Author Topic: best and worst jobs for longevity (Read 7693 times)

Tom · « **on:** February 18, 2016, 12:24:47 PM »

http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/professions-with-the-most-and-least-job-security/ar-BBpnT2g?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=U147IDHP#image=BBpow2O|50

Curtis Harper · « **Reply #1 on:** February 18, 2016, 02:12:53 PM »

Doesn't say anything about being Moto Guzzi parts personnel. It's a bogus report.

Tom · « **Reply #2 on:** February 18, 2016, 02:23:12 PM »

Parts/warehouse laborer. Counter sales.

Of course that doesn't take into account Specialty shops and/or owner operated.

charlie b · « **Reply #3 on:** February 18, 2016, 02:29:34 PM »

I know quite a few aerospace engineers who drive trucks for a living that would disagree :)

lucian · « **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2016, 03:28:24 PM »

U.S. senator, and African lion proctologist.

canuguzzi · « **Reply #5 on:** February 18, 2016, 04:58:28 PM »

The white line painter working the night shift.

For longevity, the guy stamping out Moto Guzzi tank logos.

BRIO · « **Reply #6 on:** February 18, 2016, 07:59:27 PM »

I'm not sure this list is very accurate. My field (#5) is historically not very secure and the description is not at all correct.

giusto · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2016, 08:47:46 PM »

US post office mailman and US mailman gone postal

Sasquatch Jim · « **Reply #8 on:** February 18, 2016, 11:42:06 PM »

Quote from: lucian on February 18, 2016, 03:28:24 PM

U.S. senator, and African lion proctologist.

Those two jobs do have a lot in common.
They both involve poking into nasty places at great risk.

pikipiki · « **Reply #9 on:** February 19, 2016, 02:43:41 AM »

Quote from: oldbike54 on February 18, 2016, 11:14:35 PM

I wanted to be a vetre , er vetra, uh , veterinarian , but Google wasn't around back then , and I kept misspelling it on vet school applications . Once it came out something close to vegeratarian . No wonder the lady in the business office at Saul Ross university couldn't stop laughing

Dusty

Interesting you should mention Vet. From a different angle most people who want to become vets do so because they love animals. They then spend a very considerable proportion of their working life euthanasing animals! Depression and suicide rates are more than double national averages. Not at all good for longevity.

p.s. Joking about the Guzzi parts guy. Yes that guy will live to a good age. Very little stress. plenty different people to talk to, some interesting puzzles identifying parts (keeps the brain working) and hopefully a few satisfied customers.

Penderic · « **Reply #10 on:** February 19, 2016, 06:28:22 AM »

As a poor hard working farmer, I still wouldnt mind having my own vineyard, or olive orchard, or maybe even a spagetti farm!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-ZtGoXkI58

not-fishing · « **Reply #11 on:** February 19, 2016, 07:49:20 AM »

Wow #2, #4, #8, #10 & #21 all in Construction and I've worked at 4 out of the five professions.

No wonder I'm a glutton for punishment.

John A · « **Reply #12 on:** February 19, 2016, 08:28:30 AM »

missle silo groundskeeper

Green1000S · « **Reply #13 on:** February 19, 2016, 09:43:22 AM »

Beeing a watchmaker, I've never seen unemployment. Worked 20 years for myself and another 15+ for various businesses too. Then again, writers don't even know that dinosaurs and watchmakers DO exist! We're right next to the Guzzi tank logo guy....

jlburgess · « **Reply #14 on:** February 19, 2016, 01:46:34 PM »

They could have just renamed that poll "here's why you should go to college." All the 25 worst are manual labor.

Texas Turnip · « **Reply #15 on:** February 19, 2016, 02:15:10 PM »

Quote from: jlburgess on February 19, 2016, 01:46:34 PM

They could have just renamed that poll "here's why you should go to college." All the 25 worst are manual labor.

