Being scolded (and not snapping back) IS part of the jobscope

Recently I keep seeing/hearing stuff about getting scolded is a normal part of a job.

I saw this job advert.

• Able to remain calm under pressure


• Remain tolerant even when provoked.

There was a post in a forum that said being scolded is part of the job and you just need to get used to it. Civil service, mind you.

Reporters covering accidents or social news lament that they always have to deal with people when they are emotional and thus are scolded almost everyday (ocassionally threatened with and receiving bodily damage too).

My colleague said she went for a job interview at a certain bank offered high pay for a customer service job but was warned by the interviewer she was too soft-spoken as she needed to deal ferocious customers who lash out at them.

I've never liked service-related jobs because of this. Customer-facing jobs (and militaristic ones) demand this, but I hope this is not true of most jobs. If a boss has to resort to scolding his employees frequently, don't you think there is something wrong with the boss, the employees or the company culture? I hope I don't get to work with a screwed-up boss or in a screwed up team, or worse, a srewed-up company.

Job hunt continues.