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

We need both of those roles existing anyway.
If you are a victim of crime, who else will you call?

Teachers. Whiny annoying bastards. Usually on a power trip. Overstated importance, massive egos, sticks up their asses. And they don't work nearly as much as they say they do, not even close. My mother has been one for the past 30 years.

Sex workers. Of any kind. Porn, onlyfans, strippers, prostitutes, escorts, sugar-babies, whatever. Both women and men. Gross and shameful, I don't care how much they earn and how 'successful' they are.

I see it as kind of a supply and demand pyramid. The more potential candidates that can do that job , the less the pay.

Generally, I agree with you, but I think that TV and film actors and TV presenters don't tend to fit this pattern. There's a huge number of people wanting to become either and who are prepared to go to drama school or university to learn their craft. Even if we agree that only a minority have the right aptitude, there are still far more people who could do these jobs than there are vacancies. And yet, they tend to be paid extremely well.

I say this as a lawyer (not in criminal sector) but criminal defence lawyers. How can one defend a murderer/paedofile etc

Anything admin/office based without seniority. Not important. AI will take over their jobs. Will become unemployed in the next few years. SAHM. You’re not getting paid, it’s not a job.

This ^

I agree with your post. But just have to point out , please don't repeat the 'old white guys' trope ...

It's used more and more as a self flagellating racist remark from white people to other white people and it's gaining traction. If it's not ok to mention colour if you worked with say a lazy bunch of men that happened to be black - it's not ok to bring up the race of men in certain jobs. The race of businessman has no relevance. The richest men in the world are mostly Asian descent /arab.

Let's not start letting it be acceptable to do a race to the bottom with the acceptability of "old white guy" . Sorry for the rant here,but felt it needed saying.

The door to door people who sell things like credit cards. Though the side eye is more at the employer tbh, who usually exploits people.

Not me personally, but I think a lot of people look down on jobs like cleaning.

I hardcore judge investment bankers. I definitely hardscore side eye defense lawyers in some instances. It's fresh in my mind as my friend's dad was recently convicted of child sexual abuse, and the defense lawyer argued the victim was promiscuous. She was fucking 11 years old.

I also think a lot of middle management pen pushing type roles are bullshit.

Can I ask why?

If I didn't have the ability to WFH then I wouldn't be able to work and contribute to society at all.

I'd end up stuck at home claiming disability benefits and labelled a scrounger instead.

Fortune tellers or any of that crap

The kind of solicitors and accountants who specialise in helping the rich avoid tax

Any job that involves marketing for a tobacco company, especially in poorer countries (yes, I saw the Linked in profile for someone who had the job of finding new markets for cigarettes in Africa)

Certain MPs. Looking at the voting record for my previous (Tory) MP, I'd say he did a small amount of good and much harm.

This isn't my experience. I've never been divorced.

Yesss those sorts of jobs where they seem to just fart about on a laptop and I always wonder ‘but what is it you actually do’

I worked for a few large corps back in the day - bbc, Vodafone, o2 and found the middle managers in these sort of places did very little. I was in a team of freelancers and we did very little as well. Sometimes we did nothing for months and months & we were on a high day rate too - this is 15 years ago now. I don’t think this is discussed enough. Loads of jobs are complete BS and just a way of running budgets down and reducing a companies tax bill.

Unfortunately it boils down to how 'skilled' the job is. The more niche the skill the more it'll be paid. It's a bit like supply and demand.

So : who can be a refuse collector? What skills and qualifications do they need ? (Likely no formal ones ) Probably physical ability to lift and carry etc and adequate communication skills. How many people will fit that skill set ? A lot. So supply is big.

A consultant urologist ? Skills : qualified doctor. Many post grad years of experience. Post graduation additional qualifications and training. Leadership experience. Probably research publications and evidence of a mastery of the research in that field. As well as all of the other interpersonal and professional non specific skills. How many people have those skills ? A small selection. People from far and wide that have these skills will apply. So your candidates are going to be the 'cream of the crop' applying. So competitive. Therefore the pay will reflect that.

I see it as kind of a supply and demand pyramid. The more potential candidates that can do that job , the less the pay.

I always think the people with much more average jobs have a better work/life balance and reap the rewards in other areas. It must be lovely to go home after a day's work and your job is parked up for the night with no extra thought for it. Lot to be said for that.

Also tradespeople often have lovely, genuine friendships at work/"banter". Whereas in more professional jobs , a lot of it is pretentious wankery (including my own field 😆)

Landlord.
Debt collector.
Reform MP.
Slaughterhouse owner.
Jeff Bezos.
Elon Musk.
Banker who helps rich people dodge their taxes.
Cosmetic surgeon.
Arms Dealer.

Love this. So right ❤️

Bailiff for people with personal debts

Wtf iv had dealings with some absolutely amazing police officers. We need social workers as their is a significant amount of child abuse that needs stopping

@AlastheDaffodils yes, I probably expressed it clumsily, I need to be clearer about what I mean.

I understand commercial lending is part and parcel of life, and that venture capitalists and your day-to-day underwriters/ risk assessors/lenders are not performing the same functions. But it’s not so outrageous to say people lending on the basis of interest and hoped-for future revenue are unethical. There is a whole major world religion with this as a pretty core belief ;) plus, your jobbing finance professionals who make lending decisions aren’t operating in a vacuum. Generally they are working for organisations backed by international conglomerates whose stock in trade is profit maximisation.

The reason I mentioned PFI is because PFI investors were often positioned as the ethical face of capitalism, and yet I’m not so sure this has been realised. Yes, we got new public sector buildings and services but we paid for it through higher-cost PFI contracts, and sometimes the buildings have not been very good quality, meaning we are facing an unfortunate maintenance legacy down the line.

I cannot see how a private company would create a job just to keep somebody employed if there wasn't an actual use even if it was reputational, regulatory or paperwork created by the government. This company would go bust quite soon.

I cannot speak for the public / civil service.

What's wrong with the people who are earning from Vinted etc? Do you mean using it as their only source of income, or their extra side hustle?

I get a bit more money just from selling my clothes on Vinted, but it's not something I want to do full time. I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with it per se though.

Whatever the people do next door on the floor below. Because you get to see all sorts. We saw the dark haired lady who wears the nice shoes get given a present last week and they have Krispy Kremes every Friday.