30 People Share Popular Misconceptions About Their Jobs

If only more people had respect for McDonalds' workers and service workers in general, their job would be less ungrateful. People mostly stay away from this work ot because it's not prestigious or unqualified, but because your managers and your customers treat you like second-class citizens.

about half of the major CEO's in the country at one point in their youth worked fast food or were waitstaff, the CEO of 7Eleven corporation says he prefers people with that on their resume's because it shows skills in dealing with people, which makes a better exec.

Here in Australia, experience as a teenager at McDonald’s puts you at the top of the list for a potential manager protégés in other hospitality. You have proven you can adhere to set standards, work in an exceptionally fast paced team and if you can make it for 2-3 years while studying, you are “driven to succeed”.

Someone who can work fast food is just next level when it comes to the atmosphere of the job. Personally, I couldn't handle the fast pace and bs customers

My grampa taught me that there's no such thing as "ONLY" when it comes to working. No, I'm "only" a McDonald's worker...or I'm "only" a janitor. If you work, and give your best at it, then you deserve respect & a decent paycheck. Anything less is criminal. Oddly enough, Grampa was a lifelong Republican.

A company can live without its CEO for a week or two, but if the cleaner does not show up, things get ugly after a day or so...

My mom's cleaner is this older, hippy woman with ADHD. She is all high energy and fueled by weed. You should see when she takes her smoke breaks. My 81 year old mother at the table with this 60 something old hyper woman packing bowl after bowl. I've never seen anything like it. She can clean for hours and is crazy thorough. My mom gives her $25/hr, feeds her and let's her take smoke breaks whenever she wants them. What other job pays in cash, let's you take weed breaks whenever you want them and set your own schedule for a decent wage? I love going up there and smoking with her cleaner, we have such a laugh. My mother adores her, too, and finds her hilarious. She is a character, for sure.

I can see that. Some people like working with their hands...

Sounds like me, in reverse. I had a 30-year career in healthcare. (Claims, IT, Data analysis, Website support, etc.) Now I drive a bus in circles all day and talk about history. (Tour conductor in a major US city.) Far more money, less stress, and I go home happy 90% of the time.

I was a dishwasher and also cleaned the restaurant. My first car was an old Honda I bought from my boss. My second car was a (not new, but mint condition) 7 series BMW - the customers thought it was the restaurant owner's car! I made more working there than I did in quick-serve management.

its also why many places pay them pretty well. A university I do some work at pays $20/h starting with no experience, and some janitors get paid 80k+ a year, plus free tuiton for undergrad for themselves, their spouse, or children as long as they work there, and 50% off any graduate program (including the medical school and law school. One janitor I know, who has been there 28 years, sent all of his kids to college for free, and one went into the medical profession at half off grad school)

In my country, the person with all the keys is a semi--God. I don't know who is daft enough to be disrespectful to janitors but I certainly never was!!!

People assume janitors are people not smart enough to do anything "better". But there was a janitor at my high school who would discuss Shakespeare with me. So that is not an assumption I have ever made in the nearly 30 years since. And they're usually much better people to talk to than you're actual, gossipy, backstabbing coworkers.

I agree, I work as a student janitor at my high school and sometimes the stuff I have to clean is just like, why? Why are y'all leaving this kind of stuff?

That's what I meant a few comments above - treat people in these Jobs Like actual people and you will get assistance when you need it

same for any govt worker. They all get undue c**p because of the red tape. Without the red tape corruption would be much worse.

also grossly under trained. I know social workers who said 2/3 of their courswork was govt compliance and paperwork filing related and the rest mostly theory, and when they came to their first jobs they almost no actual knowledge and had to learn on the job, and were told by the senior people that all the theory they learned was garbage and the paperwork stuff is mostly handled by others. We grossly undertrain them and then send them out with little resources, and wonder why things are horrible in the system. Train them better, and give better resourcesm but better funding without the better training first is going to be waste

My SO's cousin is a social worker. It's thankless and she's frequently mentally and emotionally exhausted. Seeing what the system does to people breaks her heart. But she won't stop because she wants to do whatever possible to help.

My social workers saved my life quite literally after I fled my abusive spouse!!

Yep! And we’re grossly underpaid. If more money were spent on raising wages, we’d have more people entering the field, less overturn (which leads to better services for clients), and decrease the burn out rate that is absolutely decimating the field. People now, more than ever, need high quality therapy. If we’re going to be able to meet the needs of our clients, we need to be treated better. A lot of us still do it because we’re passionate about helping others, but when we make just enough to survive, it does make one question if all of the stress we endure is worth it. I don’t think I will ever leave the field, but I know my $60,000 grad school education will only get me so far. Unless I go into macro work, but that means working in the realm of politics. I’ll take working with a homeless heroin user over a politician any day.

This one I feel so much, nurses have done an amazing job they are well under valued.

Sexually harrassed, as well, and then told by their bosses to suck it up cause it'S part of the job. We need legislation that allows hospitals to throw out patients who mistreat the staff.

Who in their right mind thinks badly about nurses?!?

They deserve much, much better pay!!

I'm a nurse. It's been awful. We need to be paid more for what we do. It's quite amazing how much knowledge, patience, smarts, organization and skill is required to care for people and their families...sometimes at their worst. It's difficult, but rewarding.

I've a friend who has just had a double mastectomy and rebuild from stomach - done by a plastic surgeon

I was born with a cleft lip and palate and a plastic surgeon put it all together and it looks great!

My grandson had plastic surgery on his face after the neighbor dog bit him in the lip. (I loved the dog. Was partially an accident/weird situation.) He got 30 something stiches in his lip / face. You have to look quite closely to see any scar. Also two friends who had cancer / mastectomies.

I think people need to differentiate between plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery. One person often does both.

As a trans guy who has had a surgery considered "cosmetic", but did wonders for my mental health, I have mad respect for plastic surgeons. Not having to deal with binding my chest anymore is extremely freeing

I hate plumbing so much... I have done all types of construction: rough, finishing, electrical, roof, tile, repairs, and plumbing. Plumbing was by far the worst - water is a jerk. I will gladly pay for someone else to deal with it.