There’s no shortage of ways to make a living—some grind you down, some barely cover the bills, and others pile up serious cash.
But a job is often about more than just the paycheck.
One Redditor wanted to know which professions people see as undeniably “evil.” The responses ranged from dead obvious to completely surprising. Scroll down to see them all and weigh in.
#22
Tobacco lobbyist. They lied back in the day saying there was no proof it was bad, they used their power to block regulation, and they keep lying to this day. They’ve k**led an immense number of people all for a paycheck.
32points
#23
Those people that stream themselves gambling online and making it look like tons of fun and an easy way to make money.
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31points
#24
A lot of the advertising industry. So many lies.
30points
#25
This one I honestly feel is a bit of a necessary evil but, people who employ undocumented people to do manual labor for basically slave wage/hours.
30points
#26
Hostile Architecture. I couldn’t imagine being on a first date or meeting new people and telling them what I did for a living was making s**t terrible so poor people and homeless folks can’t sit comfortably.
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28points
#27
Casino owners. Not the people that work for the house, the people that own it.
Source: casino employee.
Source: casino employee.
27points
#28
HR.
They pretend to be there for the employees benefit but in reality they're there only for the employer, in every possible regard.
They run anonymous questionnaires that are in no way anonymous.
They'll attempt to be friendly with you merely to get to know any way the business can potentially screw you.
They deliver misinformation and play stupid mind games.
They pretend to be there for the employees benefit but in reality they're there only for the employer, in every possible regard.
They run anonymous questionnaires that are in no way anonymous.
They'll attempt to be friendly with you merely to get to know any way the business can potentially screw you.
They deliver misinformation and play stupid mind games.
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27points
#30
Pyramid scheme recruiters. I finished my associates degree and updated my linkedin. Got so many calls, emails, texts, and messages from these guys... I can be a paranoid and skeptical guy, so I was hesitant to join right away. Some basic online research and reviews made me realize these dudes were f*****g a******s.
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26points
#31
Surprised to have gone so far down and not seen arms dealer. Literally a merchant of death.
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25points
#33
People who seek out other peoples’ homes that are being foreclosed on, coax the people out for pennies on the dollar, then tearing down the one house to put up six tiny, cheap, “units” in its place.
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22points
#34
Patent trolling. Buying patents, usually from small inventors or failing tech companies, and then not producing anything with them but just sueing.
Usually combined with sueing startups for one dollar less than a lawyer’s retainer so you can then say there’s “legal precedent” for the claimed violation.
Usually combined with sueing startups for one dollar less than a lawyer’s retainer so you can then say there’s “legal precedent” for the claimed violation.
21points
#35
From personal experience, prison. Spent 14 years doing that s**t, when I finally quit I had more for the prisoners than my coworkers. Prison breeds evil and I DON’T mean in the inmates.
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21points
#38
Spanish Inquisitor. It’s a fearfully, mean spirited occupation.
16points
#40
Idk if it’s “evil” but I ran the mailroom aka “junkmail department” at my last job and I always felt pretty s****y about doing that as a job lol. It really is quite pointless and the databases we would use for addresses always felt kind of scummy. But any time the machine messed up piece of mail I would just throw it away instead of reprinting it, so that made me feel slightly better.
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9points