There’s an interesting article from the Boston Globe “Some jobs leave us battered, scarred — but enlightened”, about Jobs from Hell:
Sometimes the money seduces us, or the location. Sometimes we ignore warning signs during the interview. Maybe we neglect to ask the right questions, or we’re tired of being unemployed, or too young to know better […].
Of course, you’d need to have a job for it to be one-from-Hell (ahem). And, oddly enough, I found the article somewhat comforting :-/.
(Link from MetaFilter)