Who Has the Most Stress In Their Jobs? Not Who You Think
So your boss doesn't like your report, your can't find your password to get into the client's file, and your personal assistant has called in sick for the 15th time this month. Think you have a stressful job? Think again. According to smartplanet.com, get over it. The 10 most stressful jobs in the U.S. actually start with first-line supervisors of police and detectives. "These are the people responsible for police activities. Surprisingly, the front-line police officers themselves are not considered to be in as stressful occupations," the Web site reports. Next come mental health counselors, because they often work in times of crisis. After them are education administrators, broadcast news analysts, nurse anesthetists, and phlebotomy technicians (the ones who draw blood). Surprisingly, air traffic controllers are eighth on the list, after pilots, co-pilots and flight engineers, at seven. The last two won't surprise anyone -- surgeons and obstetricians/...