Looks can be deceptive. That's true for people and objects, but, sometimes, we can also apply that to certain jobs. A line of work might seem inviting and easy from the outside, but, when you listen to what the people who actually work there have to say about it, you thank your lucky stars you never accepted that job offer.
Recently, people took to Reddit to expose the industries that have some pretty questionable hidden practices. When one user asked, "What industry is a lot more dark and sinister than most people realise?", over 7k people came in ready to answer. Curious to know what industries made the list? Scroll down and check them out!
#3
Politics. However dark you think it is, it’s a LOT darker.
169points
#4
Social media. They use the same strategies that casinos do to game human psychology.
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156points
#5
Baby food. The s**t nestle pulled in Africa is despicable.
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152points
#6
F*****g nursing homes.
I didn’t think the worst part of ems would be learning how most nursing homes in my area treat their patients.
But it is. By **far**.
I didn’t think the worst part of ems would be learning how most nursing homes in my area treat their patients.
But it is. By **far**.
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136points
#7
Healthcare, particularly big pharma. Look up the Merck scandal with Vioxx. Merck fabricated a journal to hide the side effects of Vioxx, which was actually responsible for causing tens of thousands of heart attacks.
Big pharma ultimately cares about money, not health.
Big pharma ultimately cares about money, not health.
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119points
#8
Gambling
However sinister you think it is... it's more than that.
However sinister you think it is... it's more than that.
118points
#9
This will get buried but the Aquarium industry is awful. The amount of death and fish we just throw away would shock you. On top of that so many shops sell fish to people who are not setup properly to take care of the animal.
117points
#10
The Art Industry. Paintings that look like a 5 year old made it that sell for $10 million are really just money laundering schemes, tax avoidance schemes and insurance scams.
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117points
#11
Surprised I’ve not seen charity sector. Funding fraud, mistreatment and underpayment of staff and focusing more on PR than actually doing anything of substance are commonplace.
113points
#12
I thought working at a local flower shop would be rosy and idyllic until I was told to upsell grieving widows on already overpriced casket sprays.
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104points
#13
Academia.
Abuse. Exploiting young ambitious people. Nepotism. inefficient allocation of resources.
Abuse. Exploiting young ambitious people. Nepotism. inefficient allocation of resources.
92points
#14
Elder care, and the care industry in general.
91points
#16
Health insurance. The moment you use them they are no longer profiting. Stay healthy or die. Nothing in-between.
86points
#17
MLM’s. Toxic industry disguised as “career independence” that preys on vulnerable people.
84points
#18
Higher Education. It's become all about the dollars.
Colleges took a major financial hit over the COVID years. To make up deficits, they're doing some very shady s**t to get enrollment and retention back up to fill seats and collect money.
They're doing things like:
1. Recruiting standards have fallen through the floor, attracting students who have no business in college in the first place.
2. Institute a 'No academic dismissal' policy. You can carry a 0.0 through the fall semester and be welcome back in the spring.
3. Ruin housing. They enroll more students than they had rooms for, resulting in triples instead of doubles, converted lounges to barracks style rooms, and even put students up in local motels until they could find rooms for them. Parents are not made aware of this until move-in day.
4. Refuse to expel students guilty of criminal behavior, at least until after the deadline where students would be eligible for refunds
5. Cut the resources of their campus police and security departments so their ability to actually investigate criminal behavior is limited.
6. Actively hampered criminal investigations so that word doesn't get around that there are safety concerns associated with overcrowding and s**t enrollment standards.
7. Fire experienced department heads who can properly serve students and replace them with people they can pay lower salaries to
8. Cut support services budgets and freeze employment lines, resulting in manpower shortages in the departments meant to support students
....and more. Everything college administrations are doing is designed to pull a dollar through the door and keep it there....even at the expense of the security and well-being of the students they bring in.
Colleges took a major financial hit over the COVID years. To make up deficits, they're doing some very shady s**t to get enrollment and retention back up to fill seats and collect money.
They're doing things like:
1. Recruiting standards have fallen through the floor, attracting students who have no business in college in the first place.
2. Institute a 'No academic dismissal' policy. You can carry a 0.0 through the fall semester and be welcome back in the spring.
3. Ruin housing. They enroll more students than they had rooms for, resulting in triples instead of doubles, converted lounges to barracks style rooms, and even put students up in local motels until they could find rooms for them. Parents are not made aware of this until move-in day.
4. Refuse to expel students guilty of criminal behavior, at least until after the deadline where students would be eligible for refunds
5. Cut the resources of their campus police and security departments so their ability to actually investigate criminal behavior is limited.
6. Actively hampered criminal investigations so that word doesn't get around that there are safety concerns associated with overcrowding and s**t enrollment standards.
7. Fire experienced department heads who can properly serve students and replace them with people they can pay lower salaries to
8. Cut support services budgets and freeze employment lines, resulting in manpower shortages in the departments meant to support students
....and more. Everything college administrations are doing is designed to pull a dollar through the door and keep it there....even at the expense of the security and well-being of the students they bring in.
77points
#20
The beauty industry. You think it’s all glam and glowing skin? Nah, it’s basically a battlefield where innocent pores are tortured by overpriced serums, and your self-esteem is held hostage by Photoshop and airbrushing. They sell us a fantasy, and we’re out here spending half our paychecks chasing it. And don’t even get me started on those “miracle” products—they're just expensive lies in cute packaging!
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