The 8 lowest-paying jobs are:

• Food preparation and serving workers, including fast food (The occupation is now the fourth largest in the country with 2.7 million workers.)
• Dishwashers
• Cashiers (The job is No. 2 on the Bureau of Labor Statistic’s list of biggest occupations with a workforce of about 3.3 million, behind only retail sales people with 4.2 million.)
• Hosts and hostesses
• Amusement park attendants
• Movie theater ushers, ticket takers — Paying more for movie tickets? That money's not giving these folks bigger paychecks. (The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects jobs for ushers and ticket takers to jump nearly 12 percent in the next 10 years. Woo hoo!)
• Farm workers (“Job opportunities for agricultural worker occupations should be abundant because large numbers of workers leave these jobs due to their low wages and physical demands.”)
• Personal and home care aides (The job opportunities in this profession are expected to skyrocket by nearly 50 percent in the next 10 years)

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Employees spent 19.2 hours a week -- nearly half a work week -- worrying about what their boss says or does, according to a new survey commissioned by workplace expert Lynn Taylor.

Taylor, author of book of boss-managing tips called Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant -- TOT, found that 13 of those hours came during the week and 6.2 came when workers should be taking a break from workplace worries: the weekend.

"You have to set limits as you would with a child," Taylor told WalletPop. "Especially in 2010, you can't just manage up, but parent up without patronizing."

Though clearly many employees are worried about keeping their jobs (in another survey, she found workers spend three hours a day worrying about job security), Taylor points out that even if 10% of U.S. employees are unemployed, that means 90% are employed. She advocates for an approach she has given the acronym of CALM:

"Communicate with your boss bravely, openly, honestly and frequently. Take the initiative," she said. "Anticipate -- try to be aware of problems before they escalate and have solutions ready. Laugh -- I believe that levity diffuses tension and creates a better atmosphere. Manage up by using negative and positive enforcement for certain behaviors, much as you would with a child."

In yet another survey, Taylor asked workers to rank what they wished they could tell their bosses.

"The first thing they said they wished they could say was, 'Why don't we compromise?'" Taylor said. "That one is really valid. You can say it to both children and managers."

The others, ranked in descending order:

"I can't hear you when you shout."

"Stop whining."

"That's not allowed."

"I'm leaving." (Taylor notes you can't say unless you actually are prepared to)

"You're cranky, do you need a nap?"

"Go to your room, you're getting a time out."

"If you ask one more time, you'll never get that."

And, drum roll please: "Are you teething or do you just need a cookie?"

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