrested. And everyone adores you anyway.

Altruistic_Ad6189 Report

Final score:

25points

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Druklet 1 year ago

Lies! My cats deserve everything for being their awesome selves!

14points

#39

So. Many. MBA's in management. F**k me there is so much bloat in middle management.

King_Prawn_shrimp Report

Final score:

19points

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Fantastic Mr Fox 1 year ago

I don't know if I agree with this. It's weird people can be promoted to managers when having very little idea what management is and no education at all in the field. For example in the old days ("boomers") you could become a programmer (software engineer) without any education. "Can you code? Yes. Then you are a software engineer". Some of these people later became managers. So now they manage without having neither an engineering nor a management degree. I know people like this. In the US it was around the WW2 the military needed officers and started thinking that maybe you could teach people to be leaders, instead of as before assuming you are born to it. This thing about management just being a skill you are born with or not, it's an old way of thinking. Of course you will tend to believe it is so as a fact, exactly when you have zero formal education in management.

1point

#40

Pharmacy benefit managers; because they shouldn’t exist

EasyMode556 Report

Final score:

19points

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Michael Largey 1 year ago

They're called that because it's always the same entities that manage to benefit, don't they?

0points

#41

The college football coach in my town got offered a contract for around $6M to be a college football coach. He’s getting paid more than the president of the US

geargun2000 Report

Final score:

18points

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

as I said above, if you stop watching sports and stop supporting it, then these people will go away and get actual jobs. As long as YOU keep watching sports and observing the advertising on the field, YOU are paying his salary.

11points

#42

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back Generally, US govt contractor positions requiring high security clearances. Entry level pay isn't that high, but once you're cleared other contractors will offer bigger bucks because you can get cleared with them quickly. Jump from one to another, wait two years, do it again, *lather, rinse, repeat.*

FrankieMint , ThisIsEngineering Report

Final score:

17points

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Lennart 1 year ago

On the one hand maybe, on the other, the high pay is a way to dissuade the 'need' or appeal for/of bribes as someone with top security clearance is a viable target for 'villainous forces'

6points

#43

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back My last job in college, before starting my career. I was an overnight shelter staff for transitional housing. Since these clients were basically back up on their feet by the time they arrived, they were pretty self-sufficient. I was paid about 25% higher than other night-shift jobs I could get at the time, and on most nights all I had to do was make one pot of coffee. The rest of the time I could watch TV, play video games, do personal chores, etc… The one job that I know was better was their overnight sleeper, since we had to have two staff at all times. As implied, this dude made a well-above minimum wage rate to just sleep there on the weekends.

EleanorSofia , Vojtech Okenka Report

Final score:

17points

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Lyn Odom 1 year ago (edited)

I have work this job and there’s a lot more to it than that. Data entry, Answering hotlines, intakes of terrified women in the middle of the night, managing the shelter house, making sure it stays clean and stocked with food and women and children’s needs, acting as the advocate between police and the hospital, so that women don’t have to pay for their own rape kits, security, watching the doors cameras and buzzing people in… And believe me, no woman wants to pour her heart out until it’s the middle of the night so you have to sit and listen, the report needs to the day staff.

4points

#44

CEO of goodwill the fake a*s non charity

Big_Mike_707 Report

Final score:

17points

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StrangeOne 1 year ago

People confuse thrift stores as charities. It's not always the case.

8points

#45

There are many corporate jobs that make too much money for what they do, I think mine falls in that basket. But the question is which are overvalued and overpaid, and I think the best example of that is people in entertainment - athletes, celebrity actors, etc. Entertainment is certainly valuable and arguably necessary, but to justify the millions of dollars these people make is hard. No doubt they are talented and work hard, but to make 25 mil a year to play a sport for folks entertainment vs. me making a questionably high salary to provide a corporate service? Whole different thing

stevieMitch Report

Final score:

17points

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The Darkest Timeline 1 year ago

It all has to do with the economics of the entertainment business. It generates a lot of revenue and the actor or athlete IS the product so they’re what people pay to see. Since we only pay to see the thing done at it’s highest level, that means very few people are generating all of that money. And I’d rather see the people doing the thing make the money than the owner of the team or the producer of the movie take it all, like they used to. It’s a bit absurd but it makes sense in context.

0points

#46

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back my IT director.. he's never around, automates his email, and he has his own company

ds_vii , Christina Report

Final score:

16points

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Edgar 1 year ago

Smart guy.

5points

#47

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back Mine. I am a DevOps engineer at a fintech startup, I write server configurations for $125K/yr and I work about 10 - 20 hours a week, remotely. I keep thinking they’ve figured out how easy my job is and decided to fire me and then instead they tell me I’m doing a great job and promote me. I smoked weed all through college and got a degree in philosophy, and did not go to grad school.

