The 10 TV Characters With The Absolute Worst Jobs
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10. Morgan, The Mindy Project
OK, we'll grant you that Schulman & Associates' R.N. may not be the sharpest scalpel in the delivery room. But that's still no excuse for the OB-GYNs to treat him like a mascot instead of Employee of the Millennium. After all, as he once noted himself, "when it comes to drawing blood, I'm so painless, I'm like a giant mosquito."
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9. Bailey, Grey's Anatomy
Though Miranda fought hard to be named Grey Sloan's Chief of Surgery, we can't for the life of us figure out why. In her new position, the erstwhile Nazi spends so much time mediating between her squabbling friends and colleagues that she often seems less like a high-powered administrator than a well-paid babysitter.
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8. Bob, Bob's Burgers
If the grill master's job was one of his punnily-named dishes, it would be the I Can't Get Ahead (of Lettuce) Burger, because no matter how tasty the chef's creations are, he and his staff family are never further than a single rent payment away from being evicted. Even more demoralizing, archenemy Jimmy's pizza parlor is always packin' 'em in right across the street!
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7. Greg, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Thanks to Tom Cruise and Cocktail, we for the longest time had it in our heads that being a bartender was fun. So we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Greg for setting us straight. Watching him pour self-loathing into every pitcher of beer has made us realize that his job must be as sucktacular as getting a hangover without first getting drunk. (Then again, that could just be Greg.)
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6. Kimmy, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
You could argue that the former Mole Woman doesn't belong on this list, that there are a lot of jobs out there that are worse than being an Uber driver — and you'd be right, too. But not every Uber driver's most frequent fare is, as Kimmy's was in Season 2, her out-of-control, day-drinking shrink. For that, she deserved hazard pay!
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5. Rachel, UnREAL
Having what it takes to excel in one's career is awesome — unless, like Quinn's "closer," you work as a producer on an exploitative Bachelor-style TV show. Rachel's on-the-job manipulations — not to mention Everlasting's body count — don't merely make her question whether she sold her soul to succeed, they make her wonder whether she ever really had a soul to begin with.
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4. Gary, Veep
As if it wasn't bad enough that he gets less respect than Teddy shows Jonah's balls, you just know that if Selina's staff ever got busted for its behind-closed-doors shenanigans — and couldn't pin it on Bill — her loyal-as-a-Labrador Personal Aide would be the one that the backstabbing scheme team would leave, ahem, holding the bag.
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3. Claire, Outlander
After the WWII-era nurse accidentally traveled back in time, her skills as a healer were a real life-saver — first and foremost to herself, since they gave her a valuable role to play. However, jobs don't come much tougher — or gnarlier — than performing medical miracles without the aid of modern advances. Remember Season 1's amputation? Pass the smelling salts!
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2. Garfield, Another Period
Forget Human Resources, it's Amnesty International that the Bellacourts' beleaguered under butler ought to call! (Well, if it had existed at the turn of the 20th century.) When not performing beyond-demeaning tasks such as urine-carrying, the sometime potato scrubber enjoys endures "job perks" like being "ravished" by visiting socialites.
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1. Anyone who isn't Negan, The Walking Dead
Even if you (correctly) think that your boss is a dictator, he or she still has to be a more benevolent ruler than the new management under which Alexandria fell at the end of Season 6. If you'll recall, the leader of the Saviors explained to Rick, Daryl & Co. their new workflow thusly: "You have s—, you give it to me. That's your job." Yikes.