The Most Stressful Jobs?

Clytus

In your own jobs what would be the most stressful aspect??

For me its when machinery breaksdown.Our business relys mostly on maybe 2 or 3 peices of plant that that produce the bulk of what we sell...but today for example we had a very serious breakdown,causing our production to stop...a main drive gear smashed to bits...and its a specially made part that needs to come from the UK.

But of course General Managers being what they are are expected to preform miracles and thats just what I did.

But what do people find most stressful about thier jobs??

helimachoptor

I think this will be a common theme! You will have the worker and the manager.

The worker is expected to do miracles, the manager is expected to pull his hair out while getting staff to perform miracles so it looks to those higher up than him that everything is fine.

In my own world working with inept people stresses me out the most. I had a customer keep me in work from 9:30am til 4am checking and rechecking a back up of a back up database. He didnt understand that it was already backed up and made me check various functions. I didnt mind I was paid well.

I do tech work but i find that managers who are non tech people can cause stress levels to go up quite a bit!

Mikel

What do you do with $600m?
How much autonomy do you have?
In my opinion trading is one of the least stressful jobs out there, as long as you're suited to it.
I wouldn't be a nurse in A&E or a secondary school teacher for any money.
Or deal with the public if I can help it

stepbar

I'd agreed that a lot of financial jobs are quite stressful. Especially those responcible for lending large amounts of capital.

AARRRGH

Software development can be very stressful as you are continuously problem solving, and the solutions to the problems may be very unclear.

Not having a clue about a question a student asks can be stressful...Especially if there are 120 of them in the lecture theatre.

ntlbell

I haven't been stressed in work for about 6-7 years it's great.

I think as you get a bit older you tend to care less and when you care less and find out it didn't matter in the first place you care even less and the cycle continues.

Mr. Incognito

5. Adult Actor called for a screen test and have accepted the job without realising it's gay porn. You are straight. Two technicians have just set up the set and all the standing around waiting. Time to come clean.......... (pun intended)

4. Professional stuntman on a Die Hard Movie. You can fillin for Bruce Willi's acting. No-one notices the diffence. Bruce gets paid. You get hurt.

3. Being Ike Turner's girlfriend/mistress/wife. Ask Tina, "Whatyousaywoman *SMACK*

2. Being an assistant to a Diva, testing, this is not a joke. Think Mariah Carey/Naoimi Campbell. Is it a bird, is it a plane- no it's a ****ing high heel, very high, forehead high in fact. See Ike ibid. *SMACK*


And number 1...............

Explosives Test Quaity Cotrol Engineer in charge of re-inserting the pin and ensuring device does not dedonate.
Hands down.......... still attached hopefully.

Mrs. MacGyver

Doing a civil service presentation in front of 160 people in Dublin Castle where you cannot predict the questions asked - i dread it every year! And people thing being a civil servant is easy - well it definately isn't.

The Hill Billy

helimachoptor wrote: »

I think this will be a common theme! You will have the worker and the manager.

The worker is expected to do miracles, the manager is expected to pull his hair out while getting staff to perform miracles so it looks to those higher up than him that everything is fine.

I do tech work but i find that managers who are non tech people can cause stress levels to go up quite a bit!

Bit of an issue with your boss, eh?

helimachoptor wrote: »

In my own world working with inept people stresses me out the most.

Bingo! I work as a contractor in IT at management level & have dealt with all manner of people in many organisations over the years. I can deal with downright nasty bâstards, political animals, you name it - no problem. But stick me in with "the clueless" & that's when my stress levels take off.

If a piece of kit breaks down - you have a short term, high stress situation.

If you have to work with gobshítes - you have a long term, high stress situation.

kittensoft1984

sales is quite stressful!

i work in sales and yes it can pay very well but it can also be quite stressful at times!

TheNog

Dealing with some members of the public. End of.

