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<p>When you&#39;re wiling away are your 9-to-5, it&#39;s easy to think that another career would be a lot more glam.</p><p>But the truth is, pretty much all jobs are just... well... work. And in fact, often the more glam an industry seems, the easier it is for the people in charge to exploit those who are dying to get inside.</p><p>From modeling to film to video games,<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/"> a bunch of Reddit users opened up about</a> the glamorous jobs that are actually a nightmare.</p><h2>1. Working in a professional kitchen is not for the faint of heart.</h2><blockquote> <p>Chef.</p> <p>Long hours, shitty environment, nothing is ever good enough. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcu6456/">flyover_liberal</a></p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Long hours, dangerous work environment, rampant substance abuse, shit pay (unless you&#39;ve been in it forever), cripples your social life because of the hours and leaves you with being friends with the high-functioning alcoholic bartenders.</p> <p>I love cooking and am thankful for the experience... But never again. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcuenuf/">CaptHooksCookBooks</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>2. Ever seen &quot;Suits&quot;? Or maybe &quot;Legally Blonde&quot;? Yeah, being a lawyer is nothing like that.</h2><blockquote> <p>I don&#39;t practice law anymore, but when I did I mostly did criminal defense and occasional civil cases. Almost all the attorneys I knew all had great professional lives and personal lives comprised of utter shit. Alcohol abuse was rampant. Drug use was frequent. I knew attorneys who had &quot;pharmacy drawers&quot; in their office that they consulted when they needed a specific remedy. I knew a public defender who dropped dead of a massive heart attack as he was leaving for court. One attorney I knew said he loved going to new restaurants because he and his wife didn&#39;t have sex any more and that was his only real passion now.</p> <p>And I&#39;m sure there are some attorneys who love their job. I&#39;m sure there are many who are satisfied. But glamorous? Not in my experience. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcu7l88/">ButtholeBanquet</a></p> </blockquote><h2>3. This may surprise you, but the glory days of radio are gone.</h2><blockquote> <p>Radio announcer. Like a lot of other jobs in the entertainment industry, it&rsquo;s full time work for part time pay. Second jobs are common. Your pizza delivery guy just may be your favourite morning show host! At least, that&rsquo;s how the morning guy at my station made ends meet, until he was laid off in the last round of cutbacks.</p> <p>Now we&rsquo;re a &ldquo;hybrid station,&rdquo; which is the preferred business model these days. That&rsquo;s a fancy way of saying one person does everything while you run a ton of syndicated programs. 12 hour days of minimum wage. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcugmrx/">originalchaosinabox</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4. Veterinarians have a tough life.</h2><blockquote> <p>Veterinarian.</p> <p>Insanely competitive schooling that crippled you with debt, with a depressing debt:income ratio after graduation.</p> <p>Most of your patients don&rsquo;t like you, and most of the owners think you&rsquo;re getting rich upselling them unnecessary services when their dogs&rsquo;s exploding eyeball cancer can be cured with raw organic exotic meats/cbd/coconut oil, but you&rsquo;re withholding that information because you&rsquo;re in bed with Big Kibble.</p> <p>High stress, stagnant wages, long hours, shit holiday leave. Rampant depression. Lost count of how many colleagues have committed suicide. Sometimes tempted to join them. - <span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcuhivv/">Dontbeavet</a></p> </blockquote><h2>5. Working on a film set can be taxing.</h2><blockquote> <p>Film crew.</p> <p>Yes, you sometimes meet famous people. Sometimes they&#39;re cool, often they&#39;re really not. The days are 14+ hours of work with a commute of who knows how long on either end, depending where you&#39;re shooting. You have half an hour for lunch. Coffee breaks are whenever you&#39;re not needed on set, so depending on your job (I was in camera, and we rarely had a down moment), it could be almost never. More often than not, someone on set is yelling. People lose their minds over making really shitty entertainment. You start work by 7am on Monday, and by Friday you&#39;re coming in at 4pm and leaving when the sun comes up on Saturday. There are no paid holidays, no paid sick days, no paid vacation. If you don&#39;t work enough qualifying hours, the union kicks your healthcare.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p> </p><blockquote> <p>And this is if you&#39;re IN a union. Non-union, much worse. Sexual harassment is through the roof, but the kids who get it the worst are afraid to say anything or they&#39;ll lose their jobs. I have been told some real horror stories about famous actors, some of whom I still haven&#39;t seen get outed by the Me Too movement. And I&#39;m not talking word-of-mouth, second-hand stories. I&#39;m talking about young women who whisper to each other what shows to avoid and make them swear to never use their name because if they want to work in this industry, they can&#39;t be known as a troublemaker.</p> <p>I watched so many co-workers fall into addictions, lose family, miss their children&#39;s lives, over the dumbest TV shows in the world. If you go union, the money can be good, but it&#39;s not worth it. It&#39;s just not worth it. