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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 395634" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Interesting that all of the jobs listed involve being at the beck and call of other people who are not at their best when they are dealing with the workers.</p><p>All of the customers are hungry, sick, irritable, functionally impaired or working through difficult life circumstances. The workers who are serving them have to deal with people who are in a state of misery, and have to react to them rather than being able to set the pace.</p><p></p><p>In my book, that's the definition of stress.</p><p></p><p>Funny -- my line of work is considered to be very high stress, but the key for me is that I am responsible for determining the scope and direction of my own work and that of my teams. Yes, I have to react to things, but ultimately the work overall is under my direction, not the other way around. I think it makes a difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 395634, member: 3907"] Interesting that all of the jobs listed involve being at the beck and call of other people who are not at their best when they are dealing with the workers. All of the customers are hungry, sick, irritable, functionally impaired or working through difficult life circumstances. The workers who are serving them have to deal with people who are in a state of misery, and have to react to them rather than being able to set the pace. In my book, that's the definition of stress. Funny -- my line of work is considered to be very high stress, but the key for me is that I am responsible for determining the scope and direction of my own work and that of my teams. Yes, I have to react to things, but ultimately the work overall is under my direction, not the other way around. I think it makes a difference. [/QUOTE]
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