by Mr_Aviator » Sun Sep 27, 2009 6:10 pm
PM’s job tops stress list
2009/09/27
By Sonia Ramachandran and Chandra Devi Renganayar
KUALA LUMPUR: So you think your job is stressful? Think again, especially if you are not the prime minister.
Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s job was rated the most stressful in a poll of 120,000 job seekers in Malaysia over the last two weeks.
Najib is not alone at the top. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is said to have the most stressful job in Britain according to a similar survey recently in that country.
Doctors have the second most stressful job in Malaysia, according to the poll by online recruitment company JobStreet.com.
“Don’t think the job is like what is portrayed on television,” said Malaysian Medical Association president Dr David K.L. Quek.
The poll results were made available to the New Sunday Times yesterday. The job of the often-in-the-news Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan, the chief commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), was placed at No 3.
His quick comment on the poll was, “People sometimes do not understand the nature of our job...” Tun Zaki Azmi’s job as chief justice, the head of the judiciary, comes in at No 4.
Stockbrokers and teachers come next, followed by the attorneygeneral (Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail), the Inspector-General of Police (Tan Sri Musa Hassan) and pilots.
“Yes, we are highly stressed. When our students sit for exams, we are equally stressed out,” said teacher S. Rachel.
Attorney-General Tan Sri Abdul Gani Patail had this to say: “I don’t know if my job is less stressful than that of a teacher. I have never been a teacher and I don’t think I will make a good one.”
Journalists were placed at the bottom of the list.
“I was slightly surprised as I expected some positions, like that of the IGP, to have scored a higher ranking,” said JobStreet.com regional communications head Simon Si.
“Some jobs that seem highly desirable are also associated with a high degree of stress.
“Every occupation has its level of stress. Often it is mitigated by one’s passion and desire to succeed in that occupation and that sometimes makes the stress less noticeable.”
Source:NST 27/9/2009
While prime ministers held the most stressful job in Malaysia and Britain, in the United States, this honour goes to the surgeon.