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcuo101/">sonictypewriter</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>6. Working at the zoo is not a walk in the park.</h2><blockquote> <p>Former animal care guy, did some zoo work but more sanctuary and wildlife rehab work. The animals are rewarding, but for all the effort it takes just to get your foot in the door is crazy and the pay is not livable. At the last place I worked I also had horrible bosses. Sure I could tell they cared about animals, but they had absolutely no people or management skills. I still don&#39;t understand how they got their current positions. I left the field and while I miss the animals, I don&#39;t see myself going back because I like being able to buy things like food and toilet paper. Having the holidays off and not having to fight tooth and nail for a day off is nice too. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcusj1i/">TheFatMan2200</a></p> </blockquote><h2>7. Making money as a ballet dancer is rare.</h2><blockquote> <p>Ballet dancer</p> <p>Parents spend tens of thousands (or more) on training. They give up their entire teen years and schooling (most elite ballet dancers are homeschooled and a large percentage move away from home for training in high school).</p> <p>Most dancers you see on stage in a ballet are paying to be there. The bottom rungs of ballet companies are pay to play. Then when you have paid to dance a few years you might be able to get a position that pays you with a dozen pairs of pointe shoes and a stipend for performances. Then maybe you&#39;ll be promoted to the bottom level where you get paid 20K a year and have no health insurance. All while putting your body through major torture. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcvel59/">meatball77</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>8. Working in politics isn&#39;t very steady.</h2><blockquote> <p>Political staffer. Most jobs in politics pay very little money and require you to work 80+ hours a week for a boss who is guaranteed to have a gigantic ego. You also have to look for a new job after every election day. - <span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcu8r6k/">TogarSucks</a></p> </blockquote><h2>9. The bright lights of TV aren&#39;t what they seem.</h2><blockquote> <p>I&#39;ve started working in Television from a too young an age. It was amazing to witness all the behind the scenes stuff, but the reality is that these days you just can&#39;t make enough money from performing on TV. Let alone the deprivation of creative freedom (which is what got my show cancelled I think). - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcu6f6f/">Doctor_Philly</a></p> </blockquote><h2>10. Tyra Banks didn&#39;t lie: the life of a model is <em>hard</em>.</h2><blockquote> <p>Modeling, too competitive and not enough food. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcu0vk8/">hio_world_im_bored</a></p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>And all you do is wait around at castings and shoots just to get told what&rsquo;s wrong with your physical features. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcu6uyu/">jennybelly</a></p> </blockquote><h2>11. Despite how much it costs to dine out, restaurants are far from a gold mine.</h2><blockquote> <p>Most employees steal from you</p> <p>You can never go on a vacation as by the time you come back the food quality is shit and you&#39;ve lost half your clientele</p> <p>New food handling rules appear every day</p> <p>People running out without paying</p> <p>Throwing out hundreds/thousands of $ if you need to close over the holiday and your stock goes bad.</p> <p>I co owned the business with my brother, it was nice, good income but i put it up for sale without telling him, sold it 1 month later and we&#39;re both 50x happier after that. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcvkrf0/">0O0O1O0O0</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>12. Working in the video game industry? It&#39;s not the same as playing video games.</h2><blockquote> <p>The video game industry. A lot of kids and teens want in it so bad because &ldquo;I grew up playing games blah blah blah they take me to another world blah blah blah.&rdquo; Then you become an adult and learn that it&rsquo;s all math and physics, and making a video game has NOTHING to do with what you experienced growing up. It&rsquo;s all black screens of code, polygons, and being criticized for your work.</p> <p>What&rsquo;s worse, if you make games you probably never have the time to play them anymore. The gaming industry is notorious for implementing 60-80 hour work weeks. - <span style="display: none;"> </span><span style="display: none;"> </span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcu4q6l/">Nofreeupvotes</a></p> </blockquote><h2>13. And as far as investment banking... okay, no, no one feels bad for you.</h2><blockquote> <p>Investment Banking. People talk about the fancy plane rides, expensive dinners, wild parties with your colleagues or a client. The reality of it is you&#39;re never trully off work, always on-call like a surgeon.</p> <p>Works weeks are usually 60-100 hours and can be brutal if one follows another.</p> <p>It&#39;s really more like working from 9AM-10PM in office and then get home to work another bit and have any given presentation ready stat. I&#39;ve gone all-nighters followed by client meetings where all I have time for is a quick shower and a 7/11 coffee. - <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/eixo6r/what_glamorized_career_path_is_actually_a/fcucd4q/">armarisau</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

13 people share how tough their 'glamorized' careers really are.

