To determine which jobs had the most interaction and oversight, TheInterviewGuys.com, a job interview and career website, examined 289 occupations and 35,000 worker responses from the bureau’s 2020 Occupational Requirements Survey. Variables included constant verbal or person-to-person interactions, supervisory oversight more than once a day, numeric performance targets, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
Here are the occupations most micromanaged by supervisor, and their annual median salary, according to the analysis.
1. Sewing machine operators: $28,200
2. Nursing assistants: $30,900
3. Team assemblers: $30,100
4. Hosts and hostesses (restaurant, lounge and coffee shop): $23,900
5. Waiters and waitresses: $23,700
6. Food servers (non-restaurant): $25,900
7. Bartenders: $25,000
8. Correctional officers and jailers: $47,400
9. Police and sheriff’s patrol officers: $65,500
10. Industrial truck and tractor operators: $37,600
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