C4TERW4L , Tim van der Kuip Report

Final score:

16points

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Sergio Bicerra 1 year ago

I knew a guy in a similar position: he did 3D animation and was sonrieiculously talented and fast that really thought he has overpaid, just because he did in 1 hour what I barely managed to do in 4.

3points

GrilledStuffedDragon Report

#48

CEO.

Final score:

15points

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censorshipsucks 1 year ago

depends. If the CEO came up with a unique idea and founded the company AND pays his workers well, and managed the company in such a way that the workers benefited and profited as well, then I think he is a good ceo. However if he just gets fat bonuses because of stock prices... nah, he's a parasite.

9points

#49

Realtor. The internet replaced them years ago.

Wader_Man Report

Final score:

14points

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Gina Babe 1 year ago

I disagree with this, I wouldn't have had a lot of things without mine

8points

#50

Most CEO or heads of major publicly traded US companies. Outrageous salaries!!!!!

sfdragonboy Report

Final score:

14points

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Blinders 1 year ago

Why did you single out the US?

0points

#51

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back Ferrari strategist

sakbak , Martin Katler Report

Final score:

13points

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Ryker 1 year ago

A what

8points

#52

Onlyfans models

YdurWeisu Report

Final score:

13points

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Marcos Valencia 1 year ago (edited)

You never can say a self-employed person is overpaid. They earn their own money.

16points

#53

I'm a consultant. It's just outsourced office work and creating fluffy PowerPoints to give executives an excuse to authorize spending.

DJWhiteWalker Report

Final score:

13points

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DennyS (denzoren) 1 year ago

They tell you what you're doing already but with a ppt and with the enthusiasm of someone that knows they don't have to do it.

1point

#54

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back In-House Legal for a corporation. I basically browsed the internet most of the day in my office, maybe reviewed one or two standardized contracts and occasionally sat in during a firing. I made $80k a year plus benefits.

Edit: To clarify, I am a paralegal, not an attorney and the work was limited to contracts and entity formation.

The_Spyre , Benjamin Dada Report

Final score:

12points

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RafCo (he/him/ele) 1 year ago

You protected the company from legal action. That's worth 80K to most companies. Frankly, I'm surprised that's so low

2points

#55

I’m a project manager making ~$200k and I’m about to take an after lunch nap.

lisaneedsbraces81 Report

Final score:

12points

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DennyS (denzoren) 1 year ago

I mean...project managers that I'm familiar with have a lot of responsibilities and it can go south in a second. I guess it depends on the type of projects you manage.

3points

#56

The complete opposite is dishwashing at restaurants. They can't run without one.

olwguy Report

Final score:

11points

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Shayne Randlett 1 year ago

That's how it goes most of the time. The "boots on the ground" employees, the ones actually doing the work, are paid the least. Retail employees, cleaners, the guys servicing your plane and loading your bags, the tech's who actually fix your computer, etc. - we don't make jack. Long hours and low pay while the suits we report to are kicking back making the money.

3points

#57

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back Most Project Managers. Sit on meetings, repeat what is said in 6-9 other meetings. Update a schedule accordingly. Doesn't make decisions. No value add. All for some upper manager to "be certain" the project is going to be done on blank date.

*sorry all, former project manager

GeneralComplaint98 , Zan Report

Final score:

11points

POST

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

yes your job is it harass people and make them work to the schedule, so ... kinda useful... ish? I mean frankly middle management SHOULD be doing this stuff anyway.

2points

#58

TSA doesn’t make anyone safer, just makes us feel safer. Maybe that’s worth the cost to some, not to me.

DickGayson_ Report

Final score:

11points

POST

ibyishimo 1 year ago

At present yes, but we need security. What kind of travel safety would we have with no TSA? What we need is better TSA. Real security. It's theater now, but it shouldn't be. So this is not unnecessary or overpaid. It's just a system that isn't working but is necessary and should work better. Come on. Without any security so many more of us would be dead.

4points

#59

Realtor. While I believe they can provide value in some situations, technology has put a lot of the work into the buyer’s hands.

You find places you like, send them to a realtor, they walk you through and point out which rooms are bathrooms, print out a mountain of paper for you to sign and … BOOOM $50,000 commission.

lump77777 Report

Final score:

10points

POST

StrangeOne 1 year ago

I honestly don't know why a realtor is considered important. They're in it to sell houses. I feel like you could get more honesty, or at least get a sense of the BS lies, when you meet the homeowners. The most important person to pay for services is the property inspector. A good one.

10points

#60

I work in fintech and I literally do nothing during 9-5. I wake up in the morning, start my computer, check emails, morning meetings, then play video games, go to the gym, invite friends over or go out for brunch, and at the end of the day message everyone a good afternoon. I'm absurdly overpaid as well and highly recommend the career. It's like I have a job but I don't but I do.

