Fed government jobs win this going away

Jun 29, 2015
5:28:58pm

OU Cougar

I have talked to person after person who says they sit in an office and do very little productive and just fly around and go to conferences. DOE, forest service, social security office, irs, building security, etc.--that is easy street these days.

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Author

Time

Highest paying / least stressful jobs? Go

TarCoug

6/29/15 5:22pm

Dentist

RdF3

6/29/15 5:24pm

Don't they have a really high suicide rate?

KingDave

6/29/15 5:28pm

This article states they do have the highest suicide rate

TarCoug

6/29/15 5:34pm

Dentists are #2 now. Passed up by MD's.

fiberpost

6/29/15 6:16pm

Isn't it the orthodontists that have it easy?

donnerstag

6/29/15 5:33pm

Very stressful

Bravescoug

6/29/15 5:36pm

I believe it. I only said that because of the 300 dentists on board

RdF3

6/29/15 8:05pm

Dentists who own a practice have one of the most stressful jobs of all.

Duke Silver

6/29/15 6:19pm

Why is it any more stressful than other small business owners?

Non-donor troll

6/29/15 6:25pm

RE: Why is it any more stressful than other small business owners?

Bravescoug

6/29/15 6:28pm

Then why is it different for associate dentists? Because of billing?

Non-donor troll

6/29/15 6:29pm

RE: Then why is it different for associate dentists? Because of billing?

Bravescoug

6/29/15 6:35pm

Right, but again, how is that different than any other small business owner? You

Non-donor troll

6/29/15 6:42pm

Associate dentists don't have to worry about hiring/firing, marketing, billing,

Rise Against

6/29/15 6:51pm

Sounds like a lot of standard small business concerns

Gustav

6/29/15 6:56pm

But most small businesses don't deal with dental insurance companies and the

Rise Against

6/29/15 6:59pm

That and people think its their right to free health care.

cougaman

6/29/15 7:23pm

Just checked and per the ADA, owner dentists average 35.7 hours/wk in office

Gustav

6/29/15 7:28pm

The constant mental and physical focus required in combo with working on a live

doubled1981

6/29/15 7:56pm

Owner dentists work 4.4 hours more per week than employee dentists

Gustav

6/29/15 8:09pm

I have worked many jobs and agree that many are hard and stressful

doubled1981

6/29/15 9:21pm

A lot of it is probably the shame of not making it as a real doctor.

Belboz

6/29/15 7:20pm

Ha ha. Not even close. Try investment banking or private equity.

WDaddy

6/29/15 7:43pm

This is protectionism at it's finest. Oh my job is the worst! (wink wink please

Cheesy Gordita

6/29/15 10:47pm

Pharmacist

donnerstag

6/29/15 5:25pm

Stressful

PharmCoug

6/29/15 5:50pm

"I've gotta take pills from this big bottle and put them in this little bottle!

southernfriedcougar

6/29/15 6:19pm

You want to refill your Levothroxine ma'am?

Bravescoug

6/29/15 6:54pm

It can actually be very stressful when that woman that wants her levothyroxine

PharmD

6/29/15 7:02pm

RE: It can actually be very stressful when that woman that wants her

Bravescoug

6/29/15 8:27pm

Just reading this stresses me out. I would of thought it was not that stressful

Ycrazy

6/30/15 11:10am

This is one of the big reasons I'm against pharmacists writing prescriptions.

Non-donor troll

6/30/15 11:12am

come on 99% of the time (being)pharmacist is not that stressful

capo

6/30/15 2:30pm

None of that sounds particularly stressful to me. Just inconvenient.

BYUCoug11

6/30/15 12:46pm

If that all of that happens in an 8-10 hour day would you call that stressful?

PharmD

6/30/15 12:48pm

I can't even imagine. I mean, literally, I can't even imagine.

The Underminer

6/30/15 3:16pm

Depends on the pharmacy. I worked at a pharmacy that filled over

PharmD

6/30/15 3:25pm

Glad you're an expert. I hope that one day I can handle thyroid pills.

PharmCoug

6/29/15 7:25pm

Gotta watch out for that levothroxine...it's easy to mix up.

PharmD

6/29/15 7:27pm

You probably couldn't

mobius

6/29/15 8:13pm

hmm or look it up, you have an app on your phone. Seriously,

capo

6/30/15 2:32pm

I know right

mobius

6/30/15 3:08pm

agreed. I think pharmacists should prescribe too. Talk about another profession

capo

6/30/15 3:34pm

Former U.S. President.

Cougar-Duck

6/29/15 5:26pm

Retired anything is always the best

AxelDC

6/29/15 5:34pm

Professional athlete

donnerstag

6/29/15 5:28pm

I hope your talking about golf, because the amount of work and physical stress

srey

6/29/15 5:38pm

Not all sports are created equal

donnerstag

6/29/15 5:51pm

Have you ever played tennis? Not quite sure how you lump it in with bowling

BYUHawk

6/29/15 6:13pm

Tennis is exhausting

donnerstag

6/29/15 6:26pm

Punter. Top job out there. Very rarely are you the goat, and when the game is on

cougaman

6/29/15 6:05pm

If it's so easy, why don't we all make it to pro sports?

southernfriedcougar

6/29/15 6:31pm

Fed government jobs win this going away

OU Cougar

6/29/15 5:28pm

and it's nearly impossible to fire people with govt job too.

nashty

6/29/15 5:56pm

University Professor

4mack

6/29/15 5:28pm

Seminary teacher is better than it used to be too

OU Cougar

6/29/15 5:31pm

RE: University Professor

ausgezeichnet

6/29/15 5:33pm

How is that "highest paying?"

