The 10 Unhappiest Jobs of America
The Article states:
Here are the top 10 jobs that make workers' lives miserable.
1. Security Officer
Average salary: $29,641
Bliss Score: 3.510/5
Why: "People might think that the work environment security guards often face, such as working late hours alone at night, would be what contributes to unhappiness," Matt Miller, the chief technology officer at CareerBliss told Smith. "However, our data shows that growth opportunities and lack of rewards in this field is what affected the overall sentiment around this type of job. Work environment scored relatively high."
Description: Guard, patrol, or monitor premises to prevent theft, violence, or infractions of rules. The BLS projected the growth of these jobs to be 18 percent through 2020.
2. Registered Nurse
Average salary: $60,857
Bliss Score: 3.549/5
Why: "Nurses . . . have more issues with the culture of their workplaces, the people they work with and the person they work for," Golledge says.
Description: Provide and coordinate patient care, educate patients and the public about various health conditions. The BLS projected the growth of these jobs to be 26 percent through 2020.
3. Teacher
Average salary: $43,663
Bliss Score: 3.595/5
Why: CareerBliss' chief executive Heidi Golledge told Smith: "CareerBliss has found through our research that teachers appear to be quite happy with their work and their co-workers. However, the rewards for their work, lack of support and lack of opportunities to be promoted counteract many of the good parts of the job."
Description: Prepare students for future schooling and working by teaching them a variety of subjects. The BLS projected the growth of grade school teaching jobs to be 17 percent through 2020.
4. Sales Engineer
Average salary: $71,283
Bliss Score: 3.636/5
Why: Smith reports that these engineers don't appreciate the "lack of growth opportunities, company's culture, compensation and support."
Description: Sell complex scientific and technological products or services to businesses. They must have extensive knowledge of the products’ parts and functions and must understand the scientific processes that make these products work. The BLS projected the growth of these jobs to be 14 percent through 2020.
5. Product Manager
Average salary: $81,865
Bliss Score: 3.648/5
Why: Smith says that these workers "voiced unhappiness with the range of growth opportunities, compensation, company culture and support."
Description: A blog describes product managers as those who "conceive the idea; run with it for many months; ... gather, [develop], test, [go] through the painful exercise of bringing that product to market, and then support it until it is made obsolete."
6. Program Manager
Average salary: $94,371
Bliss Score: 3.655/5
Why: Jacquelyn Smith at Forbes reports that "the unhappiest aspects of [this] job are a lack of growth opportunities, the culture of the company they work for and the surrounding workplace support system."
Description: Plan, coordinate, budget, and supervise construction projects from early development to completion. The program managers' responsibilities are finished when the product is delivered, and they turn it over to the product managers.
7. Marketing Manager
Average salary: $64,437
Bliss Score: 3.677/5
Why: Thomas O. Davenport at TLNT.com says: "With many organizations expecting managers to act as player-coaches, both performing and overseeing work, their roles often become complex and unwieldy."
Description: Plan programs to generate interest in a product or service. They work with art directors, sales agents, and financial staff members.
8. Director of Sales
Average salary: $91,821
Bliss Score: 3.677/5
Description: Set sales goals, analyze data, and develop training programs for the organization’s sales representatives. The BLS projected the growth of these jobs to be 12 percent through 2020.
9. Marketing Director
Average salary: $68,873
Bliss Score: 3.688/5
Description: Plan, direct, or coordinate marketing policies and programs, such as determining the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors, and identify potential customers.
10. Maintenance Supervisor
Average salary: $52,799
Bliss Score: 3.691/5
Why: Long hours and a lot of on-call schedules.
Description: Reviewing contracts to ascertain service, machine, and workforce requirements; answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods, material, and price ranges; and preparing estimates according to labor, material, and machine costs.
Source: CareerBliss and Bureau of Labor Statistics
Now that you have been informed of the 10 Unhappiest Jobs in America,
Did you notice that the top 2 and 3 are suppose to be "rewarding" jobs?
That most people choose these professions not because of the money, but simply because they want to help people or make this world a better place?
Its unfortunate to think that one of the Unhappiest jobs would be a teacher!
A Teacher shows our kids the future. This is like a home away from home.
Would you want your child learning from someone who is miserable going to work?
Their attitude comes forward in there lesson plans.
I don't know if you are like me, but no matter how hard someone tries to fake it, I can tell when someone is having a bad day.
The thing is, kids tend to be the most observant. They pick up on things that most adults tend to over look.
So how are they suppose to learn from someone who doesn't even want to be there themselves?
I understand that it says most teachers like their job but dislike the pay. But I can still see how this would affect their attitude.
Then you have the Registered nurse. Another job that is extremely necessary and under appreciated.
These people see things that the normal person doesn't have to see on a day to day basis.
Nurses see death, children sick, and cancer as part as their everyday routine.
They also get to help the same kinds of patients. They see kids get the treatment they needed and people with the minor problems get help.
Every job it has its ups and downs.
Think of it this way though, both of these jobs are in high demand!
This is what many new individuals look forward to as their future!
This article says that the majority of these people are going to spend all this time and money to become something that is going to make them unhappy!
Do you think if money was taken out of the equation that people would really enjoy their job more?
No money does not buy happiness but for some people they feel that it would help.
As a parent does this worry you about the teachers that are teaching your children?
As a college student does this worry you that your career choice could potentially be a depressing future?
