What's in the food?

Ahoy there and welcome to Joe's Remedies.

Today we would like to touch upon certain jobs and what they mean to your stress levels. Our only message here is to consider this when thinking about jobs.

To keep things simple and to keep an open mind of what else a job can offer, whether it be financial or intrinsic rewards we have decided to score each job role from 1-10. 1 would be a low amount of stress and 10 would be a high amount of stress.

Chef

For our number one pick we have gone with chefs. There is something particular about the high paced environment in the kitchen that makes those blood pressure levels rise. We have decided to go with a score of 9.

Teaching

For our second pick, we have decided to go with teaching. With lessons, planning, and the never-ending influx of emails is there much time to properly switch off? For teaching, we have decided to go with a high score of 8.

Manual Labour

For our third choice, we have decided to go with manual labour. You are on your feet all day, physical for the most part, and constantly active. There is a high amount of strain involved, but with it being 2024 working in a job that allows you to be active for the most part we have decided to give manual labour jobs a low score of 3.

Office based jobs

Next up we have decided to go with office-based jobs. The reason for this is because of how common they are. We realise that office-based jobs may sound a bit vague and the roles of each job can vary. What we are focussing on is the general culture of the workplace and what it means for your stress levels. 

Most of the day is spent at a desk, which isn't highly strenuous but at the same time, it probably doesn't serve your body and mind too well. It's likely that at the end of the shift you clock out and there are no further tasks to be done, allowing you more freedom to switch off. We have decided to give office-based jobs a neutral score of 5.

and there we have it! Our main message here is that the culture of a workplace is not always transparent, and you should do your research, ask questions, and maybe have a trial period.