Who is the most overpaid worker?

imp said:
The surgeon who replaced my wife's mother's hip charged $18,000 per hour of cutting. imp
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God only knows what my hip surgeon's group charged per hour to replace both my hips -- my medicare advantage paid almost all of it -- but it was worth every penny. Walking again? Free of that grinding pain? Priceless.
 

Grumpy Ol' Man said:
University professors (most have never held a job in the 'real world' and only teach a few hours/week)

Grumpy ol man, university professors do most of their work at home or in an office preparing for classes and grading
papers. Yes, the time in classes is slight, but I know from experience, that the work is hard and very time consuming. Some of them are expected
to publish high quality books and scholarly articles to keep their jobs.
Most have earned doctorate degrees, often more demanding than law work or psychologists work. Part-time professors
are grossly UNDER paid--that is a fact, even with a union. They are offered slave type wages with no security at all.No health benefits.
Academic work is the real world when you deal with students, administrators and sometimes parents and working adults.I have taught
police, nurses and business folks.
To me the unreal world is someone who sits in front of a computer all day and does not interact with others.
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Shalimar said:
Regarding psychotherapists. We do not earn huge sums of money here in Canada, I doubt it is much different in many other countries. Private practice pays better than a group setting, but comfortable is all one can expect financially. Many of us don't achieve that, due to accepting a large number of cases pro bono. Also, the stress is very high in this line of work, most burn out over time. If it is not your vocation, there are far easier ways to make a good living.
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Here in the U.S. a psychotherapist with a Ph.D. and sometimes a M.S. can earn up to $250.00 or more an hour! Insurance sometimes pays most of it. An hour is really
about 50 minutes. They do not prescribe medicine. They might just talk to clients about their troubles and offer advice. This is about $4.00 a minute they make.
 
In Canada -- Specialist physicians, next Anesthesiologists, then Surgeons
 

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