Interesting conversation I had with my wife on my way up to my parents' place about "dead-end" careers. This of course has a lot to do with the current under-employment (as opposed to unemployment) statistics here in the Philippines. It was prompted by a "help-wanted" sign in a gasoline station.
Have you ever wondered the job-description and official designation of people who push elevator buttons for you? In malls or in commercial buildings?
Elevator button pusher?
Can you imagine the kind of patience they have staying day-in day-out in that small 2x2 cubicle, going up and down every single day of the week? I'd go crazy they first week I can assure you that. You have to put up with the smell, the nausea, the claustrophobia and the whole "mundane-ness" of it all.
Then of course you do this kind of job 3 years and move on to become what? What kind of experience and additional skill sets would you have garnered as elevator button pusher to put on your resume?
I intend to get more concrete details on this if I could and interview someone the next time I go to a mall and see how they manage to keep their sanity in check.
So in the meantime, to those courageous ladies and gentlemen manning elevators at the various malls throughout Metro Manila, I salute you!
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