Before you rush to take up a vacancy in an institution, do background research to determine whether the job is stressful or not.In Kenya, some jobs are stress-free while others are prone to diseases like high blood pressure.In your career journey, here are jobs you should avoid.
Bank tellers are among the most underpaid employees in the country yet their job is the most demanding. As a bank teller, you need to work from 7 am to 10 pm with a break of at most 1 hour. The hardest part is when you’re required to ensure that your customer accounts balance-in case you get a shot, your salary is deducted.
A recent survey conducted among bank tellers in the country revealed that only less than 3 % of cashiers in the banks are happy and contented.
Another career you should not bother to consider among your options is police.A police officer can be called for duty any time of the night.In case of armed thugs, citizens rush to police officers for help.The worst part is payment:The average salary of a police officer in Kenya is Ksh30,000,which is not enough to live a decent life.
Instead of seeking for employment in a supermarket, just hawk items on streets.The people I sympathize with most are those working as attendants. These people are never allowed to sit…just imagine standing for 8 hours without meaningful movements!
The cashiers in a supermarket are required to report to work at 6.30 am and leave at 10.30 pm….Now tell me, when do they take a shower, when do they go to the toilet!!!
If you’re a nurse,you have to take up night shifts, touch critically ill patients,deal with psychos,do unthinkable duties in the hospital.But when it comes to pay,you take home less than Ksh40,000!
I guess you have seen this,almost every nurse in Kenya is always moody!si kupenda kwao,ni kazi ngumu.
Almost every morgue attendant behaves like they smoke bhang…they are extremely rude. You will also note that mortuary attendants don’t fear anything, they are used to hard life.
Working in mortuary is only suitable for people who have no option but to persevere in that environment for a living.
A mjengo guy can eat two plates of ugali yet he is as skinny as a cock without feathers. This work is not for the faint hearted, lazima ukuwe na roho.
If you go to industries and witness how loaders suffer, you will pray that God does not make you one.
Customer Service employees, especially those working in Safaricom and the other telecom companies are suffering. These people may look happy in a telephone conversation but in reality, they aren’t happy.If you don’t want to die young, avoid such jobs!
Another stressing job is being an insurance sales persons.I can confess that this is the easiest job to get in Kenya but once you’re there,the targets would kill you.
Nowadays insurance companies have given the job a fancy title, ‘Insurance Financial Advisors’ so as to attract desperate graduates.
Online writers may earn up to Ksh700,000 but this job is stressful, I tell you. If you need a peaceful life, don’t engage yourself in this job.
To close the list is hotel waiters/waitress. The job may come with heavy tips but in terms of stress, it’s the worst. As a waiter, you have to deal with all kinds of people and work up to 24 hours a day.