We asked – what jobs pay WAY too much?
Assistant to the Executive Director
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“There’s a person at my job whose title is literally ‘Assistant to the Executive Director’ and makes over $180k/year. He does nothing but wander around the building looking for things to write people up for.”
Sports Stars
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“I get you can play football really well, but doesn’t someone who literally saves lives every day (think about neurosurgeons and the like) deserve to be paid more?”
“Never understood how someone could be paid millions for kicking a round object across the grass into a big net.”
Tech Salesperson
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“My old flatmate was in tech sales, and in his biggest month, he made $80k. He admitted to me he chose a party college because he doesn’t give a damn about actual school. Then he got a pretty dope job in tech from a fraternity brother. From there he basically used his charisma to work his way up and now makes bank and parties all the time.”
Payroll Analyst
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“Worked in payroll analytics for a long time. Sales are the most overpaid position in the companies I have been a part of.”
“There are an incredible number of ‘analysts’ who just ‘own’ automated Excel sheets they received from developer teams.”
Stockbrokers
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“They don’t really do anything of value to society. They’re basically glorified gamblers.”
“Stock brokers don’t really exist anymore. Rarely do you have people who call you to broker the sale of 1000 shares of ABC company.”
Politicians
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“Funny how so many politicians even now are worth hundreds of millions when their salaries are only hundreds of thousands….”
“Weird how you never see a poor politician…?”
Superintendents of Failing Schools
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“It’s like the worse and dumber the kids get, the more the school management gets paid and bigger their pensions get.”
Fair enough.
Starbucks Store Managers
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“My old manager made schedules and hired new people. And made absolute bank while doing it. Obviously, the staff didn’t make anything and they were the ones putting up with the customers.”
C-Suite Workers
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“Anything with ‘Director’ in the name. Most sales positions. President or VP of whatever department.”
“In 1965 CEOs made roughly 21 times what the average worker made. In 2022 CEOs made 398 times what the average worker did.”
Engineers
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“I’m all for paying them a decent salary, but when the norm for many tech workers is 200k+ and then a bonus and equity on top, they’re making it hard to live anywhere to afford a mortgage or rent.”
Cleaners
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“I work as [a] cleaner and it’s insanely simple [and] easy work. Not really worth $20-25 an hour in my opinion, but I’m not complaining either.”
Sales & Marketing People
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“They care so little about the actual product or thing they’re supposed to sell. Had way too many conversations where I’d say things weren’t good enough or that we needed certain equipment, but they didn’t care. They would sell poop if they could.”
Influencers
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“Stars and Influencers who get paid to promote/advertise certain products. They get paid a ton of money to talk about a product. Sometimes it’s not even a good product.
Sponsors are ok, plenty of creators need this to survive, but really some Influencers are just walking, talking advertisements who do nothing but talk about products and brands.”
Quarry Workers
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“Work in a quarry or a processing plant? On a related note – I just paid an invoice to a guy who moved concrete blocks from one of our concrete plants to another. $100 an hour to something I do internally for $15.50.”
Computer Programmer
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“Programmer here. Get paid to code for 3 hours, then go online for a few hours and text my S/O the rest of the day.”
Bartender
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“I’m a bartender, and although I am grateful, I definitely think I am overpaid. Sometimes I make $30 an hour and I am a glorified dishwasher that knows how to put together liquors and pour beers.”
Sign Holders
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“Lollipop sign holders (stop/slow signs) in Australia, there on like $60 an hour!”
“I made $26/hr standing all day with an orange vest and a stop sign.”
College Marketing/Admin
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“This one lady at my university, whose job basically consists of flooding students’ inboxes with emails about events on campus that no one cares about, makes about $60,000 a year.”
Paper Mill Jobs Up in Maine
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“I know folks who simply shovel their whole lives and live comfortably as upper middle class. I know one man who retired at 35 because he worked 9-5 at a mill. The gravy boat is over now, however. People recycle, so you don’t need to chop as many trees and go through all the processing.”
Dogwalker
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“I know this guy who started a business just last year. Makes roughly $30-$40/hr walking adorable balls of fluff. He gets paid to cuddle with puppies from 10 am-4 pm. The best part? It’s a one-man show, so he cashes $150K each year, most of which is tax-deductible since it’s a small business.”
Managers
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“So much money goes down the drain of the public by useless management layers. When the economy goes to hell, and people get laid off, who has the juice to avoid the ax?”
“A ton of American companies are completely out of whack with their amount of middle management positions right now.”
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