(1) Tech sales guys working retail in stores like Target or Best Buy
(2) College athletes in big time sports in big schools. (They bring in a ton of money to the school and get an inferior education with no health benefits.)
That's a start.
(A bit different that the ..........is over paid thread)
Careers where people are worth more than they are paid
High School Running
Sprints/Field Events
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Doctor.
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Pilots not within 5 years from retirement
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non-union factory workers
government IT workers (the good ones) -
teachers (especially HS or preschool
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teecher noo wrote:
teachers (especially HS or preschool
Hahahaha! That didn't take long. -
Waffle House cook.
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Writers, although obviously a few do make big bucks.
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Associate Professors
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Sub elite distance athletes
Kenyans -
I agree completely with college athletes. The NCAA is a pure exploitation machine.
Another is shoe-shiners. There's nothing like a good spitshine. "Now go home and get your shinebox." -
Teachers, coaches, or most people that work closely with people.
The most important work is when you are helping other people and it's also the most
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Lawn / landscape workers -- you might pay an exorbitant $40-50 per man hour for raking or hedge trimming -- but those guys get min wage or just over. I did it once when I was 19 and started my own mowing business the next year and was making $40 per hour consistently.
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Broadcast tech.
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Local radio, newspaper and television people.
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I'd hope people in every career are worth more than they are paid on average.
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The cooks at Hibachi restaurants like Benihana. So freaking talented and yet minimum wage.
Broadway dancers -
DietBacon wrote:
I'd hope people in every career are worth more than they are paid on average.
Why would company pay someone X if they're not worth at least X+1?
Odd that you wish everyone was under paid.
Maybe it would be nice if the company endeavored to pay someone x if they were worth x and to pay them x+1 if they were worth x+1. -
17 minute 5k guys
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Congressional staffers maybe? I've read low level staffers make about $30 or $35K (in the DC Metro area to boot), working awful hours for generally terrible people (my guess is only those with monstrous egos become congresspeople). I imagine many are sharp, hard-working, ambitious people. I guess they do it to be "near the action" or something.
Any job with lots of turnover would meet most definitions of underpaid (provided that they're leaving to make more money, not because they've been fired). From google:
Nurses
Child-care workers
Accounting
Telemarketing
Movie Theater employees (doesn't sound like a bad first-time job, who knew?)
Hotel/Restaurant
Sales.
