Debt collection.
Or anything related. I filled a gap between careers doing tech support for a local (Canadian) software company that made a database for collectors (primarily in the USA). Never again, the industry or ancillary to it.
I worked with a debt collection agency from an IT perspective and dealt with what I believe to be the same company. It is an industry that I never want to support again if I can avoid it. I met some good people but it's just an unhealthy work environment overall.
I once took a job where we essentially repossessed trap houses from the inhabitants - even if they had once been legal tenants. I soon started feeling much better when neighbours cheered us on and brought cups of tea. I later discovered my boss was notorious in the industry for going after scum rather than debtors. That job might have been the closest I’ve ever got to public service. But as for everything else you say, I couldn’t agree more. Debt collection against individuals is a disgusting, exploitative and inherently corrupt business.
Russian infantry
Sales and commission-based income.
Underwater welding,like on those pipelines that people get sucked inside
You don’t want an encounter with Delta P
The crab, damn.
Seriously. That was a tiny hole it got pushed into
When it’s got ya, it’s got ya!
Big yikes
Anything to do with health insurance in the USA. I don’t want blood on my hands through denying people necessary medical care.
Daycare provider. They're saints, and I doubt I could last a single day.
President of Senegal. not being Senegalese, nor having ever been to Senegal, I doubt I would be eligible no matter how much they offered to pay me
Beekeeping. I appreciate and respect the little guys, but I can't overcome the panic when a loud buzzy thing with a knife on its ass comes near me.
Australian native bees can't sting, do a great job of pollinating, and make a little honey on the side. They're very curious from experience with a swarm making a home on my water meter box, but not very scary.
Checks notes on Australia I don’t believe you.
J/K
Anything that involves dealing with children!
Working for a rightwing political campaign. Working for a religious org.
(Health) Insurance agent. Too unethical.
Windows admin or slaughterhouse.
Nothing. Give me a million dollars a day I'll do any legal job there is. I'd retire after a day or seven depending on the job, but you could absolutely pay me enough to do any job.
Hi there, I represent a pharmaceutical company that has made a new penis removal procedure using groundbreaking new technology that only requires one pair of cheap blunt scissors instead of the usual expensive medical equipment. They are looking for test candidates and you seem like a perfect fit!
Doesn't really sound like a job but ok. I guess I also wouldn't do anything that would likely kill me. Like sherpa everest.
Anything related to plumbing or sewage.
I already don't like dealing with other people's shit, I'd hate it if I had to do it literally.
My old job doing systems design for a predatory mobile game. I quit that job, moved half a state away, and got a job that pays half as much in a company with integrity. Best decision of my life.
Arms Dealer. Anything to do with Wall Street. Law Enforcement and Incarceration. Human Trafficking. Anything dealing with the Military. Religion/Cult jobs. Scam artist. Lobbyist. Probably a few more I can't think of at the moment.
There are lots of jobs you couldn't make me do even with a gun to my head, let alone a paycheck.
Carer for the elderly or disabled.
I've worked as a consultant for 15 years, so I've worked with a lot of companies. There have been two companies I refused to work for. A payday loan company and one of those places that runs stand alone ERs.
What's going on at the standalone ERs? Genuinely curious.
I have a few near me, but would never consider going to one if it's going to cost me the same as a regular ER that's most likely better equipped and staffed.
They are basically glorified urgent care clinics that can charge you exorbitant sums because they call themselves ERs. Plus like you said they aren't attached to hospitals, so if something is really wrong they'll have to transfer you. And bonus for them, they probably own the ambulance that will transfer you, so they can take more of your money.
I'm a teacher in Flroida and definitely not being paid enough to do it.
Anything customer service related. Id be afraid id get into a yelling match with some
Probably butcher. I don't like cutting up organs and pulling out intestines.
Another would be the divers who swim up city pipes to fix/maintain things. Hell no I'm not putting myself in that tiny space underground and underwater.
Pro-life advocate. There are a lot of jobs I find distasteful or morally grey but I'd refuse to work if the thing I did entirely opposed my ethical stance.
Food preparation. It’s hard enough to cope at home, with all the textures and smells, but doing it commercially would just overwhelm me.
I recently left a job that most people would consider to be a very "cool" job. I previously would have considered the restaurant industry to be in this category of "you couldn't pay me enough." But I took a job as a cook, and it's honestly been pretty good. I am getting used to the work, I get to exercise some creativity, the results are immediate and feedback from satisfied customers is nice. So I guess that changes over time.
Funny, someone at work yesterday and I were talking about this. I worked restaurants for years. Like, more than a decade. They’re really crazy, fun, interesting places to work.
But Jesus. The people that gravitate to/stay in that life are a…certain type. The work is grueling and the atmosphere is usually pretty high stress. And the drinking culture is not great.
But dammit if it isn’t fun. It’s something everyone should do. It takes a lot of work to put a dish in front of someone in a restaurant, and understanding that process should be necessary to eat in one.
My warning would be to stay conscious of how much you’re getting sucked in. Pay attention to the stress levels. If you’re talking about and stressing over your job even after work, consider if it’s worth it. The pay isn’t exceptional, but the workload is pretty damn high. The skills are valuable, and it’s a good way to change yourself—but that change could very well be for the worse. Just be conscious of that. And when pills and cigarettes and excessive drinking cross your path, be careful. Because it’s easy to pick up a habit that is very hard to break.
But have fun. It’s definitely something I miss sometimes, but I don’t think I’d be able to go back at this point. I’ve done it. Didn’t think I would ever get out of it. But glad I did.
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