When you&#39;re wiling away are your 9-to-5, it&#39;s easy to think that another career would be a lot more glam.But the truth is, pretty much all jobs are just... well... work. And in fact, often the more glam an industry seems, the easier it is for the people in charge to exploit those who are dying to get inside.From modeling to film to video games, a bunch of Reddit users opened up about the glamorous jobs that are actually a nightmare.1. Working in a professional kitchen is not for the faint of heart. Chef. Long hours, shitty environment, nothing is ever good enough. - flyover_liberal  Long hours, dangerous work environment, rampant substance abuse, shit pay (unless you&#39;ve been in it forever), cripples your social life because of the hours and leaves you with being friends with the high-functioning alcoholic bartenders. I love cooking and am thankful for the experience... But never again. - CaptHooksCookBooks 2. Ever seen &quot;Suits&quot;? Or maybe &quot;Legally Blonde&quot;? Yeah, being a lawyer is nothing like that. I don&#39;t practice law anymore, but when I did I mostly did criminal defense and occasional civil cases. Almost all the attorneys I knew all had great professional lives and personal lives comprised of utter shit. Alcohol abuse was rampant. Drug use was frequent. I knew attorneys who had &quot;pharmacy drawers&quot; in their office that they consulted when they needed a specific remedy. I knew a public defender who dropped dead of a massive heart attack as he was leaving for court. One attorney I knew said he loved going to new restaurants because he and his wife didn&#39;t have sex any more and that was his only real passion now. And I&#39;m sure there are some attorneys who love their job. I&#39;m sure there are many who are satisfied. But glamorous? Not in my experience. - ButtholeBanquet 3. This may surprise you, but the glory days of radio are gone. Radio announcer. Like a lot of other jobs in the entertainment industry, it&rsquo;s full time work for part time pay. Second jobs are common. Your pizza delivery guy just may be your favourite morning show host! At least, that&rsquo;s how the morning guy at my station made ends meet, until he was laid off in the last round of cutbacks. Now we&rsquo;re a &ldquo;hybrid station,&rdquo; which is the preferred business model these days. That&rsquo;s a fancy way of saying one person does everything while you run a ton of syndicated programs. 12 hour days of minimum wage. - originalchaosinabox 4. Veterinarians have a tough life. Veterinarian. Insanely competitive schooling that crippled you with debt, with a depressing debt:income ratio after graduation. Most of your patients don&rsquo;t like you, and most of the owners think you&rsquo;re getting rich upselling them unnecessary services when their dogs&rsquo;s exploding eyeball cancer can be cured with raw organic exotic meats/cbd/coconut oil, but you&rsquo;re withholding that information because you&rsquo;re in bed with Big Kibble. High stress, stagnant wages, long hours, shit holiday leave. Rampant depression. Lost count of how many colleagues have committed suicide. Sometimes tempted to join them. -   Dontbeavet 5. Working on a film set can be taxing. Film crew. Yes, you sometimes meet famous people. Sometimes they&#39;re cool, often they&#39;re really not. The days are 14+ hours of work with a commute of who knows how long on either end, depending where you&#39;re shooting. You have half an hour for lunch. Coffee breaks are whenever you&#39;re not needed on set, so depending on your job (I was in camera, and we rarely had a down moment), it could be almost never. More often than not, someone on set is yelling. People lose their minds over making really shitty entertainment. You start work by 7am on Monday, and by Friday you&#39;re coming in at 4pm and leaving when the sun comes up on Saturday. There are no paid holidays, no paid sick days, no paid vacation. If you don&#39;t work enough qualifying hours, the union kicks your healthcare.   