Posted on Apr 16, 2014

Military enlisted job ranks 198 out 200!

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I was listening to Mike & Mike this morning and heard them talking about the best and worst jobs I was surprised to hear that enlisted Military was one of the worst! It ranks 198 out of 200... I know it's not the top job out there but 198, really! Where do you think we should be rated? Why do you think it is rated so low?

here is the link:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/best-worst-jobs-2 [login to see] 15.html

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MAJ (Join to see)

Posted 10 y ago

According to the list, if you are an enlisted Soldier assigned to a public affairs unit where you work in newspaper and broadcast production, you are in three of the bottom five jobs.

It must be a living hell to work for AFN...

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SSG V. Michelle Woods

10 y

Sir, working for AFN is by far the best position for PAOs.

I've worked as brigade PAO and now in a public affairs detachment. I LOVE my job but there's a reason I'm still single. No time for a life outside of your job lol.

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MSG (Join to see)

10 y

Sir,

Most PA Enlisted get out in their first term because they get on the job experience, also the creative limitations that the military imposes on the Journalist.

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SSG V. Michelle Woods

10 y

What creative limitations? We are authorized to tilt the camera slightly and to write "use" or "utilize" interchangeably. What else could we ask for? ;)

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SFC Stephen Hester

Posted 10 y ago

I disagree. The difference between a great job and a terrible job is largely opinion. The military is often a stressful environment to work in but so are many other places. There are bad jobs within the military but there are plenty of great ones, too, so to say that being enlisted in the military is a bad job ignores much of that which makes it a great career choice. No, the pay isn't the highest but troops can make a comfortable living if they are smart about it.

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SFC Douglas Eshenbaugh

10 y

Yea, lumping all enlisted, all branches into one 'job' is so accurate. I'm surprised he didn't include the Officers as well, probably skew the salary numbers so it would be out of the top ten worst.

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Posted 10 y ago

A academic endovor that is flawed. Too much focus on statistics and not real findings. If they truly did their research they would find just about every civilian job has a military enlisted/officer equivalent (save for combat MOS/AFSC). If they dug deep enough they would have found being an enlisted member of the armed services one of the top jobs when they consider structure, pay, benifits, retirement, job satisfaction, training and education.

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1SG (Join to see)

Posted 10 y ago

I skimmed through the article and it seems to be an opiniated list based off one persons (Lee) perspective as the jobs are related to stress and pay.

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SSG Trevor S.

10 y

It may be opinionated but the reasoning for the ranking rings fairly well thought out. Leaving aside the danger, Lee points out there is an uncertainty for young military members in furthering their service into a career because of the drawdown. I know this has to be weighing heavy on every re-enlistee's mind.

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SSgt Alex Robinson

Posted 9 y ago

I loved being enlisted. In general being in the military was one of the best things to ever happen to me

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Sgt Packy Flickinger

Posted >1 y ago

Any job that pays less than 1/3 minimum wage where you risk your life can't be that good. Then again, how many of us joined to be rich? I had a degree going in and was offered to go to OCS during my first deployment but turned it down. I wanted to stay hands on. That was worth more than officer pay.

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CSM Charles Hayden

9 y

Sgt Packy Flickinger, ROGER!

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SFC(P) (Join to see)

Posted >1 y ago

Maybe that is junior enlisted, to be specific? I know there's days it feels like 198 of 200 :)

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WO1 (Join to see)

Posted 10 y ago

Personally, I love my job. I literally play with explosives and guns. I get paid to work out and stay healthy. It makes me wonder who exactly they surveyed, and how sad is their little life.

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