15 most depressing jobs in America
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15 most depressing jobs in America
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Artists©ALot.com
It’s not easy building a career as an artist – not just the ones who paint, but also the ones who write, sing, dance, or try to make a living in some other offbeat way. Not only are the markets hard to break into, but it can take a long time to work up the ladder. Most artists are looking at years of being told no, and may never achieve the goal they set out with.Furthermore, studies have shown people who are more creatively inclined are also more susceptible to mental health disorders. According to Billboard, 70% of Musicians say they suffered from anxiety or depression. DailyMail found that artists are four times more likely to take their own lives, with males being two times more likely than females.
Teachers©ALot.com
Imagine being surrounded on a daily basis by a bunch of kids, some of whom want to learn, but some of whom are there simply to cause trouble. To top of it off, there’s the added pressure of parents feeling the need to put their two cents in, because Little Johnny is an angel at home – there’s no reason he should be getting such low grades and it must be the teacher’s fault.Every day, hundreds of young ones are foisted onto a relatively low ratio of teachers, who are expected to maintain them all, at a pretty considerably poor pay. The journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epistemology published a report that showed the depression rate in the education industry is 10.45%. While teachers have the lowest rates of taking their own lives, it’s easy for them to get burned out and depressed with all the red-tape that comes with the profession.
Administrative Staff©ALot.com
This is a great example of employees with very little control and a whole lot of responsibility. Support staff, like secretaries, receptionists, and administrative assistants, are expected to keep everything running smoothly for the guy on top. There’s only so much they can do, however, and they often don’t get the respect and thanks they deserve. While they’re making things easier for everyone else, everyone else is making things harder on them.Baltimore Sun did a report on a study from Johns Hopkins School of Public Medicine. It found that administrative staff, secretaries, in particular, were more likely to use mental health services, and they had higher use of anti-anxiety medication. The Bureau of Labor did a study as well and found that 3.5% of administrative staff take their own lives.
Financial Advisors and Accountants©ALot.com
Dealing with one’s own money is stressful enough. These people are in charge of billions of dollars for hundreds of clients. If the market over which they have no control crashes, they tend to be the first ones to get blamed for all that lost money.All they can really do is advise, and if their suggestion doesn’t work out so well, they may find themselves losing a client worth an amount of money most of us can only dream of. According to Economia, a third of accounts (30.4%) suffer from poor mental health, with 71.4% admitting that depression or anxiety impacted their work life.
Maintenance Workers©ALot.com
Although it might seem like this would be a fairly enjoyable job (you get to work at your own pace and have relatively little dealings with the public), studies show it to be quite the opposite. Schedules are rarely set in stone. These employees are only called when something goes wrong, and are often blamed for it.To top it off, much of their time is spent cleaning up other people’s messes. Most people don’t even like to clean up their own messes. A report by NSDUH found that maintenance workers have a 7.3% risk of depression, which is slightly higher than that of the average wage earner. They’re also at risk of exposing themselves to various neurological contaminants.
Servers©ALot.com
The average food industry job does not pay well. Servers make several dollars below minimum wage and are expected to make up the difference with tips, but tips are not always forthcoming. Behind the scenes, cooks fare better as far as hourly pay is concerned, but very rarely get recognition for their efforts. Both jobs require a lot of running around, physical exertion, and pandering to the needs of others who are often rude or ungrateful.Customers can get very ugly very quickly when their food isn’t perfect, and it can be incredibly stressful to provide excellent service to someone who walked in the door convinced the service was going to be below par. According to a 2015 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration, the restaurant industry ranks the highest to illicit drug use and third-highest for heavy alcohol consumption. The American Journal of Epidemiology also found that tipped workers are at a greater risk for depression, insomnia, and stress compared to non-tipped workers.
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