Chicken Mutilator

Or, I guess the politically correct term poultry processor. These folks quit their jobs five times as often as other workers, and it’s not hard to see why. This job boasts an impressive “ick” factor — you can imagine how gross these plants smell. The workers — two-thirds of whom are black women — are surrounded all day by gizzards and offal. The pay is lower than any other job in the manufacturing industry, except apparel. It would be tough to decide which was the worst task in a poultry plant — would you rather be crapped on and scratched by live birds; slaughter and behead them; or pull their guts out?

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