10 Most (and Least) Stressful Jobs for 2014

http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2014/01/07/10-most-and-least-stressful-jobs-2014/

by jamesbritt • 13 years ago

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nlp• 13 years ago

Drill-press operator? Come on, who's JUST a drill press operator?

alecsmart1• 13 years ago

What does a drill press operator do?

merry-year• 13 years ago

Operates a drill press.

stonemetal• 13 years ago

A drill press is a big drill mounted on a stand with a crank mounted on the side. When you turn the crank the drill presses down. A drill press operator would literally take something, place it under the drill, turn the crank to drill a hole in it, then remove the item.

I could see a big shop having enough work to support a full time drill operator but it is rather like saying you are a hammer operator or a screw driver operator. It isn't complicated enough to need a specialist.

tsomctl• 13 years ago

Someone that works in a factory machining stuff, but doesn't have the skills/intelligence to do more complicated work. His job is becoming obsolete with the popularity of CNC.

semmem1• 13 years ago

If it was a stressful job, you could start to get nervous and sweat. Then you wouldn't be able to press the button on the drill correct and it would be a bad cycle....stressful just thinking about it.

dded• 13 years ago

A lot of manufacturing jobs are beyond monotonous.

In college one year, I worked 10 hours a week in a semiconductor testing facility. I plugged a chip into the tester, pushed the button, took the part out and penciled the two-letter code returned by the tester. Then I took the next chip, plugged it into the tester, ....

It did pay $13.xy/hr in the 80s, which was why I put up with it.

normloman2• 13 years ago

Has anyone read the methodology?

http://www.careercast.com/jobs-rated/jobs-rated-2013-methodo...

Looks like they made up some list of things they think should be stressful, gave them arbitrary point values, and scored each occupation.

The authors of the study are CareerCast.com. Not exactly an authority.

No doubt, being a soldier or a firefighter has got to be stressful. But this "study" won't prove it.

skwirl• 13 years ago

Since "stress" is rather subjective, I don't know what study would ever prove it.

bollockitis• 13 years ago

One could correlate stress with things like depression, suicide, anxiety disorders, divorce, addiction, etc, but that would be a very difficult study to perform.

normloman2• 13 years ago

Could you measure employee's cortisol levels throughout their work day? Is that feasible?

ExpiredLink• 13 years ago

Stereotypes and prejudices.

NickWarner775• 13 years ago

Of course military personnel will be at the top

mgleason_3• 13 years ago

Total non-sense.

E.g. FireFighting - It has a lower Workers Comp rating than most construction jobs. In California they often make $100,000 or more and spend most of the time training, cleaning or resting. Most calls are not for fires, but for assistance. There's very little chance of loosing your job and in the unlikely situation where you're hurt or injured, there's a well-funded plan to take care of you.

Compare that with an "Event Coordinator" who's under constant deadlines, paid ~$27K/yr, workes 12-14 hour days and lives in constant fear of loosing their job if everything isn't perfect. No health care and no retirement.

10 Most (and Least) Stressful Jobs for 2014

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