Professionals Are Sharing Why Their Job Isn’t As Glamorous As It’s Made Out To Be

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“Librarians. TV tends to show sexy librarians, or portray librarians as just sitting all day and reading. I’ve had people try to get their teenagers jobs as librarians, because they don’t realise it’s actually a Master’s degree.”

“We don’t get to read on the job, but we do get to deal with the public, which includes drunk/high people, homeless, mentally ill, and entitled people who ‘pay our salary’. 

We get people who steal our materials and then will throw a tantrum because they can’t check anything else out. We have belligerent people or drug deals that require us to call the cops. Many libraries have started training their staff to use NARCAN. 

Many libraries also expect their librarians to double as social workers. That’s not even mentioning the programming that we do, as well. All for $18 bucks an hour or so, because even though it’s a Masters degree, it’s a ‘feminine’ field, and don’t we all have rich husbands supporting us? We’re expected to work ourself to death because of vocational awe.”

–AntiqueGreen