Each of us perhaps dreamed of becoming someone really outstanding in our childhood. An astronaut, a sailor, a firefighter, a football player, a programmer... Years have passed, and for some people this childhood dream has come true, but in most cases, of course, we choose far from the occupations that we dreamed about in our early years. Reality and adult life, as usual, make their ruthless adjustments...
However, perhaps this post will calm you down a little, and here's why. It is likely that when we dreamed about certain jobs or businesses in our childhood, we did not take into account various facts about them, usually known only to those who have been in this profession for a long time. Who knows, maybe this information would actually influence our dreams?
Be that as it may, an incredibly interesting thread once appeared in the AskReddit community, the topic starter of which asked just one question: "What's a dirty insider secret in your profession?" As of today, the original thread has around 1.1K upvotes and over 1.3K different comments, highlighting jobs we know well from completely different angles, revealing unknown skeletons in their closets.
Bored Panda, especially for you, has collected a whole selection of unexpected, intriguing, discouraging and simply the most popular facts about a wide variety of professions and businesses, so please feel free to scroll to the very end of this list, and for those of you whose jobs also have some ugly secrets known only to you - just share it in the comments. Could it be your voice that will become decisive for some teen in their upcoming professional choice?
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#21 Marketing And PR
I’m in marketing and write a lot of press releases. Unless someone was actually interviewed by a reporter, every quote you read was written and thought up by someone other than the person allegedly saying it.
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41points
#22 Agriculture
WASH YOUR PRODUCE.
If the guy picking your produce needs to pee, is he going to walk all the way to the outhouse, or is he just going to p**s on one of the many plants around him?
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41points
#23 System Administrating
Sometimes I have no f*****g clue why your computer did what it did until I do some research. Majority of my job is reactive. Unless I can change what happened.
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40points
#24 Welding
The majority of welders have no certifications, tickets, professional training or qualifications. They just get an opportunity to try it and stick with it.
On a daily basis I see lifting points, holding several tons, welded incorrectly and not tested.
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40points
#25 Financial Advisor In Training
For the short time I worked as a financial advisor in training, the reason some people got promotions/better pay than all the other people who were better qualified was due to some people complaining/backstabbing other employees on a daily basis.
Yes, corporate raiding/shark tactics is common and that everyone around you is trying to screw you over/gain an upper hand. Also, don't be surprised by nepotism.
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37points
#26 Trucking
Old school outlaw truckers absolutely do still exist. If you ever have a livestock truck that’s tricked out blow by you doing triple digit speeds at night, he’s waaay overweight and running illegal logs.
Most trucks are lumbering beats of burden, but anything agricultural stopped progressing with the rest of the laws two decades ago.
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36points
#27 Communicating With Customers
If you yell and scream and throw a big enough fit you get better service. It pi**es me off so much. Our management just rolls over for difficult customers.
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34points
#28 Audits In Big Companies
If you're a multi-million dollar company, odds are we don't give a s**t about errors under a certain amount of dollars. This is called "materiality", and most auditors rely on the calculation in order to not give a s**t, and get the work done.
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29points
#29 Software Engineering
We don't know how to use the software we make
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23points
#30 Sales
The key to being good in sales is convincing the costumer ur not in sales and helping the costumer.
Meaning a lot of non-sales people who help you with certain info (finding the right cellphone, car, insurance company,...) actually know very little on the topic, and aren't trying to find you the best company.
They just are secretly sales people who know a lot about sales and how to trick you into thinking their best pick isn't secretly the company they work for.
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16points
