Monday is Labor Day so it’s a good time to recall the greatest and most terrible jobs you’ve had.
The job I liked best was being the consumer action columnist for The Anchorage Times. I answered consumer questions from readers. It was terrific. My dream job.
The job I disliked the most was working at the cookhouse at the Wenatchee-Beebe Orchard Co. when I was a teenager. I had to get up early, walk a half a mile, set things out, help do the dishes and wash the trays, help get lunch ready, help do the dishes again, walk home for a rest, walk back for dinner, and help with the dishes again.
What’s the best job you ever had? What made it great? Was the work interesting and worthwhile? Did a great boss make the job terrific?
What made your worst job so terrible? Was it dull? Was your boss abusive? Were you overlooked for promotion although you performed well?
Here’s a list of the 10 best jobs you can get today from JobsRated:
- Mathematician
- Actuary
- Statistician
- Biologist
- Software engineer
- Computer systems analyst
- Historian
- Sociologist
- Industrial designer
- Accountant
This list is the 10 worst jobs you can get today, also from JobsRated:
- Lumberjack
- Dairy farmer
- Taxi driver
- Sailor
- Emergency medical technician
- Roofer
- Garbage collector
- Welder
- Roustabout
- Ironworker
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My worst job was on the litter patrol when I was 14, cleaning trash from the highways with other teenagers, though I did make a lifelong friend there. A tie for the second worst job are all the short term food service jobs I’ve done – a hip cafe, fast food, snack bar at the zoo. It didn’t matter, I hated them all! I guess I’m not cut out for that type of work.
My best job was working for the housing department at the University of Washington for 5 years after I graduated. I liked working with students and continuing in the university environment.
Lisa,
Thanks for your comment and letting me know about your worst and best jobs.
I would have liked to work in a fast food place. My friends in high school worked at the local burger joint in the days before McDonald’s. I thought it was a better job than working thinning apples in the orchard. I lived six miles from town on an apple ranch, so I wasn’t able to get those city jobs.
Another one of my classmates worked in the soda fountain at the drug store. I thought that would be a good job, too.
Rita