Sorry to say you are very wrong. As a truck driver I was never out of work for more than a day and made good money. My younger brother carpentrybyhand.com makes very good money. IMHO college is over-rated. I could go on and on with other examples.

Tex

jlburgess · « **Reply #16 on:** February 19, 2016, 04:28:46 PM »

I don't think I have ever posted a comment on this forum where somebody didn't tell me I was wrong. I'm getting used to it.

pikipiki · « **Reply #17 on:** February 19, 2016, 04:53:58 PM »

Quote from: jlburgess on February 19, 2016, 04:28:46 PM

I don't think I have ever posted a comment on this forum where somebody didn't tell me I was wrong. I'm getting used to it.

Maybe we need a new list for top professions for "being right" Lawyer and Journalist at the top and Truck driver's at the bottom.

Rox · « **Reply #18 on:** February 20, 2016, 12:24:21 AM »

Im a Corrections Officer. check the stats on that one. Im screwed.

However apathy does go far for longevity in my business...

jumpmaster · « **Reply #19 on:** February 20, 2016, 06:57:27 AM »

Quote from: pikipiki on February 19, 2016, 04:53:58 PM

Maybe we need a new list for top professions for "being right" Lawyer and Journalist at the top and Truck driver's at the bottom.

Clearly, lawyers & journalists are a different breed where you come from! As a group, with notable & many exceptions, of course, in the USA those professions are rarely associated with "being right."

boatdetective · « **Reply #20 on:** February 20, 2016, 07:14:09 AM »

I feel very lucky to have worked my way into a secure and fulfilling job in my industry (recreational boating). Many skilled tradesmen in the boating biz will tend to drop out and get into the residential home repair/remodelling biz. There are a lot more homes than boats. For some unknown reason, I had the presence of mind to specialize early, which gave me the time and training to work into a niche. There tends to be significant turnover with marine surveyors- and the profession has changed significantly over the years. I would have to say that good surveyors are in demand, while the rest are sort of along for the ride.

ken farr · « **Reply #21 on:** February 20, 2016, 08:41:47 AM »

Quote from: jlburgess on February 19, 2016, 04:28:46 PM

I don't think I have ever posted a comment on this forum where somebody didn't tell me I was wrong. I'm getting used to it.

....well, I'm sorry, but you are mistaken.......

kjf

Subdewd · « **Reply #22 on:** February 21, 2016, 08:46:24 AM »

Quote from: giusto on February 18, 2016, 08:47:46 PM

US post office mailman and US mailman gone postal

worked maint. for USPS for 30 years, sat on any ass waiting for machines to break and f**ked with
management when they asked how long the machine would be down. Hard to say which part I liked
best.
Anyway every letter carrier I knew had bad knees or a bad back after 15yrs.

don't know where the data is from but the construction related fields in this are have been union jobs historically
and probably have double the salary. Bricklayer/stonemason minimum wage? really? maybe in Mexico, AKA Texafornizona.

sib · « **Reply #23 on:** February 21, 2016, 09:46:11 AM »

When I was a college professor, it was nearly impossible to get fired and there's no mandatory retirement age (Federal law). Now that I did finally retire and became Professor Emeritus, I don't think there's even a way to resign. How's that for longevity.

redrider90 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 22, 2016, 12:16:19 PM »

Quote from: jlburgess on February 19, 2016, 04:28:46 PM

I don't think I have ever posted a comment on this forum where somebody didn't tell me I was wrong. I'm getting used to it.

Good one!

wymple · « **Reply #25 on:** February 22, 2016, 06:08:28 PM »

Many years ago I read that Elizabeth Dole (remember her?) went thru 4 personal secretaries in 6 months. Must have been a real b*tch. That was a 6 week average.

Penderic · « **Reply #26 on:** February 22, 2016, 06:35:55 PM »

Technical Drafting for the Forestry Service? Huh?

Timber!

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Author Topic: best and worst jobs for longevity (Read 7693 times)

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