Some of them I meet:
1. are fighting when drunk,
2. beating their wives or children is worst,
3. on drugs,
4. people who think that they know the law better than you,
5. shouting abuse at you,
6. rapes or sexual assaults
7. people seriously injured and screaming at traffic accidents

Best things are:

1. Helping someone through a problem they have
2. Sitting in a car doing 180kph!!!!!

Most stressful of all for me was carrying 3 sleeping children out of their home at 4am when their dad was asleep. Followed closely by men beating women. Now that puts your life into perspective.

Nightwish

In my current job, the well publicised recruitment embargo in the HSE has made things very very stressful. I've 35 people waiting to start jobs, that the HSE had signed off on in 2007 but will not allow to proceed with in 08 so these people are in limbo. The phone calls I get are all relating to the current career-limbo these poor people find themselves in.

In a previous life I worked in retail where I was verbally abused almost everyday, and having to deal with customers who think they know their rights, but know nothing at all.

Chinafoot

Found this article to be quite interesting. Not sure how much I'd believe it. I'm not a librarian but I work in a library and I have to say that I don't find it stressful. Its actually a very nice job.

We get the odd difficult person but the majority are great.

rain on

Chinafoot wrote: »

Found this article to be quite interesting. Not sure how much I'd believe it. I'm not a librarian but I work in a library and I have to say that I don't find it stressful. Its actually a very nice job.

We get the odd difficult person but the majority are great.

I worked as a library assistant before and it was the best and least stressful job I ever had. I was only temping though, some of the permanent employees used to get pretty stressed out alright, but I think that was as a result of working for the county council and the silly amounts of red tape/lack of autonomy that that can involve, rather than being something inherent to library work.

Chinafoot

rain on wrote: »

I worked as a library assistant before and it was the best and least stressful job I ever had. I was only temping though, some of the permanent employees used to get pretty stressed out alright, but I think that was as a result of working for the county council and the silly amounts of red tape/lack of autonomy that that can involve, rather than being something inherent to library work.

Yep, definitely agree. I think I'm too new (been there just over a year) to be jaded with the system yet. There can be issues with staffing levels and there are a lot of library assistants and not many senior library assistant positions opening up which can be a bit disheartening for thos that have been around for years and have been unable to move up. Right now I'm loving my job and feel that the benefits outweigh the negatives....maybe a few years in the service will change my mind

SarahMc

Being interviewed by the media. Most Journalists are great, but I will never forgive the one who tied me in knots and I ened up in quotes of the week in the Saturday Times!

TheNog

SarahMc wrote: »

Being interviewed by the media. Most Journalists are great, but I will never forgive the one who tied me in knots and I ened up in quotes of the week in the Saturday Times!

What do you do?

BostonB

Is it done yet.

TheDriver

Mikel wrote: »

What do you do with $600m?
How much autonomy do you have?
In my opinion trading is one of the least stressful jobs out there, as long as you're suited to it.
I wouldn't be a nurse in A&E or a secondary school teacher for any money.
Or deal with the public if I can help it

Its a doddle being a secondary teacher if you're suited to it but can see people getting burnt out very quickly in the job. I find the drive home the most stressful part of the day and the kids telling me their stories the most enjoyable relaxing part.

I gave the whole ambulance driving thing a go and its pure adrenaline rush and no stress even though most people think its totally stressful.

Nolanger

DJing in a Dublin nightclub back in the '90s - every kind of hassle imaginable - people making up complaints, special branch watching you, death threats, attacks from thick bouncers. Those were the days.

dazberry

I write software in a finance company. There are those that are suited to writing software in finance companies and those that are not - I fall into the latter category. I've experienced true "I want to stand up and scream" / "I'm going to melt from the inside out" stress in that place - its horrible. The thing is it ultimately effects your health and starts to take over your life. Whatever the cause of your stress - regardless if people consider it trivial or not - if you can't handle it - get out!

D.

Tiesto

after sales, i would have to say traders..
I speak with them on a weekly basis and they always sound so unbelievably stressed..

