To ask what jobs people secretly (or not so secretly) look down on and why?

GP Receptionist - I work in a GP surgery, although not as a Receptionist (I couldn’t take the abuse they take day in day out). Despite popular belief most are actually very intelligent people with a wealth of previous experience. Our team includes an ex Practice Manager (wanted to step down to fewer responsibilities), an ex nurse, two ex HCAs etc etc. Everything the say to you, every rule they impose comes from the partners of the practice. They’re just the poor minimum wage employees passing it on to the patients

So true ^

This thread is a bit weird. We hate estate agents and bankers and whoever else…it’s not them who decides is it? They need a job, they take a job, they pay their mortgage like the rest of us.

It’s not the individual; its the system that sustains it.

For example..I have a friend who’s an estate agent,
lists houses, doesn’t sell them. The guy who would come to your house to value it, basically. Lovely guy. Lives in a shithole flat since getting divorced because that’s what he can afford.

Pointless hating him or his job 🤷‍♀️

Oh, I so agree about MLM. There’s one hun on my local page who spams anyone with a money crisis with gubbins about Futility Warehouse. It makes me rage.

I have the greatest admiration for you.

It's lovely to see a mother who's daughter comes before her career. Hats off to you. I'm sure your DD feels very loved and cared for thanks to you.

A friend of mine was high up in healthcare and resigned to take a job as a lunch time assistant at her son's school. Her and sons are happy. Her work life balance works really well. (I'm envious!)

I gave a good job. But it's quite niche and I'm lucky that my employer is family friendly. I went part time. I'd drop it in a heartbeat if they were not accommodating to the fact I'm a mother.

Too many people on here will sacrifice their children willingly to place their career progression first. It's wrong IMHO. Unpopular opinion but there you are.

Builders are 'salt of the earth'. I find that with a lot of trade jobs. Very handy to know too. They're extremely skilled. They also earn very handsomely. Often pay far more than Mumsnet approved 'white collar ' jobs. But I suppose Verity won't want the NCT group knowing her DH is one of those dirty plumbers 😉

When dating I honestly didn't care what someone did for a living - I did however care about if they were passionate about it. Maybe some may think thats unfair and some people have jobs rather than careers/passions, for a multitude of reasons, but for me I knew I wanted to be with someone who loved what they did. I have been with people who hate what they do, it makes them depressed and moany, and I just knew I needed someone who loved to work and had a positive outlook about it - was working towards something that excited them. As I say, didnt care what it was.

My current boyfriend is a PT, which I have zero interest, but he loves it and bangs on about it all the time, and I just love how passionate he is about growing his business.

So I wouldn't judge anyone on what they do, but I would on how much the like it.

I would judge on Onlyfans/sex work though just because I think its immoral and demeaning.

Influencers and reality stars a bit maybe, but otherwise have lots of respect for anyone holding down a job and making an honest living.

They'll just keep churning out kids as each one grows and gets less cute.

I can't think of any that I look down on

Agree with footballers. Absolute insanity

People who work for insurance companies and have to find ways to diddle people out of getting their deserved payouts. I look down on that job role.

I did this as a very poor student trying to gain money to fund myself / go travelling and see the world. I raised over 10000 pounds for charity, had some wonderful conversations with people and spend my summer cycling from place to place and waving down cyclists to raise funds. A lot of which went to a school cycle route to keep children safe.
I’m very proud of the good work I did, and the effort I made. I was the best member of my team and had lovely messages sent to my charity saying how lovely I was. I did amazing good in the world that summer (and I see myself as a very morally grey person!)

Property developers as they often ride roughshod over neighbouring residents.

Influencers, because they often ride roughshod over places, people and things. Extra points if you monetise your children.

Anyone trying for ‘passive income’ by publishing those shit affiliate link web pages, especially travel related ones - because you’re flooding the internet with meaningless crap.

Waste clearance chancers on my local FB/ Nexdoor pages who will take your money to remove waste and fly tip it generating costs to tax payers

The worst of all: Anyone who engages in tax avoidance. Ie those taking cash payments and not declaring, non doms, non- VAT payers.

Basicslly anyone being selfish and not contributing their fair share to society.

I am in hospitality and have come back out of management and am FOH again, partly due to the stress of management and partly because I am also a carer.

I definitely get looked down on by a certain type of person. The vast majority of people are great but there is the odd sneery "Fail the Waitress Test" type.

As if that is all I am capable of. As it is, its a job I love and am very good at, and my customers agree if my tips and reviews are anything to go by!

I can honestly say the best people I’ve known in terms of careers are builders: in my experience they went above and beyond to sort our house for my disabled daughter.
i work as a midday assistant now (“dinner lady” if you will) because I can only work minimal hours because of my daughter’s needs - I think that comes with a lot of disregard. Having said that, given many other jobs I’ve had (and I have a PhD in a very academic subject) the only jobs I have no respect for are lying politicians - there’s something to admire about almost everything else.

Exactly. Mortgages. Housing provision. Pension. Insurance. We rely on the financial markets for all of these products.

Most people don’t actually understand what banking is or how the financial markets work. They just think they are a bunch of London wankers.

God yes. People such as Katie price are such a bad example to women. She looks awful but you can tell by how she poses that she really thinks she looks sultry, sexy and every man's dream. It's delusional. If you've got to wear bikinis and pose seductively to be of any worth, it's a very shameful slur on women. I don't feel sorry for her. I don't think she's a victim. I think she's extremely clever and manipulative and probably has undiagnosed BPD/EUPD. She lies about sexual abuse too : just nobody dares call her out on it. (The south Africa tale that the camera men contested never happened) So when she comes out with other stories of a similar nature (at convenient times ) who's to know what to believe!?. Very 90s to think shaking your tits about is a valuable way to make money.

Anyone that has anything to do with the Beagle Farming at MBR Acres. Repulsive disgusting people from the suppliers to the trades people to the accountants.

From reading Mumsnet lots of poster's here definitely look down on trades people. It registers with me because I'm married to a builder. Lots of poster's seem to view tradies as barely literate oafs who are unreliable and untrustworthy.

Bonnie blue

Yes. This type are sharks. They've no regard for people. And human traits such as empathy, people pleasing, kindness and vulnerability are like hitting the exploitative jackpot for them. It's cruelty.

Not really secrets about it. Prostitution/porn/only fans - absolute trollops.

Z list influencers that think they are A listers

My uncle worked in an aboittor for years. He retired aged 65. No idea how he did it but he never talked about it. Just showed up day after day.

Any made up managerial role that pays handsomely 'diversity manager' for example.

Don't like solicitors/estate agents/sales people : any cut throat jobs that are designed to maximise profit and exploit people who are at their mercy. I find people that work in roles like this lack empathy for fellow humans.

My dad always used to say to me and my sister, ‘you can bring home any guy you want if he respects you, and is kind to you….with the exception of…an estate agent’ 🤣.