And this is if you&#39;re IN a union. Non-union, much worse. Sexual harassment is through the roof, but the kids who get it the worst are afraid to say anything or they&#39;ll lose their jobs. I have been told some real horror stories about famous actors, some of whom I still haven&#39;t seen get outed by the Me Too movement. And I&#39;m not talking word-of-mouth, second-hand stories. I&#39;m talking about young women who whisper to each other what shows to avoid and make them swear to never use their name because if they want to work in this industry, they can&#39;t be known as a troublemaker. I watched so many co-workers fall into addictions, lose family, miss their children&#39;s lives, over the dumbest TV shows in the world. If you go union, the money can be good, but it&#39;s not worth it. It&#39;s just not worth it. - sonictypewriter 6. Working at the zoo is not a walk in the park. Former animal care guy, did some zoo work but more sanctuary and wildlife rehab work. The animals are rewarding, but for all the effort it takes just to get your foot in the door is crazy and the pay is not livable. At the last place I worked I also had horrible bosses. Sure I could tell they cared about animals, but they had absolutely no people or management skills. I still don&#39;t understand how they got their current positions. I left the field and while I miss the animals, I don&#39;t see myself going back because I like being able to buy things like food and toilet paper. Having the holidays off and not having to fight tooth and nail for a day off is nice too. - TheFatMan2200 7. Making money as a ballet dancer is rare. Ballet dancer Parents spend tens of thousands (or more) on training. They give up their entire teen years and schooling (most elite ballet dancers are homeschooled and a large percentage move away from home for training in high school). Most dancers you see on stage in a ballet are paying to be there. The bottom rungs of ballet companies are pay to play. Then when you have paid to dance a few years you might be able to get a position that pays you with a dozen pairs of pointe shoes and a stipend for performances. Then maybe you&#39;ll be promoted to the bottom level where you get paid 20K a year and have no health insurance. All while putting your body through major torture. - meatball77 8. Working in politics isn&#39;t very steady. Political staffer. Most jobs in politics pay very little money and require you to work 80+ hours a week for a boss who is guaranteed to have a gigantic ego. You also have to look for a new job after every election day. -      TogarSucks 9. The bright lights of TV aren&#39;t what they seem. I&#39;ve started working in Television from a too young an age. It was amazing to witness all the behind the scenes stuff, but the reality is that these days you just can&#39;t make enough money from performing on TV. Let alone the deprivation of creative freedom (which is what got my show cancelled I think). - Doctor_Philly 10. Tyra Banks didn&#39;t lie: the life of a model is hard. Modeling, too competitive and not enough food. - hio_world_im_bored  And all you do is wait around at castings and shoots just to get told what&rsquo;s wrong with your physical features. - jennybelly 11. Despite how much it costs to dine out, restaurants are far from a gold mine. Most employees steal from you You can never go on a vacation as by the time you come back the food quality is shit and you&#39;ve lost half your clientele New food handling rules appear every day People running out without paying Throwing out hundreds/thousands of $ if you need to close over the holiday and your stock goes bad. I co owned the business with my brother, it was nice, good income but i put it up for sale without telling him, sold it 1 month later and we&#39;re both 50x happier after that. - 0O0O1O0O0 12. Working in the video game industry? It&#39;s not the same as playing video games. The video game industry. A lot of kids and teens want in it so bad because &ldquo;I grew up playing games blah blah blah they take me to another world blah blah blah.&rdquo; Then you become an adult and learn that it&rsquo;s all math and physics, and making a video game has NOTHING to do with what you experienced growing up. It&rsquo;s all black screens of code, polygons, and being criticized for your work. What&rsquo;s worse, if you make games you probably never have the time to play them anymore. The gaming industry is notorious for implementing 60-80 hour work weeks. -   Nofreeupvotes 13. And as far as investment banking... okay, no, no one feels bad for you. Investment Banking. People talk about the fancy plane rides, expensive dinners, wild parties with your colleagues or a client. The reality of it is you&#39;re never trully off work, always on-call like a surgeon. Works weeks are usually 60-100 hours and can be brutal if one follows another. It&#39;s really more like working from 9AM-10PM in office and then get home to work another bit and have any given presentation ready stat. I&#39;ve gone all-nighters followed by client meetings where all I have time for is a quick shower and a 7/11 coffee. - armarisau 

When you&#39;re wiling away are your 9-to-5, it&#39;s easy to think that another career would be a lot more glam.  But the truth is, pretty much all jobs are just... well... work. And in fact, often the more glam an industry seems, the...