‘What job looks glamorous but is actually miserable?’ – 23 careers that look way better from the outside than they do from the inside

13.

‘Journalism. Harsh, competitive industry in the best of times (and it’s not the best of times). Sucking up to politicians and other loathsome people to get more access. Insane productivity metrics. Unpredictable schedules. Bad pay. Hate mail, stalkers, etc. Spiritual damage from knowing about everything that’s happening in the world all the time. Safe assignments aren’t fulfilling and fulfilling assignments aren’t safe.’
–Conscious-Tree-6

14.

‘Event planning. Seriously not glamorous. I’ve had to clean up vomit (many times), deal with Bridezillas (and mom-zillas), and crawl under a spider web infested building to figure out why the power is out… just to name a few.’
–Luv_My_2Cats

15.

‘Being a flight attendant. They look incredible on the terminal catwalk, but life is 1/2 picking up garbage and dealing with people who think that being locked in a tube 30k feet from repercussions means they can show everyone their full asshole – both literally and figuratively – and 1/2 being expected to perform flawlessly for 12-16 hours on federally-mandated minimum rest.

I gave it just over a year and noped out as soon as my husband asked me to quit. I love flying, but I won’t ever work for a commercial carrier again.’
–steffie-flies

16.

‘Stock broker/’wealth manager’- clients with money can be nasty, sales quotas, regulations you hate, terror of people losing money and suing you, terror of market changes. Psychopaths are excellent at tolerating all of it because they have no guilt or shame.’
–Future_Usual_8698

17.

‘Anything in fashion. The most toxic group of people you’ll ever meet.’
–RazShadazz

18.

‘High-end retail worker. People think it’s fun to be surrounded by luxury goods all day, but in reality, you deal with entitled customers, impossible sales quotas, and the expectation to always ‘perform’ like you’re on stage.’
–Specialist_Fix6900

19.

‘The film industry. Most people think you’re having fun shooting exciting stuff, going to different sets when in reality most of the time you’re standing around, watching two people do the same scene for hours, long hours. And it’s worse when you’re a PA, running around doing errands.’
–louie3723jr

20.

‘The whole Advertising industry. People think it’s just like MadMen but the only holdover from that era is that the men are all running things still. I’m in marketing strategy and my job is 99% math. I do math all day. Sometimes I get to meet with the client that used to work at Deloitte and have them pepper me with on the spot math questions.

Graphic design folks have it worse though because they’re typically the first to be laid off or outsourced. If you had told 12 year-old me this would be my adult life I would have laughed in your face.’
–gimmiesnacks

21.

‘Architect. Long hours. Low pay. And the work can be tedious, like laying out bathrooms and staircases.’
–jdathela

22.

‘Art-based professions… it looks fun and chic, but art is subjective. It’s all about opinion, not necessarily what’s right or wrong, so moving the needle forward is extremely stressful.’
–PotentialPossible597

23.

‘I dated an influencer for a couple of months, once. Shit was fucking exhausting. Invited him to come see the cherry blossoms with me and he wanted to turn it into a fucking photo shoot instead of just enjoying things. His apartment was full of equipment and bullshit he was using for his content and he wasn’t really able to settle in and get comfortable. It was a lot.’
–jonesthejovial

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