Tazwas

Clytus wrote: »

In your own jobs what would be the most stressful aspect??

For me its when machinery breaksdown.Our business relys mostly on maybe 2 or 3 peices of plant that that produce the bulk of what we sell...but today for example we had a very serious breakdown,causing our production to stop...a main drive gear smashed to bits...and its a specially made part that needs to come from the UK.

But of course General Managers being what they are are expected to preform miracles and thats just what I did.

But what do people find most stressful about thier jobs??

i know how you feel

afatbollix

live TV shows... deffo the most stress ive ever been under... but once its over its so much off your shoulders... also when a feed to big screens goes down... 20,000 pissed off people...

but my prodest was almost starting a riot at a campsite... H&S made me turn the music down... basstideds...

cobweb

working in a theatre doing 13 different shows and only having 5 minutes between shows to change lights and set and then at the end of the day knowing you still had another 3 or 4 hours rehearsal for the plays that were performing the next week

Exhilerating though used to get 2 hours sleep a day survived on the adrenaline rush and the smell of the crowd:D but afterwards slept for 2 days

krd

The most stressful screnario I've been through in a work environment (apart from the one where I was expected to break the law and defraud people)


My general manager comes along (couldn't manage a chip van,,, but the 'right kind of person' -- could never manage to take a piss without getting it down his fly either)
and he goes "here's your new team leader!! Her name is trish. She's 22. She left school at 17 without any qualifications. She is now going to manage your team on an incredibly complex software project, Where even slightest screw ups can lead to loses in the 10's of thousands.
---- Let me tell you more about trish, for what she lacks in competence and experience, she makes up for in enthuasiasm and her positive attitude. Under her snide grimace, she's insecure and sneaky. If you ruffle her feathers she'll have you in HR for a warning on some bull**** she'll dream up.

Anything you need to know just ask Trish...Because even though she knows nothing about anything,,, she's in charge and she knows everything about all things

---

If the project goes badly, Trish will have you fired,,, but it won't be her fault,,even though she'll keep losing critical documents, keep rationing critical information, being better paid then you but absolutely clueless of what she's meant to be doing ---- she can't even turn on a computer '

And then the fun and games begin

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I'd love to have been a Garda. The adrenalin rush of checking peoples tax and insurance must be incredible

BostonB

I have to agree that the most stress I've got in Jobs has been from people like Trish.

DF1

The most stressful part of my job is working for boss who hasent an iota about the business but have been just able to drift along on the back of the boom.
They also expect me to brake the law by skimping on safety for those i oversee, thus risking prosecution. suppose it beats the dole anyway.

bills

Working in a customer service role & dealing with awkward people. Sometimes, no matter what you say or do to help a person, you get a load of abuse. What i would give for a job far away from irate customers!

Stheno

bills wrote: »

Working in a customer service role & dealing with awkward people. Sometimes, no matter what you say or do to help a person, you get a load of abuse. What i would give for a job far away from irate customers!

I think this is the worst I work in IT and our customers can be truly dreadful, and sometimes with no justification they will be terribly abusive.

Ok it's not "what will I do with 600 million" stressful, but it's awful to see people pick up a phone to answer a call and get a pile of prolonged abuse through no fault of their own.

coco85

• smart/sarcastc manager who thinks she more intelligent then everyone else but still doesn't have a clue about what your job even envolves
• Working in a company where salary paid staff (like me) have to deal with staff who are in an Union-they wouldnt scratch their ass without first asking the union!
• Red tape involved in working for large company-you have to ask someone who has to ask someone else etc etc to get a light bulb changed
• Dealing with the public when working with a company that seriously messed up their travel plans (previous job working with tour operator)
• Dealing with other staff who are seriously incompetent
• Having to be nice etc to incompetent staff because you can't say much because of Union involvement

Best Job- Credit Control-you get to politely **** people out of it because they owe the company money- job satisfaction at an all time high when they hand over the dosh!!!:D