Edit: For everyone asking, I am a Senior Expert on Blockchain and contract between FANG companies every year, mostly Google and Amazon. The hardest part is the schooling, but afterwards the actual work is quite easy. It's a pretty surreal career and I understand how privileged it is to have a stress free job. I've seen how badly a unhealthy work life balance can impact a person's mental health cause of my parents which is why I got into IT.

Second Edit: My DM's are currently flooded so apologies if I take a while to reply back, trying to respond to everyone with advice >.>

Motor_Sock459 Report

Final score:

9points

POST

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

yep till the system f***s out then you are blamed and sued for billions... so... it's a risk insurance position. You are paid to make sure thigns do not f**k out.

1point

#61

Associate/sub deans in universities. They're glorified bureaucrats who are soaking up your tuition dollars six figures at a time

Phlegethonrider Report

Final score:

9points

POST

Neuridivergent 1 year ago

Same for all vp's

3points

#62

Equality, diversity and inclusion officer

crunchie101 Report

Final score:

9points

POST

Two_rolling_black_eyes 1 year ago

Women make up 50.5% of the US population, suffer 94% of the rapes in the country but only make up 25% of the US Senate making the laws controlling women's health. African Americans are 12% of the US population but make up 38% of the prison population but only make up 5% of the lawyers and judges who decide they should go there. Diversity is about getting everyone who is hungry to the table.

15points

flacocaradeperro , Sora Shimazaki Report

#63

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back The one I had at my last office job.

I was originally hired to be the manager of a new project, but the project was never launched and I had a long term contract. After 5 months of being paid by only clocking in and out without doing any actual work, someone saw me in the pool for available associates and invited me to join their project as a frontline agent.

Apparently at some moment the database just marked me as an available employee, without mentioning the rank I had been hired for. I stayed in the company for 6 years, getting paid the salary of a manager, but with the responsibilities of a regular agent. I rejected every offer for "growth" I had, as I was only working there to pay for a debt. In the end, I made my money with very little stress, and left the company in great terms.

EDIT: thanks for all the attention, I really didn't expect it to get so much traction.

Here's an answer to a couple common comment I've seen:

First, if it was so good, why did I leave? Simple, this job had nothing to do with my own career path. A few years back my life basically crumbled to pieces, I got into some really bad debt and at some point I just had to get a job, even if it was an office job I didn't want. Worked for 2 years in another company before I was recommended for the position in the one mentioned in my post. The day my debt was paid off was the day I presented my 2 week notice and left in great terms. I was lucky to have a nice team around me.

Second, no, I won't mention the company or project. It was as an analyst in a streaming app (no, not the super big ones), what I actually did as a frontline agent was a hybrid of customer service and developer support, all text based.

Third: It was indeed a very fortunate set of coincidences and I took advantage as much as I could, but I left due to my own pursuit. I'm doing good with my own independent endeavour, and no salary will be more valuable than my own sense of accomplishment of making a living out of what I love doing.

Cheers, Reddit.

Final score:

8points

POST

#64

I still don't know what big-firm "consultants" do.

moeriscus Report

Final score:

7points

POST

Neuridivergent 1 year ago

Company leaders says things aren't good, hire a consultant. Consultant suggests changes they should have been able to figure out themselves. Or just tell a decentralized organization to centralize and a centralized organization to decentralize. Been through both. In the same company. In less than 5 years.

4points

#65

School administration. Administration in general actually.

BlewOffMyLegOff Report

Final score:

7points

POST

DennyS (denzoren) 1 year ago

I'm in admin...it isn't nice cleaning up everyone's mess.

4points

#66

Commercial property managers. If you know you know.

WhiskeySoLo22 Report

Final score:

7points

POST

Zephyr343 1 year ago

Except most can't fill their buildings past 70% occupancy.

0points

#67

I am here for a potential change of career.

Ioapqjz Report

Final score:

5points

POST

jim kendzior 1 year ago

become a cat.

6points

#68

“Change Management Agent”

UserNameTycoon Report

Final score:

3points

POST

censorshipsucks 1 year ago

it depends. If your company is a big one and has to deploy new systems and everyone is against it because they are habituated to old systems, dealing with that resistance etc., is something unpleasant. Ive had to do this myself. People do not like change. Even if it is for the better.

1point

#69

Someone Asks "What Job Position Is 100% Overvalued And Overpaid?" And 35 People Don't Hold Back One night I babysat three kids for about 2 hours or so. The kids went to bed when I got there, and the parents had left dinner out for me, so all I did was eat their food and watch their TV and pet their dogs.

When they got home the mom paid me $100. I told her that was way too much. She slurred "Don't worry about it, I'm drunk." And then I noticed her fly was down.

So that was the most over paid job ever lol.

RootMan322 , JESHOOTS.com Report

Final score:

1point

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dollh h 1 year ago

Disagree. The sitter stayed, did their job. If the parents want to pay you more, it's because they feel it was worth it, drunk or not. In vino Veritas. Source: Me. I did my share of sitting, made killer tips on holidays.

21points