Comments on: Update on the list of best and worst professions http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/ Advice at the intersection of work and life Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:25:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: sam http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-104651 sam Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:29:34 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-104651 journalists, doctors , lawyers, actors, blacksmiths, cobblers, municipal officers are most disliked professions. journalists, doctors , lawyers, actors, blacksmiths, cobblers, municipal officers are most disliked professions.

]]> By: Ralph DeMattia http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-14070 Ralph DeMattia Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:21:39 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-14070 How about running a list of the most disliked professions in the US? Want to bet that Lawyers and Doctors will battle it out for the number 1 & 2 spots? THERE'S a surprise!!! How about running a list of the most disliked professions in the US? Want to bet that Lawyers and Doctors will battle it out for the number 1 & 2 spots? THERE'S a surprise!!!

]]> By: Frigid Brigid http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-808 Frigid Brigid Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:28:31 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-808 The comment about access to the thermostat is right on -- little things like having control over the temperature in your workplace matter a whole lot. The comment about access to the thermostat is right on — little things like having control over the temperature in your workplace matter a whole lot.

]]> By: Penelope Trunk http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-807 Penelope Trunk Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:36:35 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-807 The research took me off guard, too. And I'm thinking of interviewing some of the people who have done the research (stay tuned for that...) The research I linked to focused on the fact that women are more proactive in getting their needs met. For example, women start more businesses than men because women can't get control over their time in a typical corporate job. The research took me off guard, too. And I'm thinking of interviewing some of the people who have done the research (stay tuned for that…)

The research I linked to focused on the fact that women are more proactive in getting their needs met. For example, women start more businesses than men because women can't get control over their time in a typical corporate job.

]]> By: Diana http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-806 Diana Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:56:11 +0000 http://lolindrath.dyndns.org/lolindrath/wordpress/2006/07/12/update-on-the-list-of-best-and-worst-professions/#comment-806 Your last paragraph caught me... Could there be a possibility that women are simply more likely to "grin and bear it" (as we have been taught to do for so many millennia) than men? Women are pros at putting on a pleasant face, even when everything is going wrong. When I was in a job that I disliked, I tried very hard every day to convince myself that it wasn't so bad. Some over-zealous work-ethic nagged at me if I even thought about quitting. I was eventually fired from that job, and my manager said it seemed like I wasn't very happy. Go figure. Also, do you think that a number of the "top jobs" listed are jobs that would appeal to and satisfy a woman more so than a man? Or that the job-satisfaction attributes could vary between the sexes? Your last paragraph caught me…

Could there be a possibility that women are simply more likely to "grin and bear it" (as we have been taught to do for so many millennia) than men? Women are pros at putting on a pleasant face, even when everything is going wrong.

When I was in a job that I disliked, I tried very hard every day to convince myself that it wasn't so bad. Some over-zealous work-ethic nagged at me if I even thought about quitting. I was eventually fired from that job, and my manager said it seemed like I wasn't very happy. Go figure.

Also, do you think that a number of the "top jobs" listed are jobs that would appeal to and satisfy a woman more so than a man? Or that the job-satisfaction attributes could vary between the sexes?

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