30 Careers That Attract Absolute Jerks, As Shared In This Viral Thread

And old men who think that their opinions are one size controls all

Politics attracts a high level of people with personality disorders- Namely sociopaths and narcissist. You don't get to top government positions because you did the right thing or were an upstanding, moral individual. You got there because you played the game and traded your morals for money.

And still, I see people state a belief that "Our leader should be held to a higher standard." (And then admitting that they aren't even held to an average person standard.) What a fantasy world some people live in. The best you can hope for is "average" unless you believe these people somehow come from outside of the human population.

In the US my favorite streaming pile of politician was John Boehner. He fought for years against the legalization of marijuana and now works for a marijuana company.

I'd say you can't trust 99% of them.

Every single one of them is a j**k

It sort of depends on how you define the word. I could be a influencer, doing a science based blog on infertility, where I write about new studies and advice hundreds of women via chat. But I do it all non profit and the only money I ask for is that if they feel they get help, donate a sum you can afford to a charity of your choice.

Now why would someone who thinks their opinion is important- because, duh, it's THEIR opinion - be a jerk? :-)

Idk why this is even considered a profession. It's a bunch of self-important scammers that wanna feed off hard working people to get free stuff and make money off that. Total scumbags.

Politicians, influencers... If people could just stop believing what they say and stop empowering them, the world would be a better place. Critical thinking!

Like the CEO of Kellogg's for him eat a cerale for supper but him , he show the exemple? I dont think so. He work for his pocket only.

*sociopathy

...and that is why the heathcare system should not rely on insurances, or doctors who is trying to milk the ensurence companies for that matter. When there has to be for profit element in there, you can be sure that there is going to be a misalignment of interest, which someone will end up suffering as a result of. Thank god that it is not how it works where I live. After having seen my parents fight with the insurance company when the pipes in their house leaked, I lost trust in them, and cannot imagine how it must be to have that added to your list of problems while you are in a weakened state. The possibility of being taken advantage of is simply too great.

I agree. Insurance is mainly about creating fear, as opposed to banking and greed. It seems to be much less transparent than the rest of the financial services industry and charges whatever the market/customer will tolerate.

If you are in a for profit healthcare system

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That sounds like a USA thing

They destroyed the NHS.

Thanks Capitalism! I hate it!

I am in Scotland. I also happen to count one of the civil sevants who run the NHS as a clise friend. He spends his entire working life trying to get as much help as possible to the people that need it.

People who wanted to be psychotherapists but could never get a license, at least where I live.

I know a couple of "life coaches" whose lives are a complete mess.

Self proclaimed experts with little to no life experience think they should make money off their own self importance.

Well, you all know who I am. I'm two cats and their barely adequate soft can-opener.

The fashion industry is the second largest polluter in the world just after the oil industry. And like oil industry, care little about the environmental impact. It takes a special kind of personality to ignore the damage you're causing for a momentary benefit.

Yes I know who you are, which is why I know you can afford it.

On a bad day, I don't know who I am

HR acts like they're there for the employee, but they are not. They are there to protect the employer. If you ever have an issue, they're the last place you should go for help.

Human resources, like all other resources, are there to be exploited in corporate processes and the waste products disposed of as cheaply as possible.

Human "Resources" are there to help manage the human capital

Toby.

I don't think I've met one who wasn't an idiot. They don't bother to find out what policies and laws are before promising things. We (payroll) often have to try to deliver on their impossible promises or break the news to the employee that their HR person is an imbecile.

This is from a US perspective, right? Not the same the world over.

In France i have trouble with basic officers, no graduation level, really low level of psychology or just social skills. Police officers wandering in the streets with low IQ and a gun always scarred me. I mean i have recognized a girl i knew in junior school, i know she failed french high school graduation 3 times (national rate 91.2%...) and she is an armed police officer now. How crazy it is, if you are a failure you can still be a police officer.

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Cops in general, but really any job in a position of authority attracts a disproportionate number of sociopaths and psychopaths. (Politicians, corporate execs etc. all fall into that category...)

All the anti-cop b******t drives out only the good cops. The older generations saw criminals as the bad guys, and you'd get a few bad apples made some racial presumptions about who were criminals. The younger generations of cops just simply act like they hate everybody, and treat everybody like f*****g s**t. Strutting like roosters onto public transit with their fingers on the trigger, with the 1,000-yard stare of the stone-cold killers I'd see in prison ministry.

I think American gun culture would be a factor in making cops jumpy and aggressive along with inadequate training and screening.