Top 10 Most Stressful Jobs - 2013

[Barrister]

Being a firefighter in Detroit is probably pretty stressful.

Just letting building burn doesn't sound very hard.

[Admiral Yi]

If it were your own ass this list were being pulled from, what would the list look like?

I think I would start with ER nurse.

[Malthus]

If it were your own ass this list were being pulled from, what would the list look like?

I think I would start with ER nurse.

Agreed, any sort of high-stakes medical work like that would be pretty stressful. Lives on the line and all that.

Anything that involved constant travel would be on the list. That gets old, fast.

Several types of lawyer would be on there too - family law, anything involving lots of high-stakes litigation, or M&A deals. Thankfully, my particular specialty isn't so harsh! 

[Berkut]

Sports official.

Any kind of paid professional coach. That is a brutal business.

[Malthus]

Sports official.

Any kind of paid professional coach. That is a brutal business.

Hey, don't you do that more or less as a hobby? 

[fhdz]

#1 most stressful job: unemployed job applicant.

[Zanza]

If it were your own ass this list were being pulled from, what would the list look like?

I think I would start with ER nurse.

Agreed, any sort of high-stakes medical work like that would be pretty stressful. Lives on the line and all that.

Anything that involved constant travel would be on the list. That gets old, fast.

Several types of lawyer would be on there too - family law, anything involving lots of high-stakes litigation, or M&A deals. Thankfully, my particular specialty isn't so harsh! 

This. Add business consultants to the lawyers (lots of travel, similar expectation regarding workload and availability).

From my personal acquaintances I would go with junior doctors in hospitals as the most stressful job. Terrible hours, very high responsibility, very high workload.

[Ideologue]

I have a plan to reduce corporate executive stress.

[CountDeMoney]

Public Relations Executive (median salary: $57,550): You have to think quickly on your feet for this one. Things can go wrong in an instant as the public watches, and you have to have the answers.

Though I guess being paid to lie can be quite stressful.

I always thought it was a piece of cake.

[CountDeMoney]

#1 most stressful job: unemployed job applicant.

  That was the first occupation I thought of.

[Eddie Teach]

I have a plan to reduce corporate executive stress.

Kill all the lawyers? That'd probably work.

[mongers]

#1 most stressful job: unemployed job applicant.

Yes, that's a 'good' one. 

[fhdz]

#1 most stressful job: unemployed job applicant.

  That was the first occupation I thought of.

Extremely low "pay", zero-to-minimal benefits, high level of "workplace" anxiety leading to familial tension, bureaucratic "employers", extremely limited opportunities for advancement.

Yeah, I'd say it belongs at the top of the list.