I am retired, as of yesterday.
Up to that point, I worked for the phone company as a Digital Electronics tech.
The easiest thing I did was babysitting a generator. When the power goes out in an area, the company has to place a generator to supply power to the equipment. They then need someone to simply stand by the generator, and make sure it doesn’t get stolen. This usually happens at night, or on weekends, which means incredible amounts of overtime money for doing nothing.
The hardest thing my job title does, in my opinion, is climbing telephone poles that don’t have the steps already drilled in. This means having to wear spikes around your feet/ankles, and hoping you don’t cut out and fall off. I haven’t had to do this since I was punished by my boss about 16 years ago.
The hardest thing my job title does, that I had to do with any regularity was placing new batteries on the equipment. The batteries can be as much as 125 lbs each, and there are at least 4 in a string. Carrying those around ruin your back and knees in no time flat.