Next time someone whines to HR about their cushy desk job, suggest to them that they watch NBC’s new reality series, America’s Toughest Jobs.
The premise is simple: 13 contestants compete to see who is the best at handling “tough” jobs.
The contestants chosen are more accustomed to more sedentary work, such as 40-year-old Amy Brodsky, who is a Wall Street executive.
Brodsky and the 12 others have to perform challenging jobs such as crabbing in the Bering Sea and long-haul trucking in Alaska, mountain rescuer, oil rigging, gold mining and bull fighting, to name a few.
Each week one contestant is eliminated until only one is left — supposedly the person who does best at these difficult jobs.
The winner gets the estimated combined salaries of all the jobs featured — which should be around $250,000, according to the show’s producers.
The tough jobs are eye-openers for the contestants. “This is living life,” said Brodsky. “Going to a Ritz-Carlton spa is not living life.”
