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35 Wild Facts About Ordinary Boring Jobs

By:: Cracked Writers; Brian C. Miller

September 13, 2023

35 Wild Facts About Ordinary Boring Jobs

People often believe that jobs that are considered “ordinary” are easy to do and require little skill. But this is often not the case. Many so-called ordinary jobs are crucial to the functioning of society and require a great deal of skill to perform properly. So, in reality, there are very few truly “boring” jobs, as even the most seemingly mundane tasks can be important and challenging in their own way.

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48% of American UBER drivers have a college or advanced degree GRACKED.COM — Source: 38 Eyebrow-Arching Facts (About Ordinary Jobs)

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Wondering what's a popular profession criminals want to have after coming out of prison? TEACHING. In the UK, over 16,000 criminals including pedophiles, murderers, and drug dealers tried to apply as a teacher, and data shows that the number is steadily rising. It is unclear how many of them are already working in schools. CRACKED.COM — Source: 38 Eyebrow-Arching Facts (About Ordinary Jobs)

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Thirty percent of Tesla employees feel they've been silenced by NDAs. NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT greement) is entered into on this S address at The total is twice the tech industry average, and over four times that of Linkedln, the company with the fewest complaints of being silenced by an NDA. CRACKED.COM — Source: 38 Eyebrow-Arching Facts (About Ordinary Jobs)

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Hairdressers are more likely to develop lung problems than the general public. Due to high ammonia levels from hair products in salons, hairdressers suffer a higher risk of developing respiratory diseases such as asthma and shortness of breath in just five years. CRACKED COM — Source: 38 Eyebrow-Arching Facts (About Ordinary Jobs)

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CRACKED.COM TRUCK DRIVERS ...can cover over 125,000 miles per year. That is more than 3 million miles over the average trucker's career. There are about 5 million trucks in America, lined up they would just about reach the moon. In a single year, American truckers can travel as many as 200 billion miles. They could have trucked to the sun and back around 1,000 times. — Source: 25 Surprising Things You Should Know About Common Jobs

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Male managers have a 40% higher chance of getting promoted than female managers. Men are more likely to be promoted into senior and higher paying management roles. Data shows that for managers who have worked for the same employer for five years, 47% of men and 39% of women were promoted. CRACKED.COM — Source: 38 Eyebrow-Arching Facts (About Ordinary Jobs)

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CRACKED.COM In 2013, a survey by TEKsystems found that 28% of people who work in IT don't let their family and friends know, so that they won't be asked to fix anything. — Source: 38 Eyebrow-Arching Facts (About Ordinary Jobs)

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CRACKED.COM If you went to grad school, there's a better chance that you're a gig worker than working a traditional job. CUSTOMER PARKING ONLY U While the traditional workforce has more workers with undergrad degrees, the gig economy has slightly more post-grad degrees. — Source: 38 Eyebrow-Arching Facts (About Ordinary Jobs)

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A study by the European Cockpit Association found that around half of pilots in the UK (43%), Denmark (50%), Norway (53%), and Sweden (54%) admitted to dozing off in the cockpit. - RUL FLIGHT SAFE - - NOW A third of the UK respondents saw that their co-pilots were sleeping as well when they woke up. CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Surprising Things You Should Know About Common Jobs

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Women doctors earn around 79 cents for every dollar made by a male counterpart. Representing 40% of the physician and surgeon population in the US, on an average they earn about 22% less every week than their CRACKED.COM male colleagues. — Source: 25 Surprising Things You Should Know About Common Jobs

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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, solar photovoltaic installers are the fastest growing occupation. By 2026, the number of workers in that profession will more than double. CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Surprising Things You Should Know About Common Jobs

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A 2007 study by the Beth Israel Medical Center, New York found that surgeons performed better when they spent three hours a week playing video games, compared to non-players. A surgeon who played Top Gun made 32% fewer mistakes and was 24% faster when performing a laparoscopy (a keyhole surgery on the abdomen and pelvis done with the aid of a camera in a tube). CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Surprising Things You Should Know About Common Jobs

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