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worst job (a job without perks)?

UNMUNM
edited January 1970 in Off-topic
Just a throwaway line on chat last night but it got me thinking.

Most jobs have some sort of perks (perquisites) if you look hard enough.

Perquisite: A thing regarded as a special right or privilege enjoyed as a result of one's position

What jobs are completely without perks?

Sewage workers sprang to mind, but they can occasionally find valuables that, let's face it, are not traceable or  returnable, so they probably get to keep them. This then reminded me of an article about a sewage diver who  claimed the guy who had to hose him down afterwards had a far worse job than him. Would the be any perks to this job?
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  • Koffee_KosmoKoffee_Kosmo
    The only perk i can think of - is that the bloke that washes him down can be replaced with technology An overhead shower  :thumb:  :laugh: KK
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  • derrilexderrilex
    I think all jobs have perks, as a employer or business owner they are too many to mention but as a employee sometimes the best perk is when the boss pisses off early everyday  :D
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  • galumaygalumay
    i worked as a grave digger once, that didnt have many apparent perks, although as the main employee group is ex-crims there was quite a lot of stealing of rings etc from bodies.
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  • derrilexderrilex
    Bet it kept you fit G. = perk  :D
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  • mycuppamycuppa
    Call centre Telemarketers Door-To-Door energy Salesperson ( although they are currently being outlawed down here in Vic ). Working on a coffee packing machine. Delivery driver in Melbourne. Metro rail customer service officer. Bank teller on Pension day Yum Cha trolley pusher.
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  • derrilexderrilex
    on 1370690206:
    Call centre Telemarketers Door-To-Door energy Salesperson ( although they are currently being outlawed down here in Vic ). Working on a coffee packing machine. Delivery driver in Melbourne. Metro rail customer service officer. Bank teller on Pension day Yum Cha trolley pusher.
    In order 1  Get to learn english by way of being educated in Aussie swear words 2  Chance encounter with a "desperate housewife" :P :P 3  Maybe a sample bag here and there ? 4  Listen to radio in AC comfort all day 5  Watch people going mental 6  Might get cake / bikkies / jams 7  3 second rule with dropped yum cha
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  • mycuppamycuppa
    That's funny D..........although I always thought #2 was the primary perk of Tradies.
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  • Ol GrumpyOl Grumpy
    on 1370742500:
    That's funny D..........although I always thought #2 was the primary perk of Tradies.
    Ha hahaha.... When I was young and fit and this did come up.... I used to get so tongue tied and embarrassed that I'd invariably make a fool of myself and packup and run home.... Banging my head against the steering wheel all the way home.... Stupid... Whack!.... Stupid... Whack!.... Idiot.... Whack!.... Oh tell me it's not so.... Now, if I go to a trade day and they have the bikini girls there.... Well I just want to take off my jacket and cover them up... Stupid.... Whack!..... Stupid..... Whack!.... Idiot.... Whack!...... Actually, when I was still practicing Martial Arts, I was a regular at the local gym Yoga and Pilates classes... Oh Mumma did those ladies want some extra workouts.... What did I do.... Stupid.... Whack.... Stupid.... Whack!.... Idiot.... Whack!.... All the way home! Some Perk! I've got a permanent crease right down my forehead and my steering wheel is all bent outta shape....
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  • derrilexderrilex
    on 1370742500:
    That's funny D..........although I always thought #2 was the primary perk of Tradies.
    Pretty slim pickings Jeff but I have had cougars pull up a chair and watch me work  :P :P :D
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  • borat123borat123
    I've had some great jobs over the years. Tractor driver / shopping trolley collector  for Coles, and door to door encyclopedia salesman....
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  • borat123borat123
    And a few more delights I nearly forgot. Fruit picking melons in Kununurra Chicken treat acting assistant manager Bore runner on an NT cattle station Station hand near Normanton Tour guide Ski instructor Mustering pilot Fire bomber Bait dropper
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  • Ol GrumpyOl Grumpy
    A list, ok Picking Pears in Merrigum- Farry Greenwoods farm Hay Carting in Warburton Tractor Driving in Yarra Junction Milking Cows in Woori Yallock Picking Oranges in Mildura, German Backpackers - oh dear.... Pot Scrubber in Sydney Plumbers Labourer on the Gold Coast - lotsa white pointers on those balconies.... Fencing Contractor in Townsville House re-stumper in Julia Creek Geologists Offsider in Harrietville Powder Monkey in Maryborough Excavator Operator in Maryborough (60 Tonne) Gold Miner & Mine Manager in Blackwood Service Station attendant in Adelaide Pool Builder in Melbourne/Brisbane I should mention I rode a motorbike around Oz when I was 17 so there were many itenerant jobs along the way.....  All of the above except the Mine Manager position and Pool Builder in Brisbane was before I was 25. I had a blast, and that's not even half of it.....
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  • UNMUNM
    on 1370775078:
    And a few more delights I nearly forgot. Chicken treat acting assistant manager
    Now there's a title to have on business cards. What exactly does a chicken consider to be a treat? A day at the seaside? What does the acting assistant manager actually do?
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  • askthecoffeeguyaskthecoffeeguy
    When I was 15 yrs old in Wellington, NZ I worked as a meat taster for an abattoir which had burnt down - we had to blind tastes all the refrigerated produce to see which batches had been smoke tainted ... I also had a job hand pruning 4 acres of boysenberry vines trimming the stems to below the irrigation lines which were between 2 to 4 inches off the ground - we got paid 7c per vine some were 20cm wide and some were only a few stems but after a week my hands were so swollen from RSI that I couldn't make a fist, as we're my knees from being permanently stopped all day And then there was the time I worked as an onfoot courier for a printing business in Martin Place - running trolley loads of print jobs around the city often up and down escalators with perilous loads Or boat building on the Gold Coast building the worlds largest catamaran for a professional gambler and being on a go-slow when he was on a losing streak, or all hands on overtime when he had money to pay for materials ...   
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