What is a top job?

03-02-2011 12:49PM #1

I was watching a program on BBC2 last night ...it was about who gets top jobs and the basic argument was that you have to be well off ( to be able to do unpaid internships ) and have social connections ( to be able to do well at interviews ) to get these top jobs, and that England is becoming more unequal.
The careers/jobs that the journalist looked at were banking, the law, journalism, PR, and medicine.

Now my problem with the program and and ideas like that is... why are they though of as top jobs?

Why for example is a career in Barclays bank as a banker though of as more worthy that being head of IT in Barclays bank? for example.

RichieC · 03-02-2011 12:51PM

Because as a species we pray at the alter of money. rotten to the core.

snubbleste · 03-02-2011 12:53PM

Nurse earns £26k, Footballer earns £2.6m
Which has the more important job?

Doc · 03-02-2011 12:54PM

Mountaineer

omen80 · 03-02-2011 12:55PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Nurse earns £26k, Footballer earns £2.6m
Which has the more important job?

Footballer of course.

knird evol · 03-02-2011 12:58PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Nurse earns £26k, Footballer earns £2.6m
Which has the more important job?

You'd have to say a footballer.
Particularly a central defender or striker.

03-02-2011 01:00PM

But is it about money?... the head of IT in a major bank would be an extremely well paid job and while being a doctor is well paid its not going to make you a millionaire....so it can't just be about the money.

Jesus Wept · 03-02-2011 01:01PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Nurse earns £26k, Footballer earns £2.6m
Which has the more important job?

Important isn't the biggest factor.

jester77 · 03-02-2011 01:02PM

omen80 wrote: »

Footballer of course.

Nah, a footballer will most likely only entertain you for 90 mins on a Saturday afternoon whereas a nurse will most likely entertain you for a whole Satuday night!

Fremen · 03-02-2011 01:02PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Nurse earns £26k, Footballer earns £2.6m
Which has the more important job?

A footballer could become a nurse a lot easier than a nurse could become a professional footballer.

Really talented footballers have the potential to make investors rich, so they're pretty valuable from that point of view.

COYW · 03-02-2011 01:04PM

mariaalice wrote: »

anBut is it about money?... the head of IT in a major bank would be an extremely well paid job and while being a doctor is well paid its not going to make you a millionaire....so it can't just be about the money.

I always consider medicine to be a modern day vocation. Its not about the money.

COYW · 03-02-2011 01:07PM

Fremen wrote: »

A footballer could become a nurse a lot easier than a nurse could become a professional footballer.

Really talented footballers have the potential to make investors rich, so they're pretty valuable from that point of view.

Yep, very few footballers make £2.6m and those who do bring in far more than that in revenue through shirt sales etc for their company, i.e. club. For that single football, their are 100 who earn £1,000 a week or less and have to retrain themselves for "normal" careers once they hit their mid 30s.

speedboatchase · 03-02-2011 01:07PM

It's called supply and demand, pretty basic stuff. Jesus, some people on here...

jimmycrackcorm · 03-02-2011 01:09PM

jester77 wrote: »

Nah, a footballer will most likely only entertain you for 90 mins on a Saturday afternoon whereas a nurse will most likely entertain you for a whole Satuday night!

My OH is a nurse and she makes me do housework - a footballer would at least go drinking with you.

orourkeda · 03-02-2011 01:09PM

porn star

AnonoBoy · 03-02-2011 01:09PM

I used to work in a top job but then that branch of Top Shop closed down and I moved to River Island.

orourkeda · 03-02-2011 01:10PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Nurse earns £26k, Footballer earns £2.6m
Which has the more important job?

I dont pay €600 a season to watch nurses kicking a ball around a pitch

sbsquarepants · 03-02-2011 01:12PM

mariaalice wrote: »

But is it about money?... the head of IT in a major bank would be an extremely well paid job and while being a doctor is well paid its not going to make you a millionaire....so it can't just be about the money.

I'd say there are quite a few millionaire doctors, even in Ireland!

sbsquarepants · 03-02-2011 01:13PM

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

My OH is a nurse and she makes me do housework - a footballer would at least go drinking with you.

If you can face it, go to coppers, there you will find many, many nurses willing to drink with you!

03-02-2011 01:22PM

Hello to the mods of After Hours I think this thread might be better in Humanities?

Dudess · 03-02-2011 02:17PM

Journalism well paid me arse. Ditto PR. These are deemed top jobs I presume because of the "glamour" factor - sure you've got well paid journos/PR execs who are well known, but all the unknown minions (the vast majority) get paid **** all and there's a real "You'll be happy with whatever you get for the privilege" attitude. And in a way they're right, because if someone kicks up a fuss over the bad money, lack of security etc, there will always be several more happy to take their place.

What is a top job?

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