2FarGone

6/29/15 5:43pm

you're kidding right? Here's a list of U of U's highest paid employees

4mack

6/29/15 5:48pm

What do they teach?

2FarGone

6/29/15 5:50pm

Summers off? They do get some but hardly the whole summer

concolor couguar

6/29/15 5:54pm

Those are all at the med school. Avg academic professor makes more like $70k

Gustav

6/29/15 6:02pm

And THIS was my point

2FarGone

6/29/15 6:05pm

There are business professors there making $400,000ish per year

4mack

6/29/15 6:12pm

#2 on the list, John Smith, is one of the leading pediatric spine specialists

wcj99

6/29/15 6:52pm

Many of them bring in millions from fed/industry research projects.

GA_Coug

6/29/15 9:30pm

Chiropractor

RdF3

6/29/15 5:30pm

Had a feeling my career of marketing exec wouldn't make the list. We rarely

TarCoug

6/29/15 5:30pm

el jefe:

nashty

6/29/15 5:35pm

Need an intern, El Jefe?

TarCoug

6/29/15 5:35pm

A relevant survey:

Gustav

6/29/15 5:41pm

It's basically the scientists that are on the list

donnerstag

6/29/15 5:58pm

RE: Highest paying / least stressful jobs? Go

85fan

6/29/15 5:55pm

If I could do it all over again, that's probably the route I'd go.

KingDave

6/29/15 6:03pm

"Even George got into podiatry school"

TNT

6/29/15 6:05pm

*Taking notes*

TNT

6/29/15 5:58pm

Taking notes isn't a job dillweed.

Bravescoug

6/29/15 6:02pm

Hey he isn't any happier about it than you. Work sucks

TNT

6/29/15 6:04pm

Probably, but being a stenographer is close.

Breaded Hamster

6/30/15 6:23pm

Sales.

johnnycarson

6/29/15 6:06pm

Isn't that stressful though?

TNT

6/29/15 6:08pm

Can be. But everything can be. But the payoff can be big

johnnycarson

6/29/15 6:12pm

Not if you like to hear yourself yap

southernfriedcougar

6/29/15 6:22pm

Depends on your personality

AxelDC

6/30/15 5:48am

Um unless you're extroverted.. why the Fred Flintstone would you do sales..?

Flyingdolphin

6/30/15 5:55am

Your religion asks you to "sell" it for a few years

concolor couguar

6/30/15 7:16am

I've known introverts try their hand at sales

AxelDC

6/30/15 8:03am

Union Longshoreman on ocean ports. Starting salary -$150K

Zenoch

6/29/15 6:20pm

Correct! This is the ultimate union racket. Just hint at a strike that will

Cougar Junkie

6/29/15 8:33pm

Realtor

mudpupper

6/29/15 6:46pm

how about spending hours on end without a sale?

GA_Coug

6/29/15 7:09pm

This. It's awful. And stressful.

pink22

6/29/15 7:35pm

Except the primary reason it would be stressful

BYU '80

6/30/15 5:32am

Definitely not working in an urgent care. Especially today. 10 patients came in

cougaman

6/29/15 7:24pm

Any type of Physician/Surgeon. Overpaid brats.

Flyingdolphin

6/29/15 7:26pm

Plus there is a good chance they talk smack about you while you are under

TNT

6/29/15 7:28pm

Listening to the Morning Zoo?

Duke Silver

6/29/15 8:31pm

Considering it costs $250k (w/o interest)and 9-10 years post-undergrad education

WorfoSAUR

6/29/15 9:13pm

Oh.

Flyingdolphin

6/29/15 10:48pm

My response to this. If it's so awesome why don't you sign up?

Idahofallsblue

6/29/15 11:14pm

Oh goodness, I couldn't comprehend the persistence it would take

Flyingdolphin

6/29/15 11:40pm

Embalmer/crematory operator

BYUMizzou

6/29/15 7:48pm

Yeah, people are lining up, dying to give them business

Cougarealist

6/29/15 8:15pm

7.5

TNT

6/29/15 8:22pm

RE: Embalmer/crematory operator

85fan

6/30/15 12:04am

Network Marketing. Make a ton, working with family/friends, and lots of freetime

Thunder Buddy

6/29/15 10:57pm

Actuaries or Stats geeks. The numbers are the numbers you are not responsible

Ycrazy

6/30/15 11:15am

pedalcab operator

supertux

6/30/15 11:28am

Punter

newbie

6/30/15 11:30am

RE: Punter

cougaman

6/30/15 11:36am

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