Picture this as your typical workday: You wake up at 5a.m. (or 5p.m. for the night shift) and head to the dining hall for a breakfast of cafeteria food. Next comes a 12-hour shift working outdoors in either the desert heat, an ocean storm or the bitter cold of an Alaskan winter. There may even be armed groups nearby eager to kidnap you for ransom. As for the work itself, it’s backbreaking physical labor with a high risk of injury or death. And when the day is over, you still can’t go home because you work in an isolated location that you’re able to leave only every two weeks or so. And when it’s time to sleep, you head to your shared dorm room and crash until 5a.m., when work starts all over again.
Roustabout
1. Roustabout
Pros: Decent income potential for a job with few skill requirements (top-end salary is $49,000 + overtime).

Cons: Long hours, dirty and dangerous working conditions, isolation (when working on offshore oil rigs or in inhospitable locales), high stress due to the constant risk of severe injury or death.

Lumberjack
2. Lumberjack

Pros: The appeal of working in the “great outdoors,” lots of exercise.

Cons: Need to work in all-weather conditions from triple-digit heat to freezing cold, poor employment opportunities, high risk of being injured by everything from falling trees to chainsaws, and even sawdust inhalation.


Ironworker
3. Ironworker

Pros: Because of Ironworker’s ties to the construction industry, in a good economy there is often a good hiring outlook and pay with overtime.

Cons: In a weak economy (like the current one), the job often suffers from layoffs and low pay. A great deal of climbing, balancing and concentration is required, leading to risk of injury.


Dairy Farmer
4. Dairy Farmer

Pros: Strong hiring outlook and relatively low unemployment, since the demand for milk isn’t expected to drop anytime soon.

Cons: Long hours, intense physical demands, close proximity to penned-in cows tends to make for an unpleasant (and sometimes dangerous) work environment.

Welder
5. Welder

Pros: Good income with potential for substantial overtime pay, work is often done indoors.

Cons: Like Ironworkers, the job market for Welders is linked to the construction industry, and suffers during an economic slump. While not as dangerous as Ironworker, there is still a potential for severe injury.

Garbage Collector
6. Garbage Collector

Pros: Low unemployment and good job security (unless people suddenly start producing less trash), relatively high salary for an unskilled profession.

Cons: You spend all day outdoors in all weather, lifting and dumping other peoples’ trash. Need we say more?

Taxi Driver
7. Taxi Driver

Pros: Independence, ability to set your own hours.

Cons: Low income, high stress due to risk of robbery, unpleasant work environment (imagine being stuck in your car with a stranger – all day, every day).

Construction Worker
8. Construction Worker

Pros: Good income potential with overtime, opportunity to become an independent contractor and start your own business.

Cons: Extreme, physically demanding labor in all weather conditions, risk of injury or death, poor hiring outlook in a struggling economy, seasonal layoffs.

Meter Reader
9. Meter Reader

Pros: Low stress, relatively high income for senior workers.

Cons: Poor hiring outlook due to increased automation, monotonous work in all weather conditions, little room for advancement.

Mail Carrier
10. Mail Carrier

Pros: Stable employment, relatively high median income, good federal pension.

Cons: The unofficial motto of the Post Office is “neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” This means you’re working on Christmas Eve, even in the middle of a blizzard.
 
Source :- http://worldtoptenthings.blogspot.in/2011/12/top-ten-worst-jobs-in-usa.html

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