Other than Security Officer, and maybe teacher, I think that list is ridiculous.

They obviously didn't poll many people from the lower class. It makes me irate that people with the term "engineer" and "manager" in their title are complaining so much about their job.

How about this, a job that totally sucks, and you don't even earn a living wage. THAT'S and unhappy job. Not some manager sitting in an officer who is complaining because they already maxed out their income at 50 grand a year and their company doesn't revolve around them.

I have a few teachers in my family, and they make a very good living. One has been teaching for about 10 years and the other 6. I'm still confused where all of these low paid teachers are. Both of them love their job, btw.

This sounds like a list made by millionaires who are looking down on the people only making 50-80 grand a year thinking how awful their lives must be.

Whoever made this list has never been a waiter/waitress. The food industry and dining is a horrible, miserable place. I waited tables from 15-21 years old, and still do it rarely when I can at 22 now. You get treated like you're a low life scumbag, and many of your customers look at you and tip you as if you're just using the money to go out and buy cigarettes and beer. What they don't realize is that I'm in the navy reserves in a special program, and I'm nearly finished with college and about to take my GRE for graduate school admission.

The way i've been treated and seen other waitresses get treated sickens me sometimes. All for $2.83 an hour...

I'm not sure I agree with that list, although I definitely would NOT want to work as one of those manager types, but that has more to do with my personality type; I'd just find it boring, even if it paid decent.

I have, however, worked as a security officer (and worked with nurses as a security officer, as I was in local hospitals), I've been a student, so I know what teachers go through, and I've got an engineering degree, and currently work in sales, though not as an engineer; I sell electrical parts to engineers and tradesmen. (don't you love the current state of the economy? )

Security officer wasn't that great, but it's definitely not the worst job I ever had. (that would be landscaping :p) It was definitely underpaid, and didn't really have a lot to recommend it. I did have some decent coworkers, and at least working in a hospital I was able to chat with the nurses on staff, hehe. Most of the time the job was pretty dull, and the times it wasn't, it was usually because I was dealing with some psychotic patient trying to hurt somebody or something like that :p The job did have its moments, though; the best day I ever had at that job was the day I found a woman's missing daughter who had Down's syndrome; the mother was literally sobbing, she was so happy. It was one of the few days working at that job where at the end of the day I went home feeling like I'd actually made a difference.

As I mentioned, I worked with nurses, and by and large they seemed fairly happy with their jobs. There were some unhappy nurses, but they were usually the sort that would've been unhappy no matter what they were doing or what job they had. Nurses make good money, at least here, and most of the ones I spoke to enjoyed their job and found it quite rewarding.

As for teachers, I think I could see a bunch of them not liking their jobs. Some students are quite difficult; I should know :p One of the reasons I decided against teaching when I was considering career options was that I felt I couldn't deal with students who didn't want to learn. It's hard to say, but I'll bet half the teachers I had liked their jobs and the other half didn't.

As for sales engineer... well, if I had any sort of engineering job, I'd be really happy, because I'd actually be using my degree :p Plus, I'd be making real wages, and not stuck living with my parents at age 30 because I can't afford to move out with what my job pays... but that's another story

People at Forbes are so out of touch. No mention of fast food, janitors, factory workers, garbage men, crime scene cleanup, taxi drivers, plumbers, etc. I am surprised they even mentioned security.