Mary Jane Grenzow wrote what I thought was a really interesting story for Saturdays edition about a recent ranking of 200 jobs from best to worst. It was done for a national Web site, CareerCast.com. The reason we did a localizer story for the Times is that at the bottom of the list, ranked No. 199 ahead only of lumberjack, was the job of dairy farmer.
We have a lot of dairy farmers in our readership area. I would guess most of them wouldnt say their job is about the worst one to have. Most, Id think, like their job.
So Mary Jane talked to a dairy farmer and a trash collector two bad jobs, according to the list and a paralegal and an accountant who have two good jobs.
Newspaper editor isnt on the list, though reporters and photojournalists are ranked in the bottom half, mostly because of lower pay and high stress. Most reporters and photojournalists love their jobs otherwise, they wouldnt put up with the low pay and the high stress.
Publication editor is on the list, and apparently is a pretty cushy job its ranked No. 31, just behind a geologist. A publication editor works 45 hours a week, earns a decent wage and has relatively low stress. Thats not a newspaper editor, I can tell you, but I love my job, too.
Id hate having the best job on the list mathematician. Unless Im calculating sports statistics, I hate math. Im not terrible with math, but Im not particularly good at it. So being a mathematician wouldnt be a particularly good job for me.
Which I suppose is the message from such a list that whether someone has a good job or a bad job is up to the individual. What is a good job to one person might be drudgery to another.
And that pay isnt always everything or the only thing that makes a job a good one. There are a lot of jobs that pay better than the newspaper business, but they may not be as satisfying to me or others I work with.
And finally another point is that every job has its drawbacks. If I could pick my profession, other than being a newspaper editor, I think Id like to write novels for a living. But Im sure authors could give me a number of reasons why the job isnt so great.
I suppose the key is for each working individual to determine whether a jobs benefits and satisfactions outweigh the drawbacks. If they do, its a good job.
What do you think? If you havent read Mary Janes story yet, the link is below. Read it and comment if you can.
Ive also provided a link also to the site which has the 200 jobs listed in order.
OK. Back to work.
We have a lot of dairy farmers in our readership area. I would guess most of them wouldnt say their job is about the worst one to have. Most, Id think, like their job.
So Mary Jane talked to a dairy farmer and a trash collector two bad jobs, according to the list and a paralegal and an accountant who have two good jobs.
Newspaper editor isnt on the list, though reporters and photojournalists are ranked in the bottom half, mostly because of lower pay and high stress. Most reporters and photojournalists love their jobs otherwise, they wouldnt put up with the low pay and the high stress.
Publication editor is on the list, and apparently is a pretty cushy job its ranked No. 31, just behind a geologist. A publication editor works 45 hours a week, earns a decent wage and has relatively low stress. Thats not a newspaper editor, I can tell you, but I love my job, too.
Id hate having the best job on the list mathematician. Unless Im calculating sports statistics, I hate math. Im not terrible with math, but Im not particularly good at it. So being a mathematician wouldnt be a particularly good job for me.
Which I suppose is the message from such a list that whether someone has a good job or a bad job is up to the individual. What is a good job to one person might be drudgery to another.
And that pay isnt always everything or the only thing that makes a job a good one. There are a lot of jobs that pay better than the newspaper business, but they may not be as satisfying to me or others I work with.
And finally another point is that every job has its drawbacks. If I could pick my profession, other than being a newspaper editor, I think Id like to write novels for a living. But Im sure authors could give me a number of reasons why the job isnt so great.
I suppose the key is for each working individual to determine whether a jobs benefits and satisfactions outweigh the drawbacks. If they do, its a good job.
What do you think? If you havent read Mary Janes story yet, the link is below. Read it and comment if you can.
Ive also provided a link also to the site which has the 200 jobs listed in order.
